Naha Airport
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| Naha Airport 那覇空港 Naha Kūkō |
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| IATA: OKA – ICAO: ROAH | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||
| Serves | Naha, Okinawa, Japan | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 18/36 | 3,000 | 9,843 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Naha Airport (那覇空港 Naha Kūkō?) (IATA: OKA, ICAO: ROAH) is a second class airport located in the city of Naha, Okinawa.
The primary air terminal for passengers and freight traveling to and from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, the airport handles international traffic to Taiwan, Korea, and China. Japan's fifth largest airport, it also carries domestic flights to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and many other cities on Japan's four main islands. Naha is also a hub for service to other locations in Okinawa, including Ishigaki Airport. In all, flights connect Naha to more than 30 destinations. Its single 3000 m runway handles in excess of 150 flights daily. The governor has expressed his interest to build a second runway to accommodate flights, to be operational by 2015.[1]
The basic and detailed design engineering works in addition to the later construction management phase of the international passenger terminal, were awarded in part to the Japan Branch of the American design-build engineering company, The Austin Company.
The Okinawa Monorail carries passengers from Naha Airport Station to the center of Naha, and to the terminal at Shuri Station, which is closest to Shuri Castle. In addition, bus service is available to many parts of Okinawa Island. Extensive parking lots are available as well.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Main terminal
- All Nippon Airways (Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Kobe, Kumamoto, Miyako, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Nagoya-Centrair, Niigata [seasonal], Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Sendai, Takamatsu, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita)
- Japan Airlines (Fukuoka, Hanamaki [seasonal], Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda)
- Japan Transocean Air (Fukuoka, Fukushima, Ishigaki, Kitakyushu, Kobe, Kochi, Komatsu, Kumejima, Matsuyama, Miyako, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda)
- Ryukyu Air Commuter (Aguni, Amamioshima, Kitadaito, Kumejima, Minamidaito, Miyako [seasonal], Yonaguni, Yoron)
- Japan Transocean Air (Fukuoka, Fukushima, Ishigaki, Kitakyushu, Kobe, Kochi, Komatsu, Kumejima, Matsuyama, Miyako, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda)
- Skymark Airlines (Kobe [seasonal], Tokyo-Haneda)
[edit] International terminal
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
- China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
- Garuda Indonesia (Jakarta) [begins August 2008]
- Hong Kong Express Airways (Hong Kong)
[edit] Military and public-safety units
Naha Airport hosts Japan Air Self-Defense Force units flying modified F-4EJ jets, Kawasaki T-4 trainers, UH-60J Black Hawk and CH-47J Chinook helicopters. Units of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force fly P-3 Orion patrol aircraft. The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, Okinawa Prefectural Police, and the Japan Coast Guard also utilize facilities at Naha Airport.
[edit] Incidents
- On 1994 December 11, a bomb exploded on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, a Boeing 747-283B en route from Cebu to Tokyo. The plane made an emergency landing at Naha Airport safely.
- On January 31, 2001: Japan Airlines Flight 907, bound for Naha from Tokyo International Airport, nearly collided with another Japan Airlines aircraft. The Boeing 747 for Flight 907 suddenly dived and avoided a DC-10. See 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident
- On 2007 August 20, Boeing 737-800 operating China Airlines Flight 120 had an engine explode shortly after landing at Naha Airport, resulting in a fire that gutted the aircraft. All passengers and crew members were evacuated safely.
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for ROAH at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for OKA at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
