Yakushima Airport (屋久島空港, Yakushima Kūkō) (IATA: KUM, ICAO: RJFC) is located on the island of Yakushima, in Yakushima Town, Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The airport was opened in 1963 with a 1100 meter runway. The runway was extended to 1200 meters in 1975, and to 1500 meters in 1976.

New Tanegashima Airport (新種子島空港, Shin Tanegashima Kūkō) (IATA: TNE, ICAO: RJFG), also known as Tanegashima Airport, is located in Nakatane, on Tanegashima, one of the Ōsumi Islands in southern Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.The original Tanegashima Airport was opened on July 27, 1962 at a site approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the present airport. Although its runway was extended from 1100 meters to 1500 meters in 1973, it was not suitable to handle jet aircraft, and was closed on March 16 2006, the day that the New Tanegashima Airport, with a 2000 meter runway was opened.