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Yao Airport is a general aviation airport in Yao, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located 8.1NM southeast of Ōsaka Station, it is also an airbase for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.Several small carriers offer sightseeing and charter flights from Yao, including Asahi Airlines and Hankyu Airlines.Yao is the only second class airport in Japan that does not have scheduled airline services.HistoryThe airport started as Hanshin Aviation School in 1938. Two years later the airfield was seized by the army as the Taishō Airfield and expanded. After World War II, the occupation forces called it the Hanshin Airfield before it was returned to Japanese control.OperationsSelf-Defense ForcesThe Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operates a base at the airport, JGSDF Camp Yao. Units based at Camp Yao include:Middle Army Aviation Group units (other than 5th Anti-Tank Helicopter Group which is based in Mie Prefecture):Middle Army Aviation Group HQMiddle Army Helicopters - UH-1 and OH-1 transport/observation helicoptersMiddle Army Air Traffic Control and WeatherMiddle Army Air Fleet Maintenance