Amami Airport

Amami Airport
奄美空港
Amami Kūkō
IATA: ASJ – ICAO: RJKA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves Amami Ōshima (Amami Island), Japan
Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E / 28.43083; 129.71250Coordinates: 28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E / 28.43083; 129.71250
Map
RJKA

Location in Japan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 628,501
Cargo (metric tonnes) 1,127
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]
Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau [2]

Amami Airport (奄美空港 Amami Kūkō) (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA) is an airport located 21.9 km (13.6 mi) east northeast Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.[1]

History

Amami Airport was opened as Amami Oshima Airport (奄美大島空港 Amami-Ōshima Kūkō) on 1 June 1964 with a 1240-meter runway about 2 kilometers to the southwest from the current position.[3] A new airport with a runway of 2000 meters to accept jet aircraft was opened on 10 July 1988, at which time the former airport was closed.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Japan Airlines Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda
Japan Airlines
operated by J-Air 		Fukuoka
Japan Airlines
operated by Japan Air Commuter 		Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kikai, Okinoerabu, Tokunoshima, Yoron
Japan Transocean Air
operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter 		Naha
Vanilla Air Tokyo–Narita

References

  1. 1 2 AIS Japan
  2. ↑ "Amami Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Amami-Oshima Airport." Japan Airlines. June 29, 2006. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.

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