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Fukue Airport, also known as Goto-Fukue or Goto Tsubaki Airport, serves the town of Goto on Fukue Island, the largest of the Goto Islands off the western coast of Kyushu, Japan. It offers a single long instrument runway at the foot of Onidake mountain and is served by Oriental Air Bridge on domestic routes to Fukuoka and Nagasaki.
Fukue Airport lies on Fukue Island, the largest of the Goto Islands, off the western coast of Kyushu in Nagasaki Prefecture. Classed as a third-class airport, it is operated by the Japanese government and primarily serves the town of Goto and the city of Fukue. It carries the alternative names Goto-Fukue Airport and, since 2014, Goto Tsubaki Airport, the latter a reference to the camellia (tsubaki) trees for which Fukue Island is noted. For the visiting simulator pilot it is a small but well-equipped island field with a single instrument-equipped runway, of interest for its remote location and reportedly tricky wind conditions on approach.
The airport sits about 1.7 nautical miles southwest of Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Fukue Island in the Goto archipelago, off the western coast of Kyushu. It is positioned at the foot of Onidake mountain, with the surrounding terrain given over largely to cultivated farmland.
Fukue Airport has one physical runway, 03/21, measuring 6,524 feet on a hard surface. The runway is lit and equipped with an ILS, supporting instrument approaches to either end.
A radio frequency of 118.35 MHz is published for the field. The runway is equipped with an ILS for instrument approaches.
Onidake mountain, at the foot of which the airport is situated, is a prominent landmark for pilots approaching the field. Fukue Island itself, the largest of the Goto Islands, is set apart from the rest of Kyushu, making the island's coastline and central high ground useful for orientation on the approach.
Fukue Airport opened in October 1963 and was built at the foot of Onidake mountain on Fukue Island, the largest of the Goto Islands, in an area of farmland. In March 2014 the airport gained the additional name Goto Tsubaki Airport, a reference to the camellia oil for which the island is known and to two ancient camellia trees, each over 300 years old, that have been designated national monuments; the terminal building displays both the Goto-Fukue and Goto Tsubaki names. An ANA pilot has remarked that air currents at the field can be unfavourable depending on wind direction, making landing and takeoff here a matter requiring skill and experience. The airport is also notable as the southernmost and westernmost airport served by Oriental Air Bridge.
Fukue Airport is served by Oriental Air Bridge, which operates domestic flights connecting the field to Fukuoka and Nagasaki; it is the southernmost and westernmost airport on that carrier's network. The field remains a modest island airport supporting scheduled passenger services to and from Fukue Island.