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Шаблон:Nihongo Шаблон:Airport codes is an international airport located Шаблон:Convert south southwest of Aomori Station[1] in Aomori, the capital city of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan. The airport has international service within East Asia in addition to several domestic routes and serves as an international gateway to northern Tōhoku. In 2018, the airport was the 27th-busiest in Japan by passenger traffic.[2]

History

Permission to build Aomori Airport was granted by the Ministry of Transport on 1 September 1962. Construction of the airport was completed in August 1964 and the first Aomori Airport was opened on 5 November 1964,[3] in the town of Namioka that has since been annexed by the city of Aomori, with a single 1200 x 30 meter runway designed for use with the NAMC YS-11 aircraft. The airport was located at an altitude of 200 meters in a valley surrounded by mountains, which hampered operations during inclement weather. The runway was lengthened to 1350 meters in 1971, widened to 45 meters in 1972, and extended to 1400 meters in 1973. The terminal building was expanded in 1974, and again in 1978.[4]

Due to the geographic limitations of the existing site, design work began to shift the position of the airport to its present location southwest of downtown Aomori, much of the land occupied by the old airport still lies within the northeastern premises of the current airport - roughly along the apron designated for light aircraft. The new facilities opened in 1987 with a single 2000 x 60 meter runway, with an ILS system. The runway was extended to 2500 meters in 1990. In 1995, the airport terminal building was remodeled, and certified as suitable for international operations.[4]

The runway was extended to 3,000 meters in 2005, and the instrument landing system upgraded to handle Cat-3a fog conditions in 2007.[4] The Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line was extended to Aomori in 2010, adding intense competition on the Aomori–Tokyo route.[5] The government of Aomori Prefecture considered the privatization of the airport in 2012 following a study; however, as of 2019 the airport is still managed by the prefecture.[6] After an increase in passenger traffic and the announcement of increased international services, the terminal was renovated in 2019. The renovation included increased capacity for international customers, the addition of prayer facilities for Muslim travelers, and aesthetic updates to the appearance of the entire terminal building.[7]

Historical airline service

The first scheduled air service to and from Aomori Airport began on 1 June 1965, with Toa Airways - which would later be known as Japan Air System (JAS) - servicing Haneda Airport by NAMC YS-11 turboprop aircraft.[8][9] All Nippon Airways (ANA) began operations to Tokyo in 1994. In the following year, Korean Air began operations to Seoul and Siberian Airlines to Khabarovsk when the airport was certified for international operations.[4] In 1998, Air Nippon began operations to Sendai Airport. However, usage of Aomori Airport fell short of projections, and the service was canceled after a year. In April 2003, ANA withdrew from operations at Aomori as well, turning its routes over to Skymark Airlines, which in turn ceased operations to Aomori from November of the same year. Siberian Airlines stopped its flights to Aomori in 2004.[4]

Following the merger of JAS and Japan Airlines in 2006, the Aomori–Tokyo route and other services run by JAS were handed over to Japan Airlines. ANA resumed services at Aomori Airport on 1 July 2014 with flights to and from Osaka–Itami and Sapporo–Chitose.[10] On 17 July 2019, EVA Air began operating two flights per week between Aomori and Taoyuan International Airport.[11]

Facilities

Runways

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A 2017 aerial of Aomori Airport

Aomori Airport has one Шаблон:Convert runway that is aligned in a northeast to southwest heading. The runway gets covered in an average Шаблон:Convert of snow annually. The 38-vehicle White Impulse snow removal crew gets rid of the snow covering the airport's runway, taxiway, and apron; an area covering Шаблон:Convert, in 40 minutes.[12]

Ground transportation

The airport terminal can be accessed by car via the Шаблон:Ill. The toll road connects the airport to central Aomori to the northeast and Hirosaki to the southwest. The western end of the toll road lies close to Namioka Interchange (exit 53) on the cross-country Tōhoku Expressway.[13] The airport is serviced by scheduled bus service to central Aomori and Hirosaki; taxis and rental cars are also available.[14]

Airlines and destinations

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Apron traffic at Aomori Airport: pictured is a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8 of ANA Wings parked at the gate, a Boeing 737 Next Generation of Japan Airlines during pushback, and an Embraer 190 of J-Air approaching the gate.

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Statistics

Annual traffic

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Annual passenger traffic at RJSA, 2000–present
Year Passengers Year Passengers Year Passengers
2000 1,616,471 2010 1,030,985 2020 484,615
2001 1,548,747 2011 823,346 2021
2002 1,603,724 2012 824,818 2022
2003 1,462,054 2013 860,158 2023
2004 1,301,395 2014 912,990 2024
2005 1,274,200 2015 992,696 2025
2006 1,254,325 2016 1,072,554 2026
2007 1,271,852 2017 1,167,436 2027
2008 1,161,285 2018 1,190,902 2028
2009 1,054,321 2019 1,250,569 2029

References

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External links

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