Iejima Auxiliary Air Base (ICAO: RODE) is a United States military airfield located on Ie-jima (Ie Island), a small island situated northwest of the Motobu Peninsula in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The facility operates under the authority of U.S. Forces Japan and is used primarily as an auxiliary training and landing field supporting operations from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma and other installations in the region. The airfield sits on relatively flat terrain on the eastern portion of Ie-jima and features a single runway capable of accommodating military aircraft for touch-and-go training and other exercises. The island itself is known historically as the site where American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed during the Battle of Okinawa in April 1945. Iejima Auxiliary Air Base is not open to commercial traffic and has no public passenger services. The surrounding island is accessible to civilians by ferry from Motobu Port on the Okinawa mainland, though the base itself remains a restricted military installation.