Nagasaki Airport

Nagasaki Airport 長崎空港 Nagasaki Kūkō
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IATA: NGS – ICAO: RJFU
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Bureau
Serves	Nagasaki, Japan
Location	Ōmura, Nagasaki
Elevation AMSL	8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates
Map
RJFU Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Concrete 18/36 1,200 3,937 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

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Terminal building

Nagasaki Airport (長崎空港, Nagasaki Kūkō) (IATA: NGS, ICAO: RJFU) is an international airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the railway station in the city of Ōmura and 18 km (11 mi) north northeast of the Nagasaki railway station in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.

The airport terminal and runway 14/32 are on an island, and the shorter runway 18/36 (now used by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for helicopter flights) is on the mainland.

History

The mainland portion of the airport opened as a military aerodrome in 1923, and commenced civilian joint use as Omura Airport (大村空港) in 1955.

The current island runway and terminal opened on May 1, 1975. Although Nagasaki is superficially similar to Japan's other island airports, Kansai International Airport, Kobe Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, and Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Nagasaki's island existed (in a radically different shape) before the airport was constructed. Constructing the airport required flattening the island's hills and forming landfill around its shore, expanding it from 0.9 to 1.54 km² (0.35 to 0.59 sq mi).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Nagoya-Centrair, Naha, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Asiana Airlines	Seasonal: Seoul-Incheon (begins 3 February 2016)
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Fuji Dream Airlines	Shizuoka
Japan Airlines	Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon
Myanmar Airways International	Charter: Yangon
Oriental Air Bridge	Fukue, Iki, Tsushima
Peach	Osaka-Kansai
Skymark Airlines	Kobe
Solaseed Air	Tokyo-Haneda

Statistics

Year	Total Passengers
1998	3,090,345
1999	3,056,828
2000	2,958,058
2001	2,846,646
2002	2,853,510
2003	2,834,289
2004	2,637,308

Ground transportation

Several companies provide scheduled bus service to the airport from Nagasaki, Shimabara, Sasebo, and other surrounding cities. Ferry operators provide service to Togitsu, Nagayo, and the Huis ten Bosch theme park.

External links

• Nagasaki Airport
• Nagasaki Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
• Current weather for RJFU at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for NGS at Aviation Safety Network