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Yao Airport

Yao, Japan

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RJOY

Elevation

39 ft

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Location

Yao · 27 · Japan

Position

34.596°, 135.603° · 39 ft elev.

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Osaka's general aviation hub for private and business flights.

Opened

1939

Location

Yao, Japan

Yao Airport is a general aviation airport located in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It serves primarily private aircraft, flight training operations, and business aviation, and does not handle scheduled commercial passenger services. The airport is operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan. It has a single runway and supports light aircraft, helicopters, and small business jets. Flight training schools are a significant part of its operations. As a non-commercial facility, Yao Airport does not have passenger terminals in the conventional sense, but it maintains administrative and operations buildings for its users.

Getting to & from

Yao Airport is accessible by road and is located near Yao City, which is served by the Kintetsu Osaka Line and other local transit connections.

Airlines here

No scheduled commercial airlines operate at Yao Airport, as it is dedicated to general aviation and flight training.

Notable facts

›Yao Airport has ICAO code RJOY and no IATA code, reflecting its non-commercial status.
›The airport originated as a military airfield during World War II.
›It is one of the few general aviation airports in the densely populated Osaka metropolitan area.
›Flight training schools actively use the airport for pilot instruction.
›The airport is managed by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

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Yao Airport is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located 8.1 NM southeast of Ōsaka Station, it is also a home for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Middle Army Aviation Group, Osaka Prefectural Police Aviation Corps, and Osaka Municipal Fire Department Helicopter Unit.

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