Location
Located on Natsu Island, connected by a causeway to the mainland. It is next to the Yokosuka Naval Facility
south of Yokohama on Tokyo
Bay.
Construction
Built by the Japanese prior to the war. The base was rectangular in shape, covering about 126
acres and measuring 2200' N-S and 2680' E-W.A single asphalt runway 196' x 1475', approximately NE-SW, with grass outside the runway areas.
Wartime History
Also known as Omura.
Site of the Navy's techincal
air arsenal (Kaigun Koku-Gijutsu-Sho /Kugisho). With its short
runway, later testing was done at Misawa Air Base, and Kisarazu Airfield on the other side of Tokyo Bay.
Japanese Units Based at Yokosuka
Yokosuka Kokutai (N1K2)
American Occupation
Used by the US Navy and Marines during the initial occupation
of Japan. Captured Japanese aircraft were assembled here
for shipment to the United States. The base remained
an acitive sea plane base until the 1950s.
