Fukue Airport Gotō-Fukue Airport 福江空港 Fukue Kūkō | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gotō | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 251 ft / 77 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°39′59″N 128°49′58″E / 32.66639°N 128.83278°E | ||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] | |||||||||||
Fukue Airport (福江空港, Fukue Kūkō) (IATA: FUJ, ICAO: RJFE), is a third class airport located 1.7 NM (3.1 km; 2.0 mi) southwest[2] of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture, off the western coast of Kyūshū, Japan. The airport also serves the city of Fukue. It is also known as Gotō-Fukue Airport (五島福江空港, Gotō Fukue Kūkō) and, since 2014,[3] also styled Gotō Tsubaki Airport (五島つばき空港).[4] Currently the terminal building's exterior displays both names.[5] Tsubaki means camellia, and is a notable reference on Fukue Island which is famed for producing camellia oil[6] and is home to two ancient camellia trees each over 300 years old[7][8] that have been declared 'national monuments'[9]
- ^ "Fukue Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ AIS Japan
- ^ Date for renaming of airport, March 2014
- ^ Goto Fukue Airport Airport website uses the Tsubaki moniker
- ^ Photo of the terminal building shows the name as Goto Fukue Airport in English and Japanese on the front, Goto Tsubaki (in Japanese) on the side
- ^ ANA cites Camellia oil as one of Fukue's main signature products
- ^ How to find the great Camellia Trees
- ^ Monument status of the Camellia trees
- ^ Fukue's Ancient Camellia