Kushiro Airport

Kushiro Airport

釧路空港

Kushiro Kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
OperatorHokkaido Airports [ja]
LocationKushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Elevation AMSL311 ft / 95 m
Coordinates43°02′27″N 144°11′35″E / 43.04083°N 144.19306°E / 43.04083; 144.19306
Map
RJCK is located in Hokkaido
RJCK
RJCK
Location in Hokkaidō
RJCK is located in Japan
RJCK
RJCK
Location in Japan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers685,379
Cargo (metric tonnes)2,452
Aircraft movement10,043

Kushiro Airport (釧路空港, Kushiro Kūkō) (IATA: KUH, ICAO: RJCK) is an airport, located 17 km (11 mi) west-northwest[2] of the center of Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Do Tokyo–Haneda
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Haneda
Seasonal: Osaka–Itami
ANA Wings Sapporo–Chitose
Hokkaido Air System Sapporo–Okadama
Japan Airlines Tokyo–Haneda
Peach Aviation Osaka–Kansai,[3] Tokyo–Narita[4]

International charter flights to Kushiro began in 2000 and have operated from South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.[5]

History

The airport opened in July 1961 with a 1,200 meter runway. It has been expanded and upgraded several times; a taxiway parallel to the runway opened in 1988, a Category 3a instrument landing system (ILS) became operational in 1995, and a new passenger terminal, 2.6 times the size of the original terminal, opened in 1998.[6][7]

Terminal

Kushiro Airport has a single passenger terminal on three levels with three boarding gates.[8] It is designed primarily for domestic flights, but has limited customs and immigration facilities for international charter arrivals.

Ground transport

A bus service runs between the airport and the town of Kushiro, taking about 25 minutes and calling at the railway station, "MOO" shopping complex and a few other locations. The bus is approximately timed with flight arrivals / departures.[9] There is no rail link connecting the airport.

References

  1. ^ "Kushiro Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  3. ^ Peach begin service to Osaka Kansai from August 2018
  4. ^ Liu, Jim. "Peach schedules new routes from Tokyo in August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ チャーター便情報 - たんちょう釧路空港 (in Japanese). Kushiro Airport. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ^ 会社概要 - たんちょう釧路空港 (in Japanese). Kushiro Airport. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  7. ^ 釧路空港 | 国土交通省東京航空局. www.cab.mlit.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  8. ^ 館内施設のご案内 - たんちょう釧路空港 (in Japanese). Kushiro Airport. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  9. ^ 交通アクセス - たんちょう釧路空港 (in Japanese). Kushiro Airport. Retrieved 5 December 2017.[permanent dead link]
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