Amami Airport
Amami Airport 奄美空港 Amami Kūkō | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Amami Ōshima (Amami Island), Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||
| Opened | July 10, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 14 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E | ||||||||||
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ASJ/RJKA Location in Japan ASJ/RJKA ASJ/RJKA (Japan) | |||||||||||
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| Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] | |||||||||||
Amami Airport (奄美空港, Amami Kūkō) (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA) is an airport located 21.9 km (13.6 mi) east-northeast of Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.[2]
History
Amami Airport was opened as Amami Oshima Airport (奄美大島空港, Amami-Ōshima Kūkō) on June 1, 1964, with a 1240-meter runway about 2 kilometers southwest of its current position.[3] A new airport with a runway of 2000 meters to accept jet aircraft was opened at its current location on July 10, 1988, at which time the former airport was closed. The remnants of the old airport can still be seen via satellite images and many parts of the former airport has since become a park.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| J-Air | Fukuoka, Kagoshima |
| Japan Air Commuter | Kagoshima, Kikai, Naha, Okinoerabu, Tokunoshima, Yoron[4] |
| Japan Airlines | Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda |
| Peach | Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita |
| Skymark Airlines | Kagoshima |
Statistics
References
- ^ "Amami Oshima Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ AIS Japan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Amami-Oshima Airport." Japan Airlines. June 29, 2006. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.
- ^ "Site is undergoing maintenance".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amami Airport.
- Amami Airport (Kagoshima Prefecture) (in Japanese)
- Amami Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
- "Current weather for RJKA". NOAA/NWS.
- Accident history for ASJ at Aviation Safety Network