RJFG
New Tanegashima Airport
VFR
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Name
New Tanegashima Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
RJFG / TNE / RJFG
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
2:03 pm (JST)
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Municipality
Tanegashima
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Coordinates
30° 36′ 18″ N 130° 59′ 27″ E
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Elevation
768 ft (234 m MSL)
About New Tanegashima Airport
New Tanegashima Airport (新種子島空港, Shin Tanegashima Kūkō) (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG), also known as Tanegashima Airport, is located in Nakatane, on Tanegashima, one of the Ōsumi Islands in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
The original Tanegashima Airport was opened on July 27, 1962, at a site approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the present airport. Although its runway was extended from 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in 1973, it was not suitable to handle jet aircraft, and was closed on March 16, 2006, the day that the New Tanegashima Airport, with a 2,000 m (6,600 ft) runway was opened.