Noto Airport

Noto Airport
能登空港
Noto Kūkō
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Ministry of Transport
Location Wajima, Ishikawa
Elevation AMSL 718 ft / 219 m
Coordinates 37°17′36″N 136°57′44″E / 37.29333°N 136.96222°E / 37.29333; 136.96222Coordinates: 37°17′36″N 136°57′44″E / 37.29333°N 136.96222°E / 37.29333; 136.96222
Map
RJNW
Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 156,374
Cargo (metric tonnes) 7
Aircraft movement 3,299

Noto Airport (能登空港, Noto Kūkō) (IATA: NTQ, ICAO: RJNW), also unofficially known as Wajima Airport (輪島空港, Wajima Kūkō) is a domestic airport located 6.4 NM (11.9 km; 7.4 mi) south southeast[2] of the city of Wajima on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

The airport is a four-story building with two jetways. It is officially designated a third class airport.

History

Completed on July 7, 2003, Noto Airport is among Japan's newest greenfield airports not constructed to replace an existing facility. Initially, All Nippon Airways (ANA) was only willing to operate one flight per day.[3] Ishikawa Prefecture thus suggested Japan's first occupancy guarantee agreement (搭乗率保証制度), in which ANA agreed to operate two daily flights and in exchange Ishikawa Prefecture agreed to compensate ANA if occupancy fell below a set target (initially 70%) and gross ticket sales were under 200 million yen. However, the agreement also specified that if the target is exceeded, ANA must pay the excess back to Ishikawa Prefecture.[3] So far, the agreement seems to have been mutually beneficial:

YearPlaneTarget occupancyActual occupancyExcessReference
2003–2004Boeing 737-500, 126 seats70%79.5%+¥97.3 million[4]
2004–2005Boeing 737, 170 seats63%64.6%+¥15.9 million
2005–2006Boeing 737, 166 seats64%66.5%+¥20.0 million[5]
2006–2007Airbus A320, 166 seats62%65.1%?[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
All Nippon Airways Tokyo-Haneda
China Airlines Seasonal Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan

References

  1. ↑ "Noto Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ↑ AIS Japan
  3. 1 2 "能登空港の搭乗率保証". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  4. ↑ "石川県空港企画課の記者発表資料(Ｈ１６年度)". Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  5. ↑ "石川県空港企画課の記者発表資料(Ｈ１８年度)". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
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