SYORJSY

Shonai Airport

Shonai, Japan · Asia

Asia Asia/Tokyo

2direct destinations

2airlines

1runway

1,999 mLongest runway

Shonai Airport (????, Sh?nai K?k?) (IATA: SYO, ICAO: RJSY) is an airport, located in Sakata and Tsuruoka, which are cities facing the Sea of Japan in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.

Location

38.812°N, 139.787°E · 26 m s. n. m. (86 ft)

General data

CountryJapan

CityShonai

IATA codeSYO

ICAO codeRJSY

Coordinates38.812°N, 139.787°E

Elevation26 m s. n. m. (86 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Tokyo

Runways1

Longest runway1,999 m

Direct destinations2

Official website

Runways · 1

09/27

Length1,999 m6,558 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 1

Common traffic (CTAF)

118.800RDO

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The airport opened in 1991 after lobbying efforts by local chambers of commerce, as the area was highly isolated from the major cities of Tokyo and Osaka, requiring half a day of travel to reach either. All Nippon Airways (ANA) initially operated service to both Tokyo (Haneda) and Osaka (Itami), but cancelled the Osaka service in 2009. There was also nonstop service to Sapporo from 1995 to 2007.

Seiko Epson has also used the airport for weekly employee charter flights to and from Matsumoto since 1997.

In December 2012, an ANA flight landing from Tokyo overran the runway at Shonai. There were no fatalities, but the airport was closed for the following day.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

All Nippon Airways Jetstar Japan

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: アラツク · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Shonai Airport (SYO). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO

MLA

“Shonai Airport (SYO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Shonai Airport (SYO).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Shonai Airport (SYO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_syo,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Shonai Airport (SYO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SYO |title=Shonai Airport (SYO) |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-15 |access-date=2026-10-23 |language=en}}