New Tanegashima Airport

New Tanegashima Airport
New Tanegashima Airport; 新種子島空港; Shin Tanegashima Kūkō
	IATA: TNE; ICAO: RJFG;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Location	Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Elevation AMSL	768 ft / 234 m
Coordinates	30°36′18″N 130°59′30″E / 30.60500°N 130.99167°ECoordinates: 30°36′18″N 130°59′30″E / 30.60500°N 130.99167°E
Map
	RJFG Location in Japan
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers	74,633
Cargo (metric tonnes)	139
Aircraft movement	3,359
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

New Tanegashima Airport (新種子島空港, Shin Tanegashima Kūkō) (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG), also known as Tanegashima Airport,^[2] is located in Nakatane, on Tanegashima, one of the Ōsumi Islands in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

The original Tanegashima Airport was opened on July 27, 1962 at a site approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the present airport. Although its runway was extended from 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in 1973, it was not suitable to handle jet aircraft, and was closed on March 16, 2006, the day that the New Tanegashima Airport, with a 2,000 m (6,600 ft) runway was opened.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Seasonal: Osaka-Itami
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter	Kagoshima

References

↑ "Tanegashima Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
↑ Tanegashima Airport guide from Japan Airlines

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[1] "Tanegashima Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[2] Tanegashima Airport guide from Japan Airlines