# Ishigaki Airport, Ishigaki, Japan

**Ishigaki Airport** was an airport in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1956. It closed on 7 Mar 2013. It had one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. It was operated by Okinawa Prefecture.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-3590

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Okinawa Prefecture
- Serves: Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1956
- Closed: 7 Mar 2013
- Elevation: 28 m / 93 ft
- Coordinates: 24.3445, 124.1870
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishigaki_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705963
- Weather station: ROIG · WMO 47918
- Ident: JP-3590

## Timeline

- 1956: Ishigaki Airport opens.
- 1972: Okinawa Prefecture becomes the operator.
- 26 Aug 1982: Southwest Air Lines Flight 611. No deaths.
- 7 Mar 2013: Ishigaki Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [ISG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roig.md) New Ishigaki Airport · 8.2 km / 5.1 mi
- [TRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rort.md) Tarama Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [SHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rors.md) Shimojishima Airport · 111 km / 69 mi
- [MMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/romy.md) Miyako Airport · 122 km / 76 mi
- [OGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/royn.md) Yonaguni Airport · 123 km / 76 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #59

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-3590/data