Tokunoshima Airport Explained

Tokunoshima Airport
Nativename-A:徳之島空港
Nativename-R:Tokunoshima Kūkō
Iata:TKN
Icao:RJKN
Type:Public
Operator:Government
City-Served:Tokunoshima
Amagi, Kagoshima, Japan
Elevation-F:8
Coordinates:27.8364°N 128.8814°W
Pushpin Map:Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan
Pushpin Label:RJKN
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Japan
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:01/19
R1-Length-M:2,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt concrete
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:168,532
Stat2-Header:Cargo (metric tonnes)
Stat2-Data:211
Stat3-Header:Aircraft movement
Stat3-Data:5,083
Footnotes:Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

is an airport on the island of Tokunoshima, located in the town of Amagi, Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.

History

Tokunoshima Airport was opened on 23 February 1962 as a private venture by Toa Domestic Airlines with a 1080-meter runway. The airport was turned over to Kagoshima Prefecture on 24 October 1970, and was designated a 3rd class airport by the Japanese government on 27 February 1973. The runway was extended to 1200 meters on 1 June 1973, and to 2000 meters on 1 June 1980, becoming the first amongst Kagoshima’s offshore airports to be capable of handling jet aircraft operations.

In 2010, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama offered the use of Tokunoshima to the United States as a relocation site for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, leading to widespread protests.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokunoshima 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. http://www.373news.com/_kikaku/beigun/index.php 南日本新聞・特集「米軍移転計画」