Nagasaki Airport
Nagasaki Airport (長崎空港, Nagasaki Kūkō) (IATA: NGS, ICAO: RJFU) is a second-class airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Ōmura Station[2] in the city of Ōmura and 18 km (11 mi) north northeast of Nagasaki Station in the city of Nagasaki,[2] Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Nagasaki Airport 長崎空港 Nagasaki Kūkō | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Civil Aviation Bureau | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Location | Ōmura, Nagasaki | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Oriental Air Bridge | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°55′01″N 129°54′49″E | ||||||||||||||
Website | https://nagasaki-airport.jp/ | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] |
The airport terminal and runway 14/32 are on an island, and the shorter runway 18/36 (now used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for helicopter flights) is on the mainland.
Oriental Air Bridge, a regional airline is based at the airport.[3]
History
The mainland portion of the airport opened as a military aerodrome in 1923, and commenced civilian joint use as Omura Airport (大村空港) in 1955.[4]
The current island runway and terminal opened on May 1, 1975,[5] and became Japan's first full-scale airport built over water.[6] It was also the first airport in the world to be built on the ocean.[5] Although Nagasaki is superficially similar to Japan's other island airports, Kansai International Airport, Kobe Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, and Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Nagasaki Airport was constructed on Mishima Island (Japanese: 箕島).[5] Constructing the airport required flattening the island's hills and reclaiming land around its shore, expanding it from 0.9 to 1.54 km2 (0.35 to 0.59 sq mi). The island had 66 residents in 13 households, all of whom agreed to relocate so that the new airport could be built.[5]
Nagasaki's first international service, to Shanghai, commenced in September 1979.[5] There are no longer any scheduled international flights to or from Nagasaki as of December 2022.[7] The main runway was extended from 2,500 m to its current length in 1980. The mainland portion of the airport was abolished in 2011 and was transferred to the Japan Self-Defense Forces, where it was renamed into Omura Air Base.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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All Nippon Airways | Tokyo–Haneda |
ANA Wings | Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami |
China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong (resumes October 30, 2023)[8] |
J-Air | Osaka–Itami |
Japan Airlines | Tokyo–Haneda |
Jetstar Japan | Tokyo–Narita[9] |
Oriental Air Bridge | Fukue, Iki, Tsushima |
Peach | Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita |
Skymark Airlines | Kobe |
Solaseed Air | Tokyo–Haneda |
Statistics
Year | Total passengers [10] |
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1998 | 3,090,345 |
1999 | 3,056,828 |
2000 | 2,958,058 |
2001 | 2,846,646 |
2002 | 2,853,510 |
2003 | 2,834,289 |
2004 | 2,637,308 |
Ground transportation
Several companies provide scheduled bus service to the airport from Nagasaki, Shimabara, Sasebo, and other surrounding cities. Ferry operators provide service to Togitsu, Nagayo, and the Huis ten Bosch theme park.
Gallery
- The airport's control tower
- Airport apron
- Check-in counters
- Observation deck
- Aerial view of the airport (2021)
- The airport in 1974, the year before its opening.
References
- "Nagasaki Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- "AIS JAPAN - Japan Aeronautical Information Service Center". aisjapan.mlit.go.jp. Archived from the original on May 17, 2016.
- "会社案内". 27 March 2018.
- "平成27年度航空機騒音調査結果(長崎空港・大村飛行場周辺)" (PDF) (Press release). 長崎県. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- "Airport Overview". Nagasaki Airport Building Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- "大阪航空局_大阪航空局のご案内_管内空港の現況と出先機関_長崎空港". ocab.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
- Based on FlightRadar24 search
- "国際線<長崎-上海> 運航再開". 長崎空港.
- Ltd. 2019, UBM (UK). "Jetstar Japan adds Nagasaki from Sep 2018". Routesonline.
- "Nagasaki Airport -About Nagasaki airport". Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
External links
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- Nagasaki Airport
- Nagasaki Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
- Current weather for RJFU at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for NGS at Aviation Safety Network