Amami Airport
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The Amami Airport (Japanese奄 美 空港Amami Kuko ) is the airport of the island Amami - Oshima and lies within a enclave of the city of Amami, which belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. The Japanese law classifies the airport as a third class airport.
Transport links and location
The airport is located at the very north-eastern edge of the island. The accessibility from the capital (about 30 km road journey from the launch center ) or the southern edge of the island (60 km road run ) is thus not optimal. The airport is right on the street Prefecture 82 There are at irregular intervals, which vary between a half and whole hour, during the day a bus into the city center from Amami, former Naze, which has a running time of just under an hour.
History
On 10 July 1988, the new airport was opened in Amami. This was built on an artificially raised peninsula parallel to the existing shoreline. This always takes the approach and departure held above the sea. The old airport was located about two kilometers southwest of today's inland location. Sections of the old runway is still available today.
Airlines
The airport is served by JAL Express (Osaka - Itami ), Japan Air Commuter ( Kagoshima airport Kikai Airport and Okinoerabu airport) and Ryukyu Air Commuter ( Naha Airport ).
Airport facilities
The airport has a 2,000 by 45 meters wide runway and runway, which is why modern, large passenger aircraft can land on this. The terminal has several pitches, but only one is equipped with a passenger boarding bridge.