Niigata Airport

Niigata Airport 新潟空港 Niigata Kūkō
IATA: KIJ – ICAO: RJSN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Location	Niigata, Niigata
Elevation AMSL	29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates	37°57′21″N 139°06′42″E / 37.95583°N 139.11167°E / 37.95583; 139.11167Coordinates: 37°57′21″N 139°06′42″E / 37.95583°N 139.11167°E / 37.95583; 139.11167
Map
RJSN Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04/22 1,314 4,311 Asphalt concrete 10/28 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 1,008,172 Cargo (metric tonnes) 610
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan) [2]

Aerial photograph of Niigata Airport

Niigata Airport (新潟空港, Niigata Kūkō) (IATA: KIJ, ICAO: RJSN) is a second class airport located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) northeast of Niigata Station^[1] in Niigata, Japan.

History

The first airport on the Sea of Japan coast of Japan was opened on an island in the Shinano River in 1929. This airport was moved to what was then the village of Matsugazakahama in 1930, and was renamed Niigata Airport. It was requisitioned for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in 1941, and came under the control of the USAAF after the end of World War II. It was returned to Japanese civilian control on March 31, 1958, on which date commercial flight operations were resumed. International services were started in 1973, with scheduled service to Khabarovsk and Niigata Airport became historically an important gateway for traffic to and from Russia, which among other purposes were used to export Niigata-area agricultural products to Russia; however, flights were reduced from winter 2010 as more slots became available for Russia service at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.^[3]

The airport saw several major service expansions in the spring of 2012, when China Eastern Airlines, Fuji Dream Airlines and All Nippon Airways announced service to Shanghai, Nagoya and Narita respectively.^[4]

Accidents and incidents

• On August 5, 2013, Korean Air Flight 763, a Boeing 737 arriving from Seoul, overran the east end of Runway 10/28 upon landing, coming to a stop on the grass but almost falling into a nearby river. Although there were no injuries and the aircraft was not significantly damaged, the JTSB announced that the incident would be investigated as a "major incident." The JTSB investigation found that the aircraft temporarily lost all brake pressure for five to six seconds during its landing roll as spoilers and speedbrakes were retracted, followed by a sudden application of brakes during the window 37 to 45 seconds after touchdown, which succeeded in stopping the aircraft.^[5][6]

Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are served from Niigata (as of September 2015):

Ground transportation

Scheduled "limousine bus" service is provided to and from Niigata Station every 20 minutes and heavily subsidized by Niigata Prefecture. Niigata Airport currently has no direct rail access, although regional authorities have conducted studies aimed at potentially extending the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed rail line or other nearby ordinary rail lines to the airport.^[9]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niigata Airport.

• Airport guide by the prefectural government

Transit in Niigata Prefecture
JR East	Jōetsu Shinkansen ■Banetsu West Line ■Echigo Line ■Hakushin Line ■Iiyama Line ■Jōetsu Line ■Shinetsu Main Line ■Tadami Line ■Uetsu Main Line ■Yahiko Line ■Yonesaka Line
JR West	Hokuriku Shinkansen ■Ōito Line
Echigo Tokimeki Railway	■Myōkō Haneuma Line (former Shinetsu Main Line) ■Nihonkai Hisui Line (former Hokuriku Main Line)
Hokuetsu Express	■Hokuhoku Line
Named trains	Inaho Shirayuki Banetsu Monogatari Koshino Shu*Kura Kirakira Uetsu Oykot Genbi Shinkansen Setsugekka
Bus	Bandai-bashi Line Niigata Kotsu Echigo Kotsu Kubiki Motor
Public ferries	Sado Steam Ship Awashima-Line Shin Nihonkai Ferry
Misc	Niigata Station Cards Suica Ryuto Niigata Airport
Japan transit: Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Sendai Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Airports in Japan
1 Joint civil-military use
Major hubs	Nagoya (Chūbu Centrair) Osaka (Itami) Osaka (Kansai) Tokyo (Haneda) Tokyo (Narita)
International	Northern Japan Akita Aomori Asahikawa Hakodate Kushiro Sapporo (New Chitose) Sendai Central Japan Hiroshima Ibaraki (Hyakuri)1 Fukuoka Kitakyushu Kōchi Komatsu1 Matsuyama Miho–Yonago1 Nagasaki Niigata Oita Okayama Saga1 Shizuoka Takamatsu Tottori Toyama Southern Japan Ishigaki (Painushima) Kagoshima Kumamoto Miyazaki Naha
Domestic	Aguni Amakusa Amami Chofu Fukushima Fukue Hachijojima Hanamaki Hateruma Iejima Iki Iwami Izumo Kamigoto Kerama Kikai Kitadaito Kobe Kōzushima Kumejima Matsumoto Memanbetsu Minami-Daito Misawa1 Miyakejima Miyako Monbetsu Nagoya (Komaki) Nakashibetsu Nanki–Shirahama New Tanegashima Niijima Noto Odate–Noshiro Ojika Okadama1 Oki Okinoerabu Okushiri Oshima Rebun Rishiri Sado Shonai Tajima Tarama Tsushima Tokachi–Obihiro Tokunoshima Tokushima1 Wakkanai Yamagata Yakushima Yamaguchi Ube Yonaguni Yoron
General aviation	Fukui Hiroshima–Nishi Honda Kasaoka Kōnan Makurazaki Oitakenou Shimojishima1 Teshikaga Yao
Military	Akeno Asahikawa Ashiya Atsugi Chitose Futenma Gifu Hachinohe Hamamatsu Hōfu Hyakuri Iruma Iwakuni Kanoya Matsushima Metabaru Iwo Jima Kadena Kasumigaura Kasuminome Kisarazu Minami Torishima Nyutabaru Ōminato Ozuki Shimofusa Shizuhama Tachikawa Tateyama Tokachi Tsuiki Utsunomiya Yokota
Heliports	Camp Zama Kastner Komatsushima Maizuru Tokyo Tsukuba
Defunct	Ishigaki Kokura Yokosuka
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