Airports / Japan / MSJ
Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base
RJSM / MSJMisawa, JapanELEV 119 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
10 nm
To the nearest alternate
JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base / Hachinohe Airport (HHE) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Misawa, Japan, Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base (RJSM / MSJ) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 119 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into MSJ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base / Hachinohe Airport (HHE, 10 nm), Aomori Airport (AOJ, 31 nm), and Odate Noshiro Airport (ONJ, 55 nm).
Charter pricing from MSJ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Misawa.
Field capability
ICAO
RJSM
IATA
MSJ
FAA / Local
RJSM
Elevation
119 ft
Coordinates
40.7032° N · 141.3680° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Japan fields
state range 6–2,182 ft
At 119 ft, MSJ sits higher than 53% of the 107 Japan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 10nmHHEJMSDF Hachinohe Air Base / Hachinohe AirportHachinohe
- 31nmAOJAomori AirportAomori
- 55nmONJOdate Noshiro AirportKitaakita
- 69nmHKDHakodate AirportHakodate
- 77nmHNAIwate Hanamaki AirportHanamaki
- 84nmAXTAkita AirportAkita
Location
Open the full mapRJSM · Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base · Misawa, Japan