Akita Airport

Akita Airport

秋田空港

Akita Kūkō
Akita Airport; 秋田空港; Akita Kūkō
	Domestic terminal
	IATA: AXT; ICAO: RJSK; WMO: 47545;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Akita Prefecture
Serves	Akita, Akita, Japan
Elevation AMSL	305 ft / 93 m
Coordinates	39°36′56″N 140°13′07″E / 39.61556°N 140.21861°E
Map
	RJSK Location in Japan RJSK RJSK (Japan)
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers
Passengers	1,238,082
Cargo (metric tonnes)	1,711
Aircraft movement	18,967
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Akita Airport (秋田空港, Akita Kūkō) (IATA: AXT, ICAO: RJSK) is an airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Akita Station,^[2] in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

History

Akita Airport was originally opened on October 1, 1961, on the Omonogawa coast of the Sea of Japan approximately 20 kilometers southeast of the center of Akita City. The airport originally had a 1,200-meter runway, which was extended to 1,500 meters in 1967 and 1,625 meters in 1969, but was adversely affected by crosswinds, and by the television transmission antennas of 123-meter Mount Omoriyama adjacent to the site.

The current Akita Airport was opened at its present location on June 26, 1981, and was the first civilian airport in the Tōhoku region of Japan to have a 2,500-meter runway. In 1985, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force established a search and rescue unit based at Akita Airport. As of 2016 it is equipped with UH-60J and U-125A aircraft.^[3] An international terminal was established on July 5, 1993, beginning scheduled flights to South Korea.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda
ANA Wings	Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami, Sapporo–Chitose
Hokkaido Air System	Sapporo–Okadama^[4]
J-Air	Osaka–Itami
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Haneda Charter: Osaka–Kansai^{[citation needed]}
Oriental Air Bridge	Nagoya–Centrair^[5]
Tigerair Taiwan	Taipei–Taoyuan^[6]

References

^ "Akita Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ AIS Japan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ Thompson, Paul JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved December 10, 2016
^ "JAL Group Sapporo – Akita NW23 Service Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "Oriental Air Bridge Adds Nagoya and ATR42-600 Service in NS23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ "Tigerair Taiwan Tentatively Schedules Akita Dec 2023 Launch". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

External links

Media related to Akita Airport at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Akita Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[AIP-2] AIS Japan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Thompson, Paul JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved December 10, 2016

[Sapporo-4] "JAL Group Sapporo – Akita NW23 Service Changes". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

[5] "Oriental Air Bridge Adds Nagoya and ATR42-600 Service in NS23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[6] "Tigerair Taiwan Tentatively Schedules Akita Dec 2023 Launch". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 14 August 2023.

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v t e Transit in Akita Prefecture
JR East	Akita Shinkansen Gonō Line Hanawa Line Kitakami Line Oga Line Ōu Main Line Tazawako Line Uetsu Main Line
Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway	Akita Nairiku Line
Yuri Kōgen Railway	Chōkai Sanroku Line
Named trains	Akebono Inaho Komachi Nihonkai Resort Shirakami Tsugaru
Bus	Akita Chūō Kōtsū [tl] Shūhoku Bus [ja] Ugo Kōtsū [ja]
Public ferries	Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Misc	Akita Station Akita Airport Odate-Noshiro Airport Ports Akita Funagawa Noshiro
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States