An inkjet recording apparatus includes a line head including at least one recording head, an endless conveyance belt having a plurality of openings and carrying and conveying a recording medium, a driving roller, one or more stretching rollers, and a control portion. The driving roller contacts an inner circumferential surface of the conveyance belt and drives to rotate the conveyance belt. The conveyance belt has opening groups each composed of a plurality of the openings and formed in plural locations at prescribed spacings in the conveyance direction. In a state where any one of the opening groups is in contact with the driving roller, at least one of others of the opening groups is positioned immediately below the line head.