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Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport

オホーツク紋別空港

*Ohōtsuku Monbetsu Kūkō*
Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport; オホーツク紋別空港; Ohōtsuku Monbetsu Kūkō
	IATA: MBE; ICAO: RJEB;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Hokkaidō Government
Location	8 km southeast of Monbetsu, Hokkaido
Elevation AMSL	58 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	44°18′15″N 143°24′15″E / 44.30417°N 143.40417°E
Map
	RJEB Location in Hokkaidō RJEB Location in Japan
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers
Passengers	71,802
Cargo (metric tonnes)	0
Aircraft movement	783
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Monbetsu Airport (紋別空港, Monbetsu Kūkō) or Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport (オホーツク紋別空港, Ohōtsuku Monbetsu Kūkō) (IATA: MBE, ICAO: RJEB), is a third class airport located 3.8 NM (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) southeast^[2] of Monbetsu, a city on the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaidō, Japan. The airport is 15 minutes from the city center and accessible by bus from the Monbetsu Bus Terminal.

History

MBE is the newest airport in Hokkaidō: it opened in November 1999. The airport was originally used for general aviation flights. Flights were transferred from the original Monbetsu Airport, which was located further from the city. Air Nippon inaugurated daily service to New Chitose Airport outside Sapporo that year, and added flights to Tokyo International Airport in 2000. The Sapporo service was moved to Okadama Airport in 2001 and discontinued entirely in 2003.^[3] For a short period between July and November 2011, Hokkaido Air System offered one daily service to Okadama Airport.

In fiscal year 2008, Monbetsu Airport recorded an operating loss of 273 million yen on total revenues (chiefly landing fees received from ANA) of only 26 million yen, making its operating losses the highest among the six airports operated by the Hokkaido government.^[4] In 2011, the Hokkaido government announced that landing fees would be waived for international charter flights using the airport in an attempt to lure more overseas tourists to the region.^[5]

In the winter of 2013, ANA again started services to Sapporo, flying a daily 737-700 flight to New Chitose Airport.