Miyazaki Airport
Miyazaki Airport 宮崎空港 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | ||||||||||
| Serves | Miyazaki Prefecture | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°52′38″N 131°26′55″E / 31.87722°N 131.44861°E | ||||||||||
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Miyazaki Airport (宮崎空港, Miyazaki Kūkō) (IATA: KMI, ICAO: RJFM) is an airport located 3.2 km (2.0 mi) south southeast[1] of Miyazaki, a city in the Miyazaki Prefecture of Japan.
The second floor has the head office of Solaseed Air.[3]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| All Nippon Airways | Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda |
| Asiana Airlines | Seoul-Incheon |
| China Airlines | Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Fuji Dream Airlines | Nagoya-Komaki |
| Hong Kong Airlines | Hong Kong |
| Ibex Airlines | Fukuoka, Osaka-Itami |
| Japan Airlines | Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda |
| Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter | Fukuoka |
| Peach | Osaka-Kansai[4] |
| Solaseed Air | Naha, Osaka-Itami (begins May 2016), Tokyo-Haneda |
Link Airs, a Fukuoka-based regional airline startup, planned to begin service to the airport in 2014.[5] However, the company filed for bankruptcy before launching any flights.
Access
The airport is connected to various locations by bus. Also, there is a railway line, the Miyazaki Kūkō Line, which connects the airport with the city center of Miyazaki and northern cities of the prefecture.
History
The airport opened in 1943 as an Imperial Japanese Navy base during World War II, and was a major base for "kamikaze" units beginning in February 1945, sending a total of 47 aircraft on suicide missions during operations such as the Battle of Okinawa.[6]
On October 1969, All Nippon Airways Flight 104 overran a runway at Miyazaki Airport by 132 metres. All four crew and 49 passengers survived.[7]
References
- ^ a b AIS Japan
- ^ "Miyazaki Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "会社概要" (Archive). Solaseed Air. Rterieved on January 26, 2014. "本社 〒 880-0912 宮崎市大字赤江 宮崎空港内（宮崎空港ビル2階）"
- ^ Peach begin new service to Osaka from August 2015
- ^ "Link Airs applies for AOC, launch in spring 2014 from Kitakyushu and Fukuoka". CAPA. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ "元特攻隊員、宮崎空港での記念館新設に懸命 かつて海軍飛行場". www.nikkei.com. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
- ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
External links
- Miyazaki Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
- Current weather for RJFM at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for KMI at Aviation Safety Network
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