en Okinoerabu Airport

Okinoerabu Airport

沖永良部空港

Okinoerabu Kūkō
Okinoerabu Airport; 沖永良部空港; Okinoerabu Kūkō
	IATA: OKE; ICAO: RJKB;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Kagoshima Prefecture
Elevation AMSL	88 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	27°25′54″N 128°42′20″E / 27.43167°N 128.70556°E
Map
	RJKB Location in Japan RJKB RJKB (Japan)
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers
Passengers	99,586
Cargo (metric tonnes)	141
Aircraft movement	3,706
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Okinoerabu Airport (沖永良部空港, Okinoerabu Kūkō) (IATA: OKE, ICAO: RJKB) is located on the island of Okinoerabujima in the town of Wadomari, Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

History

Okinoerabu Airport was opened on 1 May 1969 with a 1200-meter runway, and was officially certified as a third-class airport by the Japanese government on 31 May 1969. In order to handle operations by Bombardier Q400 aircraft, the runway was reinforced and lengthened to 1400 meters on 12 May 2005. The last commercial operation of the NAMC YS-11 in Japan was on 30 September 2006 on a flight from Okenoerabu to Kagoshima.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Japan Air Commuter	Amami Ōshima, Kagoshima, Naha, Tokunoshima

References

^ "Okinoerabu Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ Farewell to the wings of YS-11^{[permanent dead link‍]} Yomiuri Online (Yomiuri Shimbun)

External links

[1] "Okinoerabu Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[2] Farewell to the wings of YS-11^{[permanent dead link‍]} Yomiuri Online (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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