Ishigaki Airport
Ishigaki Airport 石垣空港 Ishigaki Kūkō | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||
| Location | Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1943 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 6 March 2013 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 86 ft / 26 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°20′41″N 124°11′13″E / 24.34472°N 124.18694°E | ||||||||||
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Ishigaki Airport (石垣空港, Ishigaki Kūkō), (IATA: ISG, ICAO: ROIG) was a third-class airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) from Ishigaki city centre in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The airport provided flights to major cities on the Japanese mainland as well as destinations throughout Okinawa Prefecture and the Yaeyama Islands. Commercial operations at Ishigaki Airport ceased at 00:00 on 6 March 2013, and the New Ishigaki Airport opened on 7 March 2013. As of mid-2013, the possibility exists that the airport may be turned over fully to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. As a Type-3 airport, the JSDF was already in theory able to carry out operations from Ishigaki.