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Naha Airport 那覇空港 Naha Kūkō | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||
| Serves | Naha, Okinawa, Japan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 11 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°11′45″N 127°38′45″E / 26.19583°N 127.64583°E | ||||||||||
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Naha Airport (那覇空港, Naha Kūkō) (IATA: OKA, ICAO: ROAH) is a second class airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the city office[1] in Naha, Okinawa.
The primary air terminal for passengers and freight traveling to and from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, the airport handles international traffic to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China. Japan's seventh busiest airport, it also carries domestic flights to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and many other cities on Japan's four main islands. Naha is also a hub for service to other locations in Okinawa, including Ishigaki Airport, and suffers from congestion. In all, flights connect Naha to more than 30 destinations. Its single 3,000 m (9,843 ft) runway handles in excess of 150 flights daily.
The airport is also home to Naha Air Base.
Naha Airport served 14,495,054 passengers in FY2006.
Developments
Naha airport is undergoing major transformations, as three separate projects.
Runway
The Governor of Okinawa, Hirokazu Nakaima, has expressed his interest to build a second runway to accommodate flights, to be operational by 2015.[2]
Terminal Relocation and Expansion
In 2008, the government gave a go ahead to significantly expand the domestic terminal requiring the relocation of cargo facilities and the international terminal, it is expected to take 7 years to complete.
Intermodal Under Bay Tunnel
In addition, a 6 lane Under bay tunnel for auto transport linking the airport with the Naha Port is expected to boost the usefulness of the intermodal facility was completed in 2011. This tunnel will also link a 2.6 hectare Free Trade Zone near the Airport and another 122 hectare one at Nakagusuku Bay.
History
Oroku Aerodrome (小禄飛行場), an Imperial Japanese Navy airfield, opened in 1933. The base was taken over by the United States in 1945 and was renamed Naha Airport (那覇飛行場).
Pan American World Airways and Northwest Orient began service to Naha in 1947. Southwest Airlines (now Japan Transocean Air) began inter-island operations from Naha in 1967.
Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972. In 1982, Naha Airport was transferred from US military control to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
The airport was a popular connecting point between Taipei and Shanghai prior to the opening of direct flights between mainland China and Taiwan.
The basic and detailed design engineering works in addition to the later construction management phase of the main passenger terminal were awarded in the 1990s in part to the Japan Branch of the American design-build engineering company, The Austin Company, which joined Japanese firms in a joint venture design consortium.
Transport
The Okinawa Monorail carries passengers from Naha-kūkō Station to the center of Naha, and to the terminal at Shuri Station, which is closest to Shuri Castle. In addition, bus service is available to many parts of Okinawa Island. Extensive parking lots are available as well.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| AirAsia Japan | Tokyo-Narita |
| Air China | Beijing-Capital |
| All Nippon Airways | Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kobe, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Sendai, Takamatsu, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita Seasonal: Matsuyama [begins 30 October 2012], Niigata |
| All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings | Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Miyako, Shizuoka |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Incheon |
| China Airlines | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong |
| Dragonair | Hong Kong |
| First Flying | Aguni |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Seasonal: Hong Kong |
| Hong Kong Express Airways | Hong Kong |
| Japan Airlines | Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda Seasonal: Hanamaki |
| Japan Airlines operated by Japan Transocean Air | Fukuoka, Ishigaki, Komatsu, Kumejima, Miyako, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita |
| Japan Transocean Air operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter | Amamioshima, Kitadaito, Kumejima, Minamidaito, Yonaguni, Yoron Seasonal: Miyako |
| Jetstar Japan | Osaka-Kansai [begins 28 October 2012][3], Tokyo-Narita |
| Mandarin Airlines | Kaohsiung, Taichung |
| Peach | Osaka-Kansai [begins 18 October 2012][4] |
| Skymark Airlines | Fukuoka, Kobe, Miyako, Nagoya-Centrair, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita Seasonal: Ibaraki |
| Solaseed Air | Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki |
| TransAsia Airways | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| United Airlines | Guam [ends 27 October 2012][5] |
Incidents
- On December 11, 1994, Ramzi Yousef planted a bomb on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, with the intent of mass murder. The bomb exploded on the Boeing 747-283B en route from Cebu to Tokyo, killing one passenger and injuring ten other passengers. The plane made an emergency landing at Naha Airport safely.
- On January 31, 2001, Japan Airlines Flight 907, bound for Naha from Tokyo International Airport, nearly collided with another Japan Airlines aircraft. The Boeing 747 for Flight 907 suddenly dived and avoided a DC-10.
- On August 20, 2007, China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-800, was taxying to the ramp after landing when suddenly a fire started beneath the right wing, quickly engulfing the entire plane. All passengers and crew members were evacuated safely. Investigations later revealed that part of the slat drive mechanism pierced the fuel tank, and the leaking fuel ignited when it came into contact with hot engine parts.
References
- ^ a b AIS Japan
- ^ 那覇空港第２滑走路１５年目標 仲井真知事
- ^ http://www.jetstar.com/mediacentre/latest-announcements/detail?Id=bd61ddf9-c037-4455-8582-cf97d28ed8c7&language=en
- ^ http://www.flypeach.com/campagin/okinawa_launch.aspx?utm_source=www_pc_en-us&utm_medium=top_banner&utm_term=promo&utm_content=20120731&utm_campaign=okinawa_sale
- ^ http://www.guampdn.com/article/20121003/NEWS01/210030310/United-drops-Okinawa-Guam-service?odyssey=mod%7cnewswell%7ctext%7cFrontpage%7cs
External links
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- Airport website Template:Ja icon
- Airports of Okinawa
- Naha Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
- openNav: OKA / ROAH charts
- Current weather for ROAH at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for OKA at Aviation Safety Network
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