Yao Airport
| Yao Airport Osaka/Yao Airport 八尾空港 Yao KūkŠ| |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: RJOY | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Osaka | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Yao | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 33 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°35′08″N 135°36′02″E / 34.58556°N 135.60056°ECoordinates: 34°35′08″N 135°36′02″E / 34.58556°N 135.60056°E | ||||||||||||||
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Yao Airport (八尾空港 Yao KÅ«kÅ, ICAO: RJOY) is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located 8.1 NM (15.0 km; 9.3 mi) southeast of ÅŒsaka 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 TaishÅ 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 (å…«å°¾é§å±¯åœ°). Units based at Camp Yao include:[3]
- Middle Army Aviation Group (ä¸éƒ¨æ–¹é¢èˆªç©ºéšŠ) units (other than 5th Anti-Tank Helicopter Group (第５対戦車ヘリコプター隊) which is based in Mie Prefecture):
- Middle Army Aviation Group HQ (ä¸éƒ¨æ–¹é¢èˆªç©ºéšŠæœ¬éƒ¨ä»˜éšŠ)
- Middle Army Helicopters (ä¸éƒ¨æ–¹é¢ãƒ˜ãƒªã‚³ãƒ—ター隊) - UH-1 and OH-1 transport/observation helicopters
- Middle Army Air Traffic Control and Weather (ä¸éƒ¨æ–¹é¢ç®¡åˆ¶æ°—象隊)
- Middle Army Air Fleet Maintenance (ä¸éƒ¨æ–¹é¢èˆªç©ºé‡Žæ•´å‚™éšŠ)
- 3rd Aviation Group (第３飛行隊) - UH-1 and OH-6 transport/observation helicopters
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 2 AIS Japan
- ↑ Yao Municipal Library, 八尾空港, retrieved October 3, 2012
- ↑ "é§å±¯åœ°ç´¹ä»‹". 陸上自衛隊八尾é§å±¯åœ°ã€€åºƒå ±ç. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "大阪市消防局航空隊".
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