New Ishigaki Airport
Ishigaki, Japan
New Ishigaki Airport (IATA: ISG, ICAO: ROIG), also branded as Painushima Ishigaki Airport, is a regional airport located in the Shiraho district of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The airport is located near the eastern coast of Ishigaki Island. It connects the island to major cities in Japan as well as destinations throughout Okinawa Prefecture and the Yaeyama Islands. New Ishigaki Airport was built to replace the former Ishigaki Airport, which the shorter runway of only 1,500 metres (4, 900 ft), could not accommodate larger jets and the airport was surrounded with buildings and residential area. Operations at the old Ishigaki Airport ceased at midnight on March 6, 2013, and New Ishigaki Airport opened on March 7, 2013. Yaeyama Islands are in the spotlight as World Heritage islands and year-round tropical resort destination, and the airport serves more than 2.6 million people each year. Congestion at the airport has become a serious problem, so construction was completed to triple the size of the international terminal in 2022. The city authorities and Okinawa Prefecture are planning to extend the runway to 2,800 meters to meet the flight requests of airlines.
Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.