Yao Airport (八尾空港 Yao-kuko, ICAO airport code RJOY) is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka prefecture, Japan. It is also an airbase for the Self-Defense Forces.

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

The airport has two runways, 9/27 (4890') and 13/31 (3940').

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

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Akihabara is also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Akihabara Denki Gai). It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes shortened to Akiba by locals. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. (read more)

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