Kochi Airport

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For the international airport in Kochi, India, see Cochin International Airport.

Kochi Airport is a regional airport in Nankoku, Kōchi, Japan (IATA: KCZ, ICAO: RJOK) on the southeastern coast.

Kochi Airport
IATA: NCZ - ICAO: RJOK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Kochi Airport
Serves		[[Nankoku]]
Elevation AMSL		31 ft ( m)
Coordinates		Latitude: 33.55, Longitude: 133.68
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14/32	6,558	1,999	Asphalt

1 Overview
2 History
3 Facts
4 Airlines and Destinations
5 Incidents and accidents
6 References

[edit] Overview

The 120 hectare airport has a single runway handling small to medium size aircraft. The 10,900 square metre two storey terminal building is located to the north side of the runway. The arrivals level is on the first floor and departures on the second. There are 14 retail stores in the small terminal building. There is an observation deck on the third floor of the building. Transportation from the airport are by car, taxi or bus.

[edit] History

Kochi Airport was originally built in 1944 as Kochi Airfield of the Japanese Imperial Navy and from 1945 to 1952 the airport was under command of US forces. The airfield became a civilian airport in 1952 and first flights in 1954.

The runway was expanded in 1960 and 1980 and plans are in works to extend it again to 2,500 metres to handle larger aircraft.

On November 15, 2003 it was renamed to the Kōchi Ryōma Airport in honor of Bakumatsu period leader Sakamoto Ryōma.

[edit] Facts

2,400,000 passengers annually (1,932,000 in 2000)
6,850 tons of cargo annually (2000)
13,500 landings annually (2000)
3 gates handling 37 aircraft

[edit] Airlines and Destinations

All Nippon Airways (Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda)
Japan Airlines (Fukuoka, Nagoya-Komaki, Tokyo-Haneda)
- Japan Air Commuter
- J-AIR
Japan Transocean Air (Okinawa)

[edit] Incidents and accidents

13 March 2007, All Nippon Airways Flight 1603, bound from Osaka to Kochi, landed safely at the Kochi Airport after the front wheel of the plane failed to deploy. As a result, ANA's fleet of thirteen Bombardier DHC-8 aircraft are grounded awaiting emergency inspections.^[1]