Shimojishima Airport

Shimojishima Airport

下地島空港

Shimojishima Kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Owner/OperatorOkinawa Prefecture
ServesMiyakojima, Okinawa
LocationShimojishima, Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
OpenedJuly 1973; 51 years ago (1973-07)
Operating base forSkymark Airlines
Elevation AMSL25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates24°49′36″N 125°08′41″E / 24.82667°N 125.14472°E / 24.82667; 125.14472
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SHI/RORS is located in Okinawa Prefecture
SHI/RORS
SHI/RORS
Location in Okinawa Prefecture
SHI/RORS is located in Japan
SHI/RORS
SHI/RORS
Location in Japan
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Shimojishima Airport (下地島空港, Shimojishima Kūkō) (IATA: SHI, ICAO: RORS) is located on the island of Shimojishima in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has the longest runway of any island in Japan south of the main island of Okinawa. Mitsubishi Estate has built a passenger terminal which began operating commercial flights in March 2019.

While Mitsubishi Estate owns the terminal, it outsources its operation to its subsidiary, Shimojishima Airport Management jointly founded together with Kokuba-Gumi and Sojitz.

The prefecture operates the airport, which has been classified as a Third Class airport (otherwise known as a Type-3) since May 1979.

  1. ^ AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive