Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m 2,000 6,562 Phone +81 997-63-2295 | Operator Government 03/21 2,000 Elevation 27 m | |
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Serves Amami Ōshima (Amami Island), Japan Address Japan, 〒894-0504 Kagoshima Prefecture, Amami, 笠利町大字和野字長濱金久374番4 | ||
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Amami Airport (奄美空港, Amami Kūkō) (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA) is an airport located 21.9 km (13.6 mi) east northeast Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.
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Amami airport
History
Amami Airport was opened as Amami Oshima Airport (奄美大島空港, Amami-Ōshima Kūkō) on 1 June 1964 with a 1240-meter runway about 2 kilometers to the southwest from the current position. 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.
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