Airport type Public Location Sado, Japan 10/28 1,000 Phone +81 259-27-3311 | Operator Niigata Prefecture Elevation AMSL 75 ft / 23 m 1,000 3,281 | |
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Address 1814-3 Akitsu, Sado, Niigata Prefecture 952-0021, Japan Similar 佐渡汽船旅客ターミナル, ニッポンレンタカー 佐渡営業所, 佐渡汽船観光（株） 佐渡支店, ニッポンレンタカー 佐渡空港, 駅レンタカー佐渡両津営業所 | ||
Approach to sado airport front window
Sado Airport (Japanese: 佐渡空港) (IATA: SDS, ICAO: RJSD) is a public aerodrome located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Ryōtsu in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
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The airport opened in 1959 as a landing field (場外離着陸場) to provide air service connecting Sado Island to Niigata Airport, and was expanded in 1971 to allow more extensive general aviation service. Service to and from Sado Airport has been indefinitely suspended since April 2014. New Japan Aviation provided scheduled service until the airport's closure, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past. Kyokushin Air operated the Sado-Niigata route until September 2008. In November 2015, Sado Airport announced to expend the runway to 2,000 meter from December 2015 to handle Jet service with additional destination to Tokyo-Haneda.