New Tanegashima Airport

New Tanegashima Airport 新種子島空港 Shin Tanegashima Kūkō
IATA: TNE ICAO: RJFG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Location	Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Elevation AMSL	768 ft / 234 m
Coordinates	30°36′18″N 130°59′30″E
Map
RJFG Location in Japan RJFG RJFG (Japan)
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 74,633 Cargo (metric tonnes) 139 Aircraft movement 3,359
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

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 27 July 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 16 March 2006, the day that the New Tanegashima Airport, with a 2,000 m (6,600 ft) runway, was opened.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
J-Air	Seasonal: Osaka–Itami
Japan Air Commuter	Fukuoka, Kagoshima

External links

• Current weather for RJFG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for TNE at Aviation Safety Network