Hakodate Airport
Hakodate Airport 函館空港 Hakodate Kūkō | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | MLIT | ||||||||||
Serves | Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 112 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°46′12″N 140°49′19″E / 41.77000°N 140.82194°ECoordinates: 41°46′12″N 140°49′19″E / 41.77000°N 140.82194°E | ||||||||||
Website | English Website | ||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] |
Hakodate Airport (函館空港, Hakodate Kūkō) (IATA: HKD, ICAO: RJCH) is an airport located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) east[2] of Hakodate Station in Hakodate, a city in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
History[]
Hakodate airport opened in 1961 with a single 1,200 m runway. A new terminal upgrade and runway extension to 2,000 m became operational in 1971. The runway was extended further to 2,500 m in 1978 and to 3,000 m in 1999. A new terminal building opened in 2005.[3]
On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to the West by landing a MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft at Hakodate Airport.[4]
On June 21, 1995, All Nippon Airways Flight 857, a scheduled Boeing 747 flight from Tokyo to Hakodate, was hijacked by Fumio Kutsumi, a Tokyo bank employee armed with a screwdriver. Kutsumi claimed to be acting on behalf of Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara. The aircraft landed in Hakodate and stayed on the runway overnight for 15 hours before riot police stormed the aircraft at dawn and freed the passengers.[5]
Airlines and destinations[]
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Passenger[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Do | Nagoya–Centrair, Tokyo–Haneda |
All Nippon Airways | Osaka–Itami |
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings | Sapporo–Chitose |
All Nippon Airways operated by Ibex Airlines | Sendai |
China Airlines | Charter: Taipei–Taoyuan |
China Eastern Airlines | Seasonal: Hangzhou |
EVA Air | Taipei–Taoyuan |
Fuji Dream Airlines | Charter: Nagoya–Komaki |
Japan Airlines | Tokyo–Haneda |
Japan Airlines operated by Hokkaido Air System | Okushiri, Sapporo–Okadama |
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air | Osaka–Itami |
Okay Airways | Seasonal: Xi'an[6] |
Tianjin Airlines | Seasonal: Tianjin |
Tigerair Taiwan | Taipei–Taoyuan |
Statistics[]
See source Wikidata query and sources.
Ground transportation[]
Scheduled buses operate to Hakodate Station and the Onuma Prince Hotel.[7]
In popular culture[]
- The animated film Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky depicts an emergency landing at the airport.
References[]
- ^ "Hakodate 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 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ 日本の空港/VFRパイロットの飛行場・ヘリポート情報誌!. www.dgraph.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ Dowling, Stephen (2016-09-05). "The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet". BBC. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ Reid, T. R. (1995-06-22). "JAPANESE POLICE STORM PLANE, GRAB HIJACKER". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ^ "Okay Airways schedules Xi'An – Hakodate flight in Dec 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ HAKODATE Airport 函館空港ビルデング株式会社【アクセス】. airport.ne.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-02. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hakodate Airport. |
- (in English) Hakodate Airport Terminal Building Co., Ltd.
- Hakodate Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
- Current weather for RJCH at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for HKD at Aviation Safety Network
- Airports in Hokkaido
- Buildings and structures in Hakodate
- Airports established in 1961
- 1961 establishments in Japan