is located on
Hateruma
Hateruma (波照間島; ''Hateruma-jima''; Yaeyama: ''Patirooma'', Hateruma dialect: ''Besїma'' "our island", Okinawan: ''Hatiruma'', Northern Ryukyuan: ''Patara'') is an island in the Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the ...
island in
Taketomi
is an island in the town of Taketomi, within Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Taketomi is one of the Yaeyama Islands. The population of Taketomi Island was 323 as of January 2012.
Geography
Taketomi Island is located south of Is ...
,
Yaeyama District
is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The district covers all of the Yaeyama Islands except Ishigaki and the disputed Senkaku Islands.
As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 5,579 and the density of 15.37 pers ...
,
Okinawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city o ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a
third class airport.
Gallery
Image:HaterumaAirportAnotherPic.JPG, Hateruma Airport before rebuilding
Image:RyukyuAirCommuterCounterHaterumaAirport.JPG, A Ryukyu Air Commuter
is an airline headquartered in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to other islands of Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands
The The name ''Amami-guntō'' was standardized ...
counter at Hateruma; as of 2008 Ryukyu Air Commuter no longer serves Hateruma[Hateruma Airport Guide]
at ''Japan Airlines
, also known as JAL (''Jaru'') or , is an international airline and Japan's flag carrier and largest airline as of 2021 and 2022, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, as w ...
''. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
References
External links
Hateruma Airport*
Airports in Okinawa
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