Minami Torishima Airport
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Minami Torishima Airport is a one runway airport serving the island of Minami Torishima
. The airport used to be a military airstrip and according to the Japanese Aeronautical Information Service
it is still operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
.
Minami Torishima
or Marcus Island is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some SE of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands, and nearly on a straight line between Tokyo and Wake Island, which is east southeast...
. The airport used to be a military airstrip and according to the Japanese Aeronautical Information Service
Aeronautical Information Service
One of the least known and most vital roles in support of international civil aviation is filled by the Aeronautical Information Service . The objective of the Aeronautical Information Service is to ensure the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of international...
it is still operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
The , or JMSDF, is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. It was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II....
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