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{{Infobox airport
| name = Shonai Airport
| nativename-a = 庄内空港
| nativename-r = Shōnai Kūkō
| image = Shonai Airport Terminal and Tower.JPG
| image-width = 300
| IATA = SYO
| ICAO = RJSY
| type = Public
| operator =
| city-served = [[Sakata, Yamagata]]
| location = [[Sakata, Yamagata]], [[Japan]]
| elevation-f = 72
| coordinates = {{coord|38|48|44|N|139|47|14|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Japan Yamagata Prefecture#Japan
| pushpin_label = RJSY
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Japan
| website = [http://www.shonai-airport.co.jp/ www.shonai-airport.co.jp]
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length-m = 2,000
| r1-surface = [[Asphalt concrete]]
| stat-year = 2015
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 364,815
| stat2-header = Cargo (metric tonnes)
| stat2-data = 533
| stat3-header = Aircraft movement
| stat3-data = 4,211
| footnotes = Source: Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Shonai Airport|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|publisher=Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016}}</ref> 
}}
{{nihongo|'''Shonai Airport'''|庄内空港|Shōnai Kūkō}} {{airport codes|SYO|RJSY}} is an airport, located in [[Sakata, Yamagata|Sakata]] and [[Tsuruoka]], which are cities facing the [[Sea of Japan]] in [[Yamagata Prefecture]], [[Japan]].

==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 [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo (Haneda)]] and [[Itami Airport|Osaka (Itami)]], but cancelled the Osaka service in 2009. There was also nonstop service to [[New Chitose Airport|Sapporo]] from 1995 to 2007.

[[Seiko Epson]] has also used the airport for weekly employee charter flights to and from [[Matsumoto Airport|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 and destinations==
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{{Airport-dest-list
| [[All Nippon Airways]] | [[Haneda International Airport|Tokyo–Haneda]]
| [[Jetstar Japan]] | [[Narita International Airport|Tokyo–Narita]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/283943/jetstar-japan-adds-tokyo-shonai-service-from-august-2019/ | title=Jetstar Japan adds Tokyo – Shonai service from August 2019}}</ref>
}}

==Transportation==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Bus transportation servicing Shonai Airport
|-
! scope="col" | Bus stop
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope="col" | Via
! scope="col" | Destination
! scope="col" | Company
! scope="col" | Note
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Airport Terminal bus stop
| rowspan=2 | Sakata―Yunohama Line
| [[Tohoku University of Community Service and Science]]
| [[Sakata Station (Yamagata)]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Shonai Kotsu]]
| rowspan=2 |
|-
|
| [[Tsuruoka Station]]
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | Hamanaka Gakko mae bus stop
| rowspan=2 | Airport Limousine Bus
| [[Sakata Station (Yamagata)]]
| [[Sakata Koryo Koko mae]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Shonai Kotsu]]
| rowspan=2 | It takes about 10 minutes from here to the bus stop on foot.
|-
|
| [[Yunohama Onsen]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{in lang|ja|en|zh|ko}} [http://www.shonai-airport.co.jp/index.html Airport Website operated by Shonai Airport Building Co., Ltd]
* {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.cab.mlit.go.jp/tcab/conditions/02_tohoku/07_shonai.html Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport]
* {{NWS-current|RJSY}}
* {{ASN|SYO}}

{{Japanese airports}}

{{Portal|Aviation}}

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[[Category:Airports in Tōhoku region]]
[[Category:Transport buildings and structures in Yamagata Prefecture]]
[[Category:Sakata, Yamagata]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1991]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Japan]]

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