Ojika Airport

Ojika Airport 小値賀空港
IATA: none ICAO: RJDO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Nagasaki Prefecture
Location	Ojika, Japan
Elevation AMSL	25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	33°11′27″N 129°05′25″E
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 800 2,625 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 0 Cargo (metric tonnes) 0 Aircraft movement 327
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Ojika Airport (ICAO: RJDO) is a public aerodrome, located about 3.0 km (1.9 mi) southeast of the town office in Ojika, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

History

The STOL (short take-off and landing) airport opened on 20 December 1985 on land reclaimed from the coastal strip at the island's southeasterly tip. Nagasaki Airways, rebranded as Oriental Air Bridge after March 2001, operated passenger services to two airports on Kyushu using BN2 light prop-planes. Flights to Fukuoka Airport was dropped in March 2004. The last regular connection, to Nagasaki Airport, saw only few passengers carried during 2005 and ended in March 2006. Since then, the airport remains in operation but only for private planes and for transporting emergency patients by helicopter. In 2018 just over 150 landings were reported mainly helicopters. Nagasaki Prefecture has discussed abolishing the airport and simply maintaining the runway in case of need for disaster relief.