Akita Airport

Akita Airport
Akita Airport; 秋田空港; Akita Kūkō
	IATA: AXT; ICAO: RJSK; WMO: 47545;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Akita Prefecture
Serves	Akita, Akita, Japan
Elevation AMSL	305 ft / 93 m
Coordinates	39°36′56″N 140°13′07″E / 39.61556°N 140.21861°ECoordinates: 39°36′56″N 140°13′07″E / 39.61556°N 140.21861°E
Map
	RJSK Location in Japan RJSK RJSK (Japan)
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers	1,238,082
Cargo (metric tonnes)	1,711
Aircraft movement	18,967
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Akita Airport (秋田空港, Akita Kūkō) (IATA: AXT, ICAO: RJSK), is a regional/second class airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Akita Station^[2] in the city of Akita, in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

History

Akita Airport was originally opened on October 1, 1951, on the Omonogawa coast of the Sea of Japan approximately 20 kilometers southeast of the center of Akita City. The airport has a 1200-meter runway, which was extended to 1500 meters in 1967 and 1625 meters in 1969, but was adversely affected by crosswinds, and by the television transmission antennas of 123-meter Mount Omoriyama adjacent to the site.

The current Akita Airport was opened at its present location on June 26, 1981, and was the first civilian airport in the Tōhoku region of Japan to have a 2500-meter runway. In 1985, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force established a search and rescue unit based at Akita Airport. As of 2016 it is equipped with UH-60J and U-125A aircraft.^[3] An international terminal was established on July 5, 1993, beginning scheduled flights to South Korea.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami, Sapporo–Chitose, Tokyo–Haneda
China Airlines	Charter: Taipei–Taoyuan
EVA Air	Charter: Taipei–Taoyuan
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Haneda Charter: Osaka–Kansai
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Osaka–Itami, Sapporo–Chitose
Korean Air	Seasonal: Seoul–Incheon

References

↑ "Akita 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 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Thompson, Paul JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved December 10, 2016

External links

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[1] "Akita Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[AIP-2] AIS Japan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.

[3] Thompson, Paul JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved December 10, 2016