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°E / 30.60500; 130.99167Coordinates: 30°36′18″N 130°59′30″E / 30.60500°N 130.99167°E / 30.60500; 130.99167
Map
RJFG

Location in Japan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 78,886
Cargo (metric tonnes) 152
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]
Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau [2]

New Tanegashima Airport (新種子島空港 Shin Tanegashima Kūkō) (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG), also known as Tanegashima Airport,[3] 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
Japan Airlines
operated by Japan Air Commuter 		Kagoshima

References

  1. ↑ AIS Japan
  2. ↑ "New Tanegashima Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Tanegashima Airport guide from Japan Airlines
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