Kitadaito Airport
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Kitadaito Airport
| nativename-a = 北大東空港
| nativename-r = Kitadaitō Kūkō
| image =Ktd.jpg
| image-width = 300
| IATA = KTD
| ICAO = RORK
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Okinawa Prefecture
| city-served =
| elevation-f = 71
| coordinates = {{coord|25|56|41|N|131|19|37|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Japan Ryukyu Islands#Japan
| pushpin_label = RORK
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 03/21
| r1-length-m = 1,500
| r1-surface = Asphalt concrete
| stat-year = 2015
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 17,208
| stat2-header = Cargo (metric tonnes)
| stat2-data = 67
| stat3-header = Aircraft movement
| stat3-data = 770
| footnotes = Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism{{cite web|title=Kita Daito Airport|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016}}
}}
{{nihongo|Kitadaitō Airport|北大東空港|Kitadaitō Kūkō|{{airport codes|KTD|RORK}}}} is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport.
Only a flight from Naha to Kitadaitō is operated every day.{{cite web |title=JAL Group Discontinues Shortest Domestic Japan Route in 3Q24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240131-jlaug24oka |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=31 January 2024}}
History
Kitadaito Airport was opened in 1971 as an emergency 760 meter airstrip, constructed of crushed coral by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands. The runway was paved and extended to 800 meters in 1978, when scheduled passenger services commenced. The runway was extended to 1500 meters in 1997. At present, there is only one scheduled flight per day.
Airlines and destinations
References
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External links
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{{Portal|Japan|Aviation}}
- [http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/airport/index/kt/kitadaito00-e.htm Kitadaito Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926114134/https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/airport/index/kt/kitadaito00-e.htm |date=2022-09-26 }}
- [http://www.jal.co.jp/en/dom/airport/japan/ktd/ktd_00.html Kitadaito Airport Guide] from Japan Airlines
- {{ASN|KTD}}
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