Mishimamura Satsuma Iōjima Airport 三島村薩摩硫黄島飛行場
Aerial view of the airport
IATA:none ICAO:none
Summary
Airport type	Private
Serves	Iōjima
Location	Mishima, Kagoshima
Time zone	Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
Elevation AMSL	338 ft / 103 m
Coordinates	30°47′04″N130°16′16″E / 30.7845°N 130.2711°E /30.7845; 130.2711
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 600 1,969 Asphalt

Mishimamura Satsuma Iōjima Airport (三島村薩摩硫黄島飛行場,Mishimamura-Satsuma-Iōjima-Hikōjō) is a privateairfield located onIōjima, an island withinMishima,Kagoshima, Japan.

The airfield was built in 1973 by theYamaha Corporation as a way to transport customers to itsresort on the island.^[1] The resort closed in 1982, and the airfield was transferred to the Mishima town government in 1994.

New Japan Aviation operates the only passenger service at this airport. The flight toKagoshima are flown on Mondays and Wednesdays if enough passengers fly, and citizens of Iōjima are eligible for a discount.^[2] The flight takes 50 minutes and are flown with aCessna 172.^[3]

Between 1972 and 1983, Nippon Naigai Airways operated flights to Kagoshima andYakushima. Towa Airlines also operated flights toMakurazaki Airport.

• On November 6, 1997, a Towa AirlinesCessna 172 bound for Makurazaki crash landed shortly after takeoff. It was determined that a passenger pushed thecenter stick downwards, causing the plane to crash. Although the plane was wrecked, there were no casualties.^[5]
• On November 25, 2012, a privately ownedFuji FA-200 Aero Subaru overran the runway on landing, hitting a bamboo fence. Among the 4 people aboard, there were no casualties.^[6]

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