Shimojishima Airport, which has a 3,000 m (9,800 ft) runway, is nearby, and Jetstar Japan began regular flights there in 2019.

[citation needed] The airport opened in 1943 as an Imperial Japanese Navy airbase.

[3] All Nippon Airways commenced nonstop service to Tokyo (Haneda Airport) in 2016, using slots freed up by the cessation of Hokuriku region air services following the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen.

[4] Miyako Airport has a single three-story terminal building with five gates.

[5] The airport has parking berths for three mid-sized jet aircraft.