Hakodate Airport

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Coordinates: 41°46′12″N 140°49′19″E / 41.77, 140.82194

Hakodate Airport
函館空港
Hakodate Kūkō

IATA: HKD – ICAO: RJCH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator MLIT
Serves Hakodate, Japan
Elevation AMSL 34.1 m / 112 ft
Website www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,842 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Hakodate Airport (函館空港 Hakodate Kūkō?) (IATA: HKD, ICAO: RJCH), is an airport located 10 km (6 miles) east of central Hakodate, a city in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

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[edit] History

Hakodate airport opened in 1961 and is located by the seas around 10 km from the city centre.

On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to the West by landing a MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft at Hakodate Airport.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Hakodate Airport Passenger Terminal Building
Hakodate Airport Passenger Terminal Building

[edit] Domestic

[edit] International

[edit] Ground transportation

Scheduled buses operate to Hakodate Station and the Onuma Prince Hotel.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airport information for RJCH at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
  2. ^ Airport information for HKD at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.

[edit] External links

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