Ibaraki Airport code (IBR)

Ibaraki Airport is an airport in the city of Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It also serves as air base for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) under the name Hyakuri Air Base. The airport is located about 85 km north of Tokyo, and is intended to serve as a low-cost alternative to Tokyo's larger Narita and Haneda airports. The airfield was first developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1937, with much of the land claimed from local farmers under the orders of Emperor Hirohito.

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