Kushimoto Airport
串本 "エルトゥールル" 空港
Kushimoto (串本) is a coastal town located in Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Kushimoto has the distinction of being the southernmost point of Japan’s main island, Honshū. Parts of the coastal area of the town are within the limits of the Yoshino-Kumano National Park and include the Hashiguiiwa Rocks, which are a National Natural Monument. Kushimoto has a Humid subtropical climate characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The area is subject to typhoons and the moist winds of the Kuroshio Current in summer.
History
Kushimoto “Ertugrul” Airport is a fictional regional airport serving the Higashimuro district in Japan. The airport is named after the Ottoman Ertugrul frigate, which on 16 September, 1890 flounders in a typhoon off of Kushimoto with great loss of life. The airport was originally in the 1970s for domestic flights and could handle up to two widebody aircraft and three narrowbodies or maximum of five narrowbody aircraft. By the 1980s, the airport had expanded to accommodate turboprop aircraft. It is served by several domestic flights, ranging from regional aircraft like the turboprop ATR42 and E190 jetliner to the bigger Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A321neo jetliners.
PERIODS
Layout
The airport has room for eight aircraft, with six spots available for narrowbody aircraft up to the A320 family or B737 series and two spots for up to widebody aircraft. The latter two widebody stands are mainly used by the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The platforms are situated parallel to runway 06/24.
