Tokushima Airport

Tokushima Awaodori Airport 徳島阿波おどり空港 Tokushima Awa-odori Kūkō
IATA: TKS ICAO: RJOS
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Owner	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/Government
Operator	Ministry of Defense
Serves	Tokushima, Japan
Elevation AMSL	37 ft / 11 m
Coordinates	34°07′56″N 134°36′33″E / 34.13222°N 134.60917°E / 34.13222; 134.60917Coordinates: 34°07′56″N 134°36′33″E / 34.13222°N 134.60917°E / 34.13222; 134.60917
Map
RJOS Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 1,013,658 Cargo (metric tonnes) 2,215
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau

Tokushima Awaodori Airport (徳島阿波おどり空港, Tokushima Awa-odori kūkō^?) (IATA: TKS, ICAO: RJOS) is a joint civil-military public airport in Matsushige, Tokushima, Japan, near the city of Tokushima.

In addition to scheduled passenger operations, the airport is the base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Tokushima Air Training Group of 202 Air Training Squadron equipped with Beechcraft TC-90 and UH-60J Search and Rescue helicopter of one flight which detached from JMSDF 72 Squadron. As a result, it is the busiest airport in Shikoku by aircraft operations, with around 15,000 takeoffs and landings each year. The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force established the 14 Squadron flying at least two Fuji UH-1J and one Kawasaki OH-6D by mid-April 2010 at the airport.

Tokushima Airport opened as an Imperial Japanese Navy air base in 1941.

The current runway was completed in 1987; it was extended to 2,500 m (8,202 ft), with projected completion in 2010.