Okinoerabu Airport

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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 / 27.43167; 128.70556Coordinates: 27°25′54″N 128°42′20″E / 27.43167°N 128.70556°E / 27.43167; 128.70556
Map
RJKB Location in Japan
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
04/22	1,350	4,429	Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan^[1]

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 1350 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

Airlines	Destinations
First Flying	Naha, Tokunoshima
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter	Amami, Kagoshima, Yoron

Okinoerabu Airport

References

↑ AIS Japan
↑ Farewell to the wings of YS-11 Yomiuri Online (Yomiuri Shimbun)

External links

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v t e Airports in Japan

First class airports	Chūbu Centrair International Kansai International Narita International Osaka International (Itami) Tokyo International (Haneda)

Second class airports	Akita Asahikawa Fukuoka Hakodate Hiroshima Kagoshima Kitakyushu Kōchi Ryōma Kumamoto Kushiro Matsuyama Miyazaki Nagasaki Naha New Chitose Niigata Oita Sendai Takamatsu Tokachi-Obihiro Wakkanai Yamagata Yamaguchi Ube Yao

Third class airports	Aguni Amami Aomori Fukue Fukui Fukushima Hachijojima Hanamaki Hateruma Ibaraki (Hyakuri) Iejima Iki Iwami Izumo Kamigoto Kerama Kikai Kitadaito Kobe Kōzushima Kumejima Matsumoto Memanbetsu Minami-Daito Miyakejima Miyako Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Nanki-Shirahama New Ishigaki (International) New Tanegashima Niijima Noto Odate-Noshiro Ojika Okayama Oki Okinoerabu Okushiri Oshima Rebun Rishiri Sado Saga Shimojishima Shizuoka Shonai Tarama Tokunoshima Tottori Toyama Tsushima Yakushima Yonaguni Yoron

Other airports	Amakusa Chofu Hiroshima-Nishi Honda Kasaoka Kōnan Komatsu¹ Makurazaki Miho-Yonago¹ Misawa Air Base/Misawa Airport¹ Nagoya Oitakenou Okadama¹ Tajima Teshikaga Tokushima¹

Military only airfields	Akeno Asahikawa Ashiya Atsugi Chitose Futenma Gifu Hachinohe Hamamatsu Hōfu Hyakuri Iruma Iwakuni Kanoya Matsushima Metabaru Iwo Jima Kadena Kasumigaura Kasuminome Kisarazu Minami Torishima Nyutabaru Ōminato Ozuki Shimofusa Shizuhama Tachikawa Tateyama Tokachi Tsuiki Utsunomiya Yokota

Heliports	Camp Zama Kastner Komatsushima Maizuru Tokyo

Defunct airports	Ishigaki Kokura Yokosuka naval airfield

¹ Dual military/civilian use

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