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Naha Airport
Naha Airport (, Naha Kuko^?) (IATA: OKA, ICAO: ROAH) is a second class airport located in the city of Naha, Okinawa.Top photos chosen by u all:
SWAL YS-11 Airliners
Made by J R Webb
also here: the-long-way-home.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-was-teenage-ille... The original Southwest Air Lines serving the Ryukyu Islands. Has nothing to do with that awful airline in the USA. We arrived at Naha twice. Once was on a plane like the one pictured from a weekend trip to Ishigaki island. The other time was on a Japan Airlines flight from Taipei. THAT's a story for the biography! But I'll save that for when I upload my Taiwan slides. Anyway, my mom had purchased these great mangoes and was carrying them on board. They were prohibited but since our departure was so unconventional, we didn't notice any signs and nobody mentioned it. In my suitcase we had cleverly packed several bootleg copies of record albums we bought for pennies. (At the time Taiwan didn't honor any copyright laws so music albums and books were reprinted without fear of the law. The US, though, didn't allow these items and were confiscated at customs if discovered.) The records were all cleverly packed inside a round cookie tin my parents went out and bought expressly for the purpose of smuggling them in. They even brought extra pieces of paper and twine back to the hotel room so once we ate a few cookies off the top, we could put the records in the bottom, replace the cookies and then wrap it all up again. Devious, huh? It was my idea. I had seen the tins and thought they might be the right size. Well, it worked. As long as a customs agent didn't lift the package they wouldn't know there were only a few cookies inside and about 30 albums. It wasn't my idea to pack the contraband in MY suitcase, though. But that's what happened. It weighed a ton and my poor, skinny little arms strained to lug that suitcase along. When we arrived at US Customs in Naha my mom went in ahead of me, clutching a mesh bag of fresh mangoes with both hands held behind her. She appeared to be getting away with it too. But I got really nervous when one of the agents appeared to be about to lift my box of cookies out of my suitcase and so to save my own ass and distract the agent I said, Mother, I don't think fresh mangoes are allowed! I shut my suitcase and left while she was in there trying to save her fruit. But it didn't work and I've had to hear about how she wanted to kill me for doing that for the last 35 years! ----- I just remembered the first time we went to Naha airport. It was to meet my sister who was arriving from the US after her first year of teaching 2nd grade. She couldn't pass up the chance to come and live with us on Okinawa. Anyhow, I remember seeing her walk in across the tarmac from the observation deck and wondering why her hair was totally straight and hanging down like she had just washed it. I laughed out loud. I'd never seen her look like that in public before. I was too young to make the connection between straight hair, curlers and humidity. Another time we went to meet my brother who was arriving after a long trip from France via Tehran, Delhi and Hong Kong, among other stops. He didn't show up and so we eventually went home, not sure what to think or do. There weren't any reports of planes being shot down over Vietnam, at least not commercial jets. Later he called from a Hong Kong hotel saying his flight had misconnected and Pan Am had put him up for the night. We returned the next night for our reunion after not seeing him for two years. Ah, Pan Am. The assumed airline for everyone and everywhere.
B737-4Q3(JA8939) approach @OKA/ROAH
Made by woinary
JTA B737-4Q3 (JA8939) Naha airport (OKA/ROAH),Japan runway 18 from observation deck よく見ると主翼のフラップの端から筋のような雲が伸びています。東シナ海の青い海をバックに赤い尾翼の白い機体を撮影。
Arriving Back on Okinawa
Made by J R Webb
The long walk from the aircraft to the terminal building at Naha airport. Mom's wearing her big white hat. It was so hot and sunny we quickly learned to protect ourselves or we'd be burnt to a crisp.
Coming and going B747-400
Made by double-h
Now, the retirement of a jumbo jet starts little by little. I think how many years being able to see such scenery...
JAL's B767-300 at cloudy Naha Airport
Made by double-h
Photo taken from the view deck of Naha Airport at intervals of the transit.
JTA OKINAWA NAHA airport/NU OKA B737-400
ARR at Okinawa airport...全日空 日本航空 トランスオーシャン航空 沖縄 ANA JAL JTA NH JL NU OKA B737 B737-400
monorail in Naha 2
From Naha Airport st. to Tsubogawa st. monorail in Naha city, Okinawa JAPAN...monorail Naha Okinawa Japan モノレール ゆいレール 那覇 沖縄 日本
Takeoff@Tokyo International Airport(Haneda Airport)(RWY34R)
Boeing767-300, SKYMARK AIRLINES, For Naha Airport....takeoff plane airplane aircraft flight haneda 767 tokyo
那覇空港
の撮影。 晴れた日の飛行機は本当に綺麗です。 Naha airport The Naha airport on the south Photography from a SENAGA island. The airplane of
China Airlines 737-800 nearly overshoots runway at takeoff
weeks after a similar China Airlines aircraft exploded at another Japanese airport. The plane took off from Saga Airport on Friday afternoon but returned about 30 minutes later because
Takeoff@Kagoshima Airport (Japan)(RWY34)
Boeing 767-300, JAPAN AIRLINES, For Naha(Okinawa) Airport...japan airlines takeoff airport plane airplane aircraft flight kagoshima
okinawa
going to Naha Airport...okinawa itoman Naha argentino nakanishi
Chinami's Departure
Chinami left for Seattle, WA on Monday, September 19. A short little message at Naha International Airport...chinami farewell naha airport
Wreckage in Okinawa
I landed the same Airport 2 days after the China Airline plane has been burnt down at Naha Airport, Okinawa. This is what I saw...
JAL NAGOYA centrair-OKINAWA NAHA/JL NGO-OKA B747-400
ARR at Okinawa airport...名古屋 セントレア 沖縄 那覇 全日空 日本航空 ANA JAL NH JL HND NGO OKA B747 B747-400
ANA TOKYO HANEDA-OKINAWA NAHA/NH HND-OKA B747-400
ARR at OKINAWA airport...全日空 日本航空 ANA JAL 東京 沖縄 那覇 TOKYO NAHA HANEDA NH JL HND OKA B747-400 B747
那覇空港 ２
の飛行機の映像です。 Naha airport 2 Although it is not fine, it is photography of the airplane from the Naha airport. A sky mark,
Okinawa trip
View from airplane from Okinawa sky...ANA JET NAHA OKINAWA AIRPORT
Nearest places of interest:
| 瀬長島 Tokashiki Island JASDF Naha Air Base Itoman Municipal Ballpark | JMSDF Naha Air Base Ohnoyama Ballpark Furuzamami Beach Zamami Island |
Popular places:
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Osaka Kobe Hiroshima Japan |
Nagoya Kyoto Fukuoka Ryukyu Islands |
