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887:12.1
884:10.1
881:11.0
858:124.4
853:174.8
848:191.1
843:142.8
838:165.9
833:266.3
828:208.6
823:144.0
818:140.9
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300:Yunnu
291:Yoron
216:Japan
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66:Yunnu
61:Yoron
1329:ISBN
1315:ISBN
1305:ISBN
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1239:2022
1210:ISBN
1133:and
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1084:and
1082:Kobe
1068:and
1049:and
1039:ICAO
1035:IATA
911:8.7
908:9.3
899:7.5
863:91.6
813:98.9
808:86.4
784:11.2
779:17.1
774:19.1
769:22.0
764:22.7
759:17.4
754:14.5
749:11.2
724:20.7
719:16.3
714:20.2
709:23.4
704:25.6
699:26.7
694:26.7
689:24.5
684:21.2
679:18.2
674:15.9
669:14.9
664:14.3
654:22.8
649:18.6
644:22.2
639:25.4
634:27.8
629:28.9
624:28.7
619:26.3
614:23.3
609:20.6
604:18.3
599:17.3
594:16.8
584:25.5
579:20.9
574:24.6
569:27.9
564:30.7
559:31.8
554:31.5
549:28.8
544:26.0
539:23.3
534:21.1
529:19.8
524:19.1
514:34.9
509:27.5
504:29.6
499:32.4
494:34.2
489:34.9
484:34.3
479:32.6
474:30.8
469:29.3
464:27.4
459:26.3
454:25.4
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416:Mar
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410:Jan
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1259:JMA
1232:JMA
794:5.4
789:7.9
744:6.5
739:6.8
734:5.4
389:Cfa
309:ユーヌ
296:ユンヌ
282:与論島
92:ユーヌ
73:ユンヌ
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