Airport type Military/Public Elevation AMSL 33 ft / 10 m 1,490 4,888 Phone +81 72-992-0031 | 09/27 1,490 Elevation 13 m | |
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Operator Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Similar Army National Guard Ya, Yao Station, Yaominami Station, Kintetsu Station, Kyuhoji Station | ||
Yao airport night landing take off
Yao Airport (八尾空港, Yao Kūkō, ICAO: RJOY) is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located 8.1 NM (15.0 km; 9.3 mi) southeast of Ōsaka Station, it is also an airbase for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
Contents
- Yao airport night landing take off
- Flight from kobe airport to yao airport
- History
- Self Defense Forces
- Osaka Prefecture
- References
Several small carriers offer sightseeing and charter flights from Yao, including Asahi Airlines and Hankyu Airlines.
Yao is the only second class airport in Japan that does not have scheduled airline services.
Flight from kobe airport to yao airport
History
The airport started as Hanshin Aviation School in 1938. Two years later the airfield was seized by the army as the Taishō Airfield and expanded. After World War II, the occupation forces called it the Hanshin Airfield before it was returned to Japanese control.
Self-Defense Forces
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operates a base at the airport, JGSDF Camp Yao (八尾駐屯地). Units based at Camp Yao include:
Osaka Prefecture
The Osaka Prefectural Fire Department operates two Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopters from Yao. They are primarily used for firefighting within Osaka, but were dispatched overseas to assist with the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.