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Yao Airport

Osaka/Yao Airport

八尾空港

Yao Kūkō
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/public
Operator Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
ServesOsaka
LocationYao
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates34°35′08″N 135°36′02″E / 34.58556°N 135.60056°E / 34.58556; 135.60056
Map
RJOY is located in Osaka Prefecture
RJOY
RJOY
Location in Japan
RJOY is located in Japan
RJOY
RJOY
RJOY (Japan)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,490 4,888 Asphalt/concrete
13/31 1,200 3,937 Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Yao Airport (八尾空港, Yao Kūkō, ICAO: RJOY) is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located 8.1 NM (15.0 km; 9.3 mi) southeast of Ōsaka Station,[1] it is also an airbase for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Several small carriers offer sightseeing and charter flights from Yao, including Asahi Airlines and Hankyu Airlines.

Yao is the only second class airport in Japan that does not have scheduled airline services.

History

The airport started as Hanshin Aviation School in 1938. Two years later the airfield was seized by the army as the Taishō Airfield and expanded. After World War II, the occupation forces called it the Hanshin Airfield before it was returned to Japanese control.[2]

Operations

Self-Defense Forces

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operates a base at the airport, JGSDF Camp Yao (八尾駐屯地). Units based at Camp Yao include:[3]

Osaka Prefecture

The Osaka Prefectural Fire Department operates two Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopters from Yao. They are primarily used for firefighting within Osaka, but were dispatched overseas to assist with the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b AIS Japan
  2. ^ Yao Municipal Library, 八尾空港, retrieved October 3, 2012
  3. ^ "駐屯地紹介". 陸上自衛隊八尾駐屯地　広報班. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ "大阪市消防局航空隊".
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