Hakodate Airport

Hakodate Airport

函館空港

Hakodate Kūkō
Hakodate Airport; 函館空港; Hakodate Kūkō
	IATA: HKD; ICAO: RJCH;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	MLIT
Serves	Hakodate, Japan
Elevation AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Website	English Website
Map
	RJCH Location in Japan
Runways
	Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Hakodate Airport (函館空港, Hakodate Kūkō) (IATA: HKD, ICAO: 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.

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

Hakodate Airport Passenger Terminal Building

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai
All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon Network	Sapporo-Chitose
China Airlines	Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
EVA Airways	Taipei-Taoyuan [begins 28 October] ^[2]
Hokkaido International Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda
Hong Kong Express Airways	Seasonal Charter: Hong Kong
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda
Japan Airlines operated by Hokkaido Air System	Asahikawa, Kushiro, Okushiri, Sapporo-Okadama
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon
TransAsia Airways	Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan

Ground transportation

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

In fiction

Case Closed: Magician of the Silver Sky

References

External links

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[AIP-1] AIS Japan

[2] ttp://airlineroute.net/2012/08/08/br-hkd-w12/

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JR named trains	Hayabusa Hayate Hokuto Kamui Kitami Lilac Okhotsk Ōzora Sarobetsu Sōya Suzuran Taisetsu Tokachi
Discontinued JR named trains	Cassiopeia Hakuchō Hamanasu Ishikari Super Hakuchō Super White Arrow Twilight Express White Arrow
Sapporo Municipal Subway	Namboku Line Tōzai Line Tōhō Line
Other railways	South Hokkaido Railway Company Hakodate Streetcar Sapporo Streetcar Taiheiyō Coal (freight only)
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