Amami Airport Explained

Amami Airport
Nativename-A:奄美空港
Nativename-R:Amami Kūkō
Iata:ASJ
Icao:RJKA
Type:Public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Amami Ōshima (Amami Island), Japan
Coordinates:28.4308°N 129.7125°W
Pushpin Map:Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan
Pushpin Label:RJKA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Japan
Elevation-F:14
Elevation-M:4
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:03/21
R1-Length-M:2,000
R1-Length-F:6,562
R1-Surface:Asphalt concrete
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:676,601
Stat2-Header:Cargo (metric tonnes)
Stat2-Data:1,097
Stat3-Header:Aircraft movement
Stat3-Data:15,292
Footnotes:Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

is an airport located 21.9km (13.6miles) east northeast of Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.[2]

History

Amami Airport was opened as 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 on 10 July 1988, at which time the former airport was closed. The remnants of the old airport can still be seen via satellite images.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amami Oshima Airport. Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 7 January 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf. 21 October 2016.
  2. https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan
  3. "Amami-Oshima Airport." Japan Airlines. June 29, 2006. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.