# New Tanegashima Airport (TNE / RJFG)

**New Tanegashima Airport** (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG) is a medium airport in Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 16 Mar 2006. It has one runway, 1,995 m (6,544 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 108 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TNE / RJFG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 16 Mar 2006
- Elevation: 234 m / 768 ft
- Coordinates: 30.6051, 130.9910
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,995 m / 6,544 ft
- Passengers: 108,313 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Tanegashima_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432159
- Weather station: RJFG · WMO 47870
- Ident: RJFG

## Timeline

- 16 Mar 2006: New Tanegashima Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,995 m / 6,544 ft | 45 m / 147 ft | Asphalt | 123° / 303° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 70,735 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 77,830 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 74,633 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 76,687 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 82,936 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 93,027 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 88,513 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 52,041 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 51,769 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 81,532 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 107,304 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 108,313 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [KOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfk.md) Kagoshima Airport · Japan · 136 km / 85 mi · Japan Air Commuter
- [FUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjff.md) Fukuoka Airport · Japan · 335 km / 208 mi · Japan Air Commuter
- [ITM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjoo.md) Osaka Itami International Airport · Japan · 624 km / 388 mi · J-Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TNE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- JC [Japan Air Commuter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-air-commuter) · 2
- XM [J-Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/j-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 108K (2024) | #1,782 of 3,974 | #583 in Asia | #65 in JP |
| Longest runway | 1,995 m / 6,544 ft | #4,026 of 29,858 | #1,124 in Asia | #78 in JP |
| Elevation | 234 m / 768 ft | =22,056 of 43,403 | =1,258 in Asia | =24 in JP |
| Age | Opened 2006 | =12,210 of 15,079 | =611 in Asia | =85 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | TANEGASHIMA | 118.750 |
| APP | FUKUOKA | 133.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [KUM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfc.md) Yakushima Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [RJFY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfy.md) JMSDF Kanoya Air Base · 86 km / 53 mi
- [KOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfk.md) Kagoshima Airport · 136 km / 84 mi
- [KMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfm.md) Miyazaki Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “New Tanegashima Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Tanegashima_Airport&oldid=1363066143), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/rjfg/data