Yamagata Airport (Higashine)

Japan / Yamagata / Higashine
www.yamagata-airport.co.jp/index-en.html

IATA: GAJ, ICAO: RJSC

Yamagata Airport is designated as a 2nd-class airport.

During the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, American troops use Yamagata Airport as a base for transporting fuel and materials to the disaster areas. According to the Ministry of Defense, this was the first time that the U.S. military has used a private airport in Japan for anything other than emergency landings.

Airlines
China Airlines
Destinations: Taipei-Taoyuan (Charter)

Japan Airlines operated by J-Air
Destinations: Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamagata_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   38°24'43"N   140°22'11"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago