Hakodate Airport

Hakodate Airport

函館空港

*Hakodate Kūkō*
Hakodate Airport; 函館空港; Hakodate Kūkō
	IATA: HKD; ICAO: RJCH; WMO: 47488;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	MLIT
Serves	Hakodate, Japan
Elevation AMSL	112 ft / 34 m
Coordinates	41°46′12″N 140°49′19″E / 41.77000°N 140.82194°E
Website	English Website
Map
	RJCH Location in Japan
Runways
Statistics (2014)
Passengers
Passengers	1,723,757
Cargo (metric tonnes)	8,667
	Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan; Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (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, Transport and Tourism. 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

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Do	Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Sapporo-Chitose
China Airlines	Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Hangzhou
EVA Air	Taipei-Taoyuan
Hokkaido Air System	Asahikawa, Kushiro, Okushiri, Sapporo-Okadama
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda Seasonal: Osaka-Itami
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Fukuoka, Osaka-Itami
Okay Airways	Xi'an (begins 23 December 2016)^[3]
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin
Tigerair Taiwan	Taipei-Taoyuan^[4]

Ground transportation

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

In popular culture

Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky

References

^ ^a ^b AIS Japan
^ "Hakodate Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ "Okay Airways schedules Xi'An – Hakodate flight in Dec 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
^ "tigerair Taiwan Adds Hakodate Flights from August 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

External links

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[AIP-1] AIS Japan

[2] "Hakodate Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[3] "Okay Airways schedules Xi'An – Hakodate flight in Dec 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

[4] "tigerair Taiwan Adds Hakodate Flights from August 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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