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
Map
	RJFG Location in Japan RJFG RJFG (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

External links

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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