# Yao Airport, Yao, Japan

**Yao Airport** is a medium airport in Yao, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1934. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,491 m (4,890 ft). It is operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Serves: Yao, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1934
- Elevation: 12 m / 39 ft
- Coordinates: 34.5963, 135.6030
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,491 m / 4,890 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1366065
- Weather station: RJOY · WMO 47779
- Ident: RJOY

## Timeline

- 1934: Yao Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,491 m / 4,890 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |
| 13/31 | 1,201 m / 3,940 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° |  |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- DAK [First Flying](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/first-flying)

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,491 m / 4,890 ft | =7,344 of 29,858 | #1,399 in Asia | #96 in JP |
| Elevation | 12 m / 39 ft | =39,879 of 43,403 | =2,706 in Asia | #137 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1934 | =552 of 15,079 | =64 in Asia | #8 in JP |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =3 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | KANSAI APP | 120.450 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.350 |

## Nearby airports

- [ITM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjoo.md) Osaka Itami International Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [UKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbe.md) Kobe Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [KIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbb.md) Kansai International Airport · 38 km / 24 mi
- [TKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjos.md) Tokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air Base · 105 km / 65 mi
- [SHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbd.md) Nanki Shirahama Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [NGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjgg.md) Chubu Centrair International Airport · 114 km / 71 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)
- [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/rjoy/data