Hakodate Airport

Hakodate Airport
函館空港
Hakodate Kūkō
IATA: HKDICAO: RJCH
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator MLIT
Serves Hakodate, Japan
Elevation AMSL 112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates
Website English Website
Map
RJCH
Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Hakodate Airport (函館空港 Hakodate Kūkō?) (IATA: HKDICAO: RJCH), is an airport located 7.6 km (4.7 mi) east[1] of Hakodate Station in Hakodate, a city in Hokkaidō, Japan. It is operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. It serves as the hub for airtransse.

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History

Hakodate airport opened in 1961 and is located by the seas around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the city centre. The single runway has been extended three times, in 1971, 1978 and 1999. A new terminal building was opened in 2005, replacing the earlier structure.

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

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
All Nippon Airways Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon Osaka-Kansai, Nagoya-Centrair
All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon Network Sapporo-Chitose
Hokkaido International Airlines Tokyo-Haneda
Japan Airlines Tokyo-Haneda
Japan Airlines operated by Hokkaido Air System Asahikawa, Kushiro, Okushiri, Sapporo-Okadama
Hong Kong Express Airways Seasonal Charter: Hong Kong
TransAsia Airways Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
China Airlines Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
EVA Airways Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon
SAT Airlines Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Ground transportation

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

References

  1. ^ a b AIS Japan

External links