Amami Airport

Amami Airport 奄美空港 Amami Kūkō
IATA: ASJ ICAO: RJKA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Amami Ōshima (Amami Island), Japan
Elevation AMSL	14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E / 28.43083; 129.71250Coordinates: 28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E / 28.43083; 129.71250
Map
RJKA Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 628,501 Cargo (metric tonnes) 1,127
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau

Amami Airport (奄美空港, Amami Kūkō^?) (IATA: ASJ, ICAO: RJKA) is an airport located 21.9 km (13.6 mi) east northeast Amami, a city on Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.

Amami Airport was opened as Amami Oshima Airport (奄美大島空港, Amami-Ōshima Kūkō^?) on 1 June 1964 with a 1240-meter runway about 2 kilometers to the southwest from the current position. A new airport with a runway of 2000 meters to accept jet aircraft was opened on 10 July 1988, at which time the former airport was closed.