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 / 30.60500°N 130.99167°E / 30.60500; 130.99167
Map
RJFG is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
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RJFG
Location in Japan
RJFG is located in Japan
RJFG
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

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

AirlinesDestinations
J-Air Seasonal: Osaka–Itami
Japan Air Commuter Fukuoka, 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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