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[[Link Airs]], a Fukuoka-based regional airline startup, plans to begin service to the airport in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Link Airs applies for AOC, launch in spring 2014 from Kitakyushu and Fukuoka|url=http://centreforaviation.com/news/link-airs-applies-for-aoc-launch-in-spring-2014-from-kitakyushu-and-fukuoka-247026|accessdate=18 July 2013|newspaper=CAPA|date=17 July 2013}}</ref>


==Statistics==
==Statistics==

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Matsuyama Airport

松山空港

Matsuyama kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
ServesMatsuyama
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates33°49′38″N 132°41′59″E / 33.82722°N 132.69972°E / 33.82722; 132.69972
Websitewww.matsuyama-airport.co.jp
Map
RJOM is located in Japan
RJOM
RJOM
Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers2,863,239
Cargo (metric tonnes)7,696
Aircraft movement30,987
View of Matsuyama Airport

Matsuyama Airport (松山空港, Matsuyama kūkō) (IATA: MYJ, ICAO: RJOM) is an airport located 3 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west southwest[2] of Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

History

The airport opened as an Imperial Japanese Navy (Nihon kaigun) airfield in 1941.At the end of the war IT was the base of the 353th fighter squadron which défend Japan against saipan B-29 's raids and became a state-administre civil airport in 1958. It was the first airport in Shikoku to see jet service following a runway extension project in 1972.[3]

An office park named "Biz Port" opened near the airport in 2003 to attract technology businesses, but is scheduled to close on 1 April 2015.[4]

In 2013, the government of Ehime Prefecture and local business organizations announced that they would begin subsidizing the airport's international routes to Shanghai and Seoul, which had seen load factors of less than 50% in June 2013.[5]

Accidents and incidents

  • On October 26, 2013, a small propeller aircraft inbound from Kikai Airport crash-landed on the runway at around 6:30 p.m., forcing a temporary closure of the airport.[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air New Zealand Charter: Auckland, Christchurch [7]
All Nippon Airways Naha, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways
operated by ANA Wings
Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami
China Airlines Charter: Taipei-Songshan[8]
Fuji Dream Airlines Shizuoka
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai-Pudong
Japan Airlines Tokyo-Haneda
Japan Airlines
operated by Japan Air Commuter
Fukuoka, Kagoshima
Japan Airlines
operated by J-Air
Osaka-Itami
Jetstar Japan Tokyo-Narita
Peach Osaka-Kansai

Statistics

Statistics for Matsuyama Airport[9]
Year Total Passengers
2000 2,674,045
2001 2,666,972
2002 2,736,346
2003 2,633,410
2004 2,640,578
2005 2,693,188
2006 2,750,092
2007 2,662,611
2008 2,536,739
2009 2,362,688

References

  1. ^ "Matsuyama Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ AIS Japan
  3. ^ "空港整備事業" (in Japanese). 国土交通省 四国地方整備局. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. ^ "松山のVB施設、15年3月で閉鎖 サイボウズも移転". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. ^ "松山空港発の上海・ソウルツアーに補助金 愛媛の官民団体". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ^ "松山空港で小型機着陸失敗、滑走路を閉鎖 けが人なし". 共同通信 (in Japanese). 27 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  7. ^ http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/air-nz-doubles-charter-flights-japan-ca-125001
  8. ^ "China Airlines Makes History with Launch of Songshan-Matsuyama Flights" (Press release). China Airlines. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  9. ^ Matsuyama Airport