Chofu Airport is an airport located 2.2 km northwest of Chōfu, Japan. It is administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The airport's main commercial activity is New Central Airlines commuter flights to the islands south of Tokyo.
Used as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force base during World War II, the airfield was equipped with Ki-61 Tony fighters used for air defense against USAAF B-29 Superfortress attacks. Occupied after the war by American forces, the airport was briefly used as a photo-reconnaissance airfield by P-51D Mustang (F-6) aircraft of the 6th and 71st Reconnaissance Groups beginning in late September 1945, mapping the extent of wartime damage over Honshu. The mapping flights ended in January 1946, ending operational military use by the Americans.
The United States Air Force saw no need for the facility, especially given its proximity to the densely populated urban area. It was turned over to the occupation government in 1946, eventually being returned to Japanese control.
調布飛行場は、東京都調布市(一部三鷹市・府中市にまたがる)にある飛行場である。東京都営空港の一つ。正式名称は「東京都調布飛行場」。「調布空港」と呼ばれることもある。現在、新中央航空が調布 から新島、大島と神津島の不定期便が運航します。