Yao Airport

Yao Airport Osaka/Yao Airport 八尾空港 Yao Kūkō
IATA: none ICAO: RJOY
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Serves	Osaka
Location	Yao
Elevation AMSL	33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates	34°35′08″N 135°36′02″E / 34.58556°N 135.60056°E / 34.58556; 135.60056Coordinates: 34°35′08″N 135°36′02″E / 34.58556°N 135.60056°E / 34.58556; 135.60056
Map
RJOY Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 1,490 4,888 Asphalt/Concrete 13/31 1,200 3,937 Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Yao Airport (八尾空港, Yao Kūkō^?, ICAO: RJOY) is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located 8.1 NM (15.0 km; 9.3 mi) southeast of Ōsaka Station, it is also an airbase for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Several small carriers offer sightseeing and charter flights from Yao, including Asahi Airlines and Hankyu Airlines.

Yao is the only second class airport in Japan that does not have scheduled airline services.

The airport started as Hanshin Aviation School in 1938. Two years later the airfield was seized by the army as the Taishō Airfield and expanded. After World War II, the occupation forces called it the Hanshin Airfield before it was returned to Japanese control.

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operates a base at the airport, JGSDF Camp Yao (八尾駐屯地^?). Units based at Camp Yao include:

The Osaka Prefectural Fire Department operates two Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopters from Yao. They are primarily used for firefighting within Osaka, but were dispatched overseas to assist with the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.