New Tanegashima Airport

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.

New Tanegashima Airport

新種子島空港

Shin Tanegashima Kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
LocationTanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Elevation AMSL768 ft / 234 m
Coordinates30°36′18″N 130°59′30″E
Map
RJFG
Location in Japan
RJFG
RJFG (Japan)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers74,633
Cargo (metric tonnes)139
Aircraft movement3,359

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

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

References

  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


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