Amami_Airport Knowpia

Amami Airport

奄美空港

Amami Kūkō
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°E
Map
	RJKA Location in Japan RJKA RJKA (Japan)
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers
Passengers	676,601
Cargo (metric tonnes)	1,097
Aircraft movement	15,292
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Amami Airport (奄美空港, Amami Kūkō) (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA) is an airport located 21.9 km (13.6 mi) east northeast of Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.^[2]

History edit

Amami Airport was opened as Amami Oshima Airport (奄美大島空港, Amami-Ōshima Kūkō) on June 1, 1964, with a 1240-meter runway about 2 kilometers southwest of its 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. The remnants of the old airport can still be seen via satellite images.

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

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

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at ASJ airport. See Wikidata query.

References edit

^ "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.
^ "Site is undergoing maintenance".