Yokota Air Base 横田飛行場 Yokota Hikōjō |
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Part of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) | |
Located near: Fussa, Tokyo, Japan | |
The air traffic control tower at Yokota Air Base
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Coordinates | 35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E / 35.74861°N 139.34861°E |
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Controlled by | United States Air Force |
Site history | |
Built | 1940 |
In use | 1940-Present |
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Garrison |
374th Airlift Wing (USAF) |
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Elevation AMSL | 463 ft / 141 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E / 35.74861°N 139.34861°ECoordinates: 35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E / 35.74861°N 139.34861°E | ||||||||||
Website | www.yokota.af.mil | ||||||||||
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Yokota Air Base (横田飛行場 Yokota Hikōjō?), (IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a United States Air Force base in the city of Fussa, one of 26 cities in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo.
The base houses 14,000 personnel. The base occupies a total area of 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi) and has a 3,353 m × 61 m (11,001 ft × 200 ft) runway. Among its facilities are the broadcast center for the American Forces Network Tokyo radio service and a detachment of Pacific Air Forces' Band of the Pacific and the headquarters of United States Forces Japan.
The host unit at Yokota is the 374th Airlift Wing and is currently used for airlift missions throughout East Asia. The 374th includes four groups: operations, mission support, maintenance and medical. Each group manages a various number of squadrons in order to carry out the wing's mission.
It is not uncommon to see a KC-135 Stratotanker, C-5, KC-10 Extender, DC-8, C-17, L-100, civilian charter airline aircraft (Omni International, North American Airlines, Ryan International, etc.) and cargo 747s (Kalitta Air, Atlas, etc.) on military charters on the Transient Aircraft ramp.