Yakushima Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Yakushima Airport

| nativename-a = 屋久島空港

| nativename-r = Yakushima Kūkō

| image = Yakushima airport.JPG

| image-width = 300

| IATA = KUM

| ICAO = RJFC

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = Kagoshima Prefecture

| city-served = Yakushima, Japan

| location = Yakushima

| metric-elev = yes

| elevation-m = 37

| elevation-f = 122

| coordinates = {{coord|30|23|08|N|130|39|33|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Japan Kagoshima Prefecture#Japan

| pushpin_label = RJFC

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan

| website =

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length-m = 1,500

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2015

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 164,980

| stat2-header = Cargo (metric tonnes)

| stat2-data = 135

| stat3-header = Aircraft movement

| stat3-data = 4,752

| footnotes = Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism{{cite web|title=Yakushima Airport|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|access-date=7 January 2017}}

}}

File:Yakushima_Airport_Aerial_photograph.1977.jpg

{{nihongo|Yakushima Airport|屋久島空港|Yakushima Kūkō}} {{airport codes|KUM|RJFC}} is an airport located on the island of Yakushima in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It lies by the coast, between the towns of Anbō and Miyanoura.

History

The airport was opened in 1963 with an 1100-meter runway. The runway was extended to 1200 meters in 1975 and to 1500 meters in 1976. The runway was hardened in 2004 so as to allow DHC-8-400 aircraft to operate.{{Cite web |last= |title=屋久島空港 |url=https://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/ah09/infra/port/kuko/yakushima.html |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=鹿児島県 |language=ja}}

A further extension to 2000m has been approved, which will allow jet aircraft to operate.{{cite web |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kagoshima/news/20190219-OYTNT50141/ |title=屋久島空港の滑走路延伸へ　知事方針　ジェット機就航可能に : 地域 : 読売新聞オンライン |website=www.yomiuri.co.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085625/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kagoshima/news/20190219-OYTNT50141/ |archive-date=2019-03-27}} The master plan and environmental assessment for the extension are to be prepared in 2023.{{Cite web |title=屋久島空港ジェット機就航へ滑走路延伸 1500から2000メートルに鹿児島県、23年度に基本設計へ（南日本新聞） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/3d8a54012fbacc951476099fc3497e5a3cd91cbd |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced in April 2024 that it had adopted the project to extend the runway to 2,000m starting this fiscal year.