Shimojishima Airport
Encyclopedia
is located on the island of Shimojishima
in Miyakojima
, Okinawa Prefecture
, Japan
.
The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport.
On July 22, 1994 Japan Transocean Air
suspended flights.
As of 2005, the airport was in use as a training facility for Japan Airlines
and All Nippon Airways
. The long runway makes the facility well-suited for "touch-and-go landing" practice maneuvers.
Shimojishima
is one of the Miyako Islands, a part of the Nansei Islands. The island is administered by Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.Shimojishima is the main setting for the anime series Stratos 4.Shimojishima Airport serves the island....
in Miyakojima
Miyakojima, Okinawa
is a city on several islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was formed on October 1, 2005 by the merger of the old city of Hirara, the towns of Gusukube, Irabu and Shimoji, and the village of Ueno, all from Miyako District, which as a result of the merger has one remaining village.Miyakojima has...
, Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport.
On July 22, 1994 Japan Transocean Air
Japan Transocean Air
, or JTA, is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic services. Its main base is Naha Airport.- History :...
suspended flights.
As of 2005, the airport was in use as a training facility for Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines
is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...
and All Nippon Airways
All Nippon Airways
, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
. The long runway makes the facility well-suited for "touch-and-go landing" practice maneuvers.