Hiroshima-Nishi Airport

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Coordinates: 34°22′01″N 132°24′50″E / 34.36694, 132.41389

Hiroshima-Nishi Airport
広島西飛行場
Hiroshima Nishi Hikōjō
IATA: HIW – ICAO: RJBH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Hiroshima Prefectural Government
Location Hiroshima, Japan
Elevation AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Website www.hij.airport.jp/nishi/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 1,800 5,906 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Hiroshima-Nishi Airport (広島西飛行場 Hiroshima Nishi Hikōjō?) (IATA: HIWICAO: RJBH) is an airport in Nishi Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

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[edit] History

  • 1961 : Hiroshima Airport managed by the Ministry of Transport was opened.
  • 1972 : The runway was extended from 1200 meters to 1800 meters.
  • 1993 : New Hiroshima Airport was opened in Mihara, Hiroshima. Hiroshima Airport became Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima-Nishi Airport. The basic and detailed design engineering works, in addition to the later construction management phase of this airport project, were awarded in part to the Japan Branch of the famous American design-build engineering company, The Austin Company.

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[edit] References

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

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