Airport type Public Location Kitadaitō, Japan 03/21 1,500 Code KTD | Operator Okinawa Prefecture Elevation AMSL 71 ft / 22 m 1,500 4,921 Elevation 80 m | |
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Address Japan, 〒901-3901 Okinawa Prefecture, Shimajiri District, Kitadaito, Minami, 19−16 Similar ハマユウ荘, 北大東小中学校, 民宿二六荘, 北大東製糖（株） 北大東事業所, 琉球エアーコミューター株式会 | ||
Kitadaitō Airport (北大東空港, Kitadaitō Kūkō, (IATA: KTD, ICAO: RORK)) is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport.
Only a round flight from Naha, to Kitadaitō and Minami Daito Airport, back to Naha is operated every day. The route differs on the day of the week. Flight from Kitadaitō to Minamidaitō is the shortest flight in Japan, costs JPY¥7,600, and is only 12 km (7.5 mi) long, takes 3 minutes in the air.
Kitadaito Airport was opened in 1971 as an emergency 760 meter airstrip, constructed of crushed coral by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands. The runway was paved and extended to 800 meters in 1978, when scheduled passenger services commenced. The runway was extended to 1500 meters in 1997. At present, there is only one scheduled flight per day.