Amami Airport

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°ECoordinates: 28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E
Map
	RJKA Location in Japan
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers	676,601
Cargo (metric tonnes)	1,097
Aircraft movement	15,292
	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 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 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

Airlines	Destinations
Japan Airlines	Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Fukuoka, Kagoshima
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter	Kagoshima, Kikai, Okinoerabu, Tokunoshima, Yoron
Japan Transocean Air operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter	Naha
Vanilla Air	Osaka–Kansai,^[4] Tokyo–Narita

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.
↑ "Vanilla Air adds Osaka – Amami Oshima service in S17". routesonline. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

External links

Amami Airport (Kagoshima Prefecture) (in Japanese)
Amami Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
Current weather for RJKA at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for ASJ at Aviation Safety Network

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[1] "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.

[AIP-2] AIS Japan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.

[3] "Amami-Oshima Airport." Japan Airlines. June 29, 2006. Retrieved on May 25, 2009.

[4] "Vanilla Air adds Osaka – Amami Oshima service in S17". routesonline. Retrieved 10 January 2017.