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Tottori Airport is an airport serving the city of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. The airport is owned and operated by the, and has a passenger volume of approximately 330,000 per year. The nickname is Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport.Historywas built 500m south of the present airport in 1957, and had a runway 960m long and 30m wide. It closed in 1964. In 1967 the present-day Tottori Airport was built and opened by the prefectural government and had a runway 1200m long and 30m wide. The runway was successively lengthened in 1972 to 1500m, in 1985 to 1800m, and to its present length of 2000m in 1990. The runway is constructed of asphalt concrete.Tottori Airport originally had service only to Tokyo, but the Tokyo service ceased in 1969 when the airport began flights to Osaka. The airport had service to both Osaka and Tokyo service from 1979 to 1985, but now only serves Tokyo.FacilitiesTottori Airport operates from 7 am to 9 pm daily. The terminal building is a two story structure with an observation deck. A meeting hall, the, opened in 1996, is adjacent to the airport. The airport also maintains a playground outside the airport.Airlines and destinationsAll Nippon Airways is the sole air carrier at Tottori Airport. It maintains several flights to and from Tokyo Haneda per day, almost all on a fleet of Boeing 737s.