Asahikawa Airport

Asahikawa Airport
旭川空港
Asahikawa Kūkō
IATA: AKJ – ICAO: RJEC
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Japanese government
Operator City of Asahikawa
Serves Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan
Location Higashikagura, Hokkaido
Elevation AMSL 690 ft / 210 m
Coordinates 43°40′15″N 142°26′51″E / 43.67083°N 142.44750°E / 43.67083; 142.44750Coordinates: 43°40′15″N 142°26′51″E / 43.67083°N 142.44750°E / 43.67083; 142.44750
Map
RJEC

Location in Japan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 1,110,137
Cargo (metric tonnes) 4,964
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan) [2]

Asahikawa Airport (旭川空港 Asahikawa Kūkō) (IATA: AKJ, ICAO: RJEC), is a single-runway regional airport in Hokkaidō, Japan, straddling the cities of Asahikawa and Higashikagura.

History

Planning of the airport began in the late 1950s. The airport site was chosen in November 1960 and received government approval in 1963. Japan Domestic Airlines began the first scheduled flight to Asahikawa on July 1, 1966, a NAMC YS-11 service to Haneda Airport via Okadama Airport. Scheduled service was on a seasonal basis (May through October) until 1970, when year-round flights to Tokyo began.[3]

The airport was closed for expansion work from May 1981 until February 1982, during which time the main runway was extended and widened, from 1,200 x 30 m to 1,640 m x 45 m. A further extension to 2,000 m was completed in November 1982. Following these expansions, jet service began at the airport, beginning with DC-9 and MD-80 aircraft followed by widebody Airbus A300s beginning in December 1983. ANA operated the first international charter flight from Asahikawa in 1987. Another runway extension, to 2,500 m, was completed in 1997, and the parallel taxiway opened in 1998.[3]

Scheduled international service to Seoul began in 2006, using new international facilities in the airport terminal.[3] In 2016, plans were finalized to build a new 5,700 m² international terminal to the south of the existing terminal, with a target of 500,000 international passengers per year by 2030.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing-Capital
Air Do Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways Nagoya-Centrair
Seasonal: Osaka-Kansai
Asiana Airlines Seasonal: Seoul-Incheon
China Eastern Airlines Beijing-Capital[5]
Seasonal: Shanghai-Pudong
EVA Air Seasonal: Taipei-Taoyuan
Japan Airlines Tokyo-Haneda
Skymark Airlines Tokyo-Haneda

Access

Asahikawa airport is accessible by bus from Asahikawa Station, Asahiyama Zoo and Furano Station. From Asahikawa Station it is about 15 km (35 min by bus) while from Furano Station it is about 40 km (1 hour by bus).

References

  1. ↑ AIS Japan
  2. ↑ "Ashahikawa Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "空港の沿革" (PDF). City of Asahikawa. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "旭川空港ビル増築、国際線施設を拡充　46億円投資". The Nikkei. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ↑ http://news.carnoc.com/list/289/289983.html

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