Tsushima Airport Explained

Tsushima Airport
Nativename:対馬空港
Iata:TSJ
Icao:RJDT
Type:Public
Operator:Nagasaki Prefecture (airfield); Tsushima Airport Terminal Building Co., Ltd. (terminal)
City-Served:Tsushima, Japan
Elevation-F:207
Coordinates:34.285°N 129.3306°W
Pushpin Map:Japan Nagasaki Prefecture#Japan
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Japan
Pushpin Label:RJDT
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:2,000
R1-Surface:Asphalt concrete
Metric-Rwy:y
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:250,194
Stat-Year:2015
Footnotes:Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]
Stat2-Header:Cargo (metric tonnes)
Stat2-Data:333
Stat3-Header:Aircraft movement
Stat3-Data:6,075

is an airport located 10km (10miles) northeast[2] Tsushima, a city in the Nagasaki Prefecture of Japan. It is also known as .

History

The airport opened in 1975 on a site created by leveling a small mountain.[3]

In 2003, a small propeller training aircraft used by Sojo University crashed on approach to Tsushima, killing three occupants.[4]

Scheduled flights to and from the airport use ATR 42 and Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft.[5] The airport has also been served by Korea Express Air turboprop service from Seoul Gimpo and Daegu.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tsushima 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. Web site: 大阪航空局_大阪航空局のご案内_管内空港の現況と出先機関_対馬空港. ocab.mlit.go.jp. 2017-10-04.
  4. News: 航空トラブル:小型機胴体着陸 けが人なし 長崎空港、大学の訓練用 - 毎日新聞. 毎日新聞. 2017-10-04. ja-JP.
  5. Web site: フライト情報. tsushima-airport.co.jp. ja. 2024-02-14.
  6. News: Tsushima: Pinnacle for Cycling. 2009-08-20. koreatimes. 2017-10-04. en.