Sado Airport (Japanese: 佐渡空港) (IATA: SDS, ICAO: RJSD) is a public aerodrome located in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Sado Airport 佐渡空港
IATA: SDS ICAO: RJSD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Niigata Prefecture
Location	Sado, Japan
Elevation AMSL	75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates	38°03′40″N 138°24′51″E
Map
SDS Location in Japan Show map of Niigata Prefecture SDS SDS (Japan) Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,000 3,281 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 62 Cargo (metric tonnes) 0 Aircraft movement 1,190
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[2]

History

The airport opened in 1959 as a landing field (場外離着陸場) to provide air service connecting Sado Island to Niigata Airport, and was expanded in 1971 to allow more extensive general aviation service. Service to and from Sado Airport has been indefinitely suspended since April 2014. New Japan Aviation provided scheduled service until the airport's closure, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past.[3] Kyokushin Air operated the Sado-Niigata route until September 2008.

In November 2015, Sado Airport announced it would lengthen the runway to 2,000 meters from December 2015 to handle jet service with additional destination to Tokyo-Haneda and Osaka-Itami.[4]

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