title: New Tanegashima Airport
text: # New Tanegashima Airport
  
  New Tanegashima Airport (新種子島空港, Shin Tanegashima Kūkō) (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG), also known as Tanegashima Airport, is located in Nakatane, on Tanegashima, one of the Ōsumi Islands in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
  
  The original Tanegashima Airport was opened on July 27, 1962, at a site approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the present airport. Although its runway was extended from 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in 1973, it was not suitable to handle jet aircraft, and was closed on March 16, 2006, the day that the New Tanegashima Airport, with a 2,000 m (6,600 ft) runway was opened.
  
  ## Airlines and destinations
  
  ### Passenger
  
  | Airlines | Destinations |
  | - | - |
  | J-Air | Seasonal: Osaka–Itami |
  | Japan Air Commuter | Fukuoka, Kagoshima |
  