Kōchi Airport
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Kōchi Airport (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "lang".) (Template:Comma separated entries), also known as Kōchi Ryōma Airport (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "lang".), is a regional airport in Nankoku, a city in Kōchi Prefecture of Japan. It is located on the southeastern coast, Script error: No such module "convert". east[1] of the city of Kōchi.
The Script error: No such module "convert". airport has a single runway handling small to medium size aircraft. The Script error: No such module "convert". two storey terminal building is located to the north side of the runway. The arrivals level is on the first floor and departures on the second. There are 14 retail stores in the small terminal building. There is an observation deck on the third floor of the building. Transportation from the airport is by car, taxi or bus.
History
Kōchi Airport was originally built in 1944 as Kōchi Airfield for the Imperial Japanese Navy and from 1945 to 1952 the airport was under command of US forces. The airfield became a civilian airport in 1952 and first flights started operating in 1954.
The runway was expanded in 1960 and 1980 and later to Script error: No such module "convert". to handle larger aircraft.
In November 2003 it became the first airport in Japan to be nicknamed after a person: Bakumatsu period leader Sakamoto Ryōma.[2]
Facts
- Script error: No such module "convert". of cargo annually (2000)
- 13,500 landings annually (2000)
- 3 gates handling 37 aircraft
Statistics
- 2,400,000 passengers annually (1,932,000 in 2000)
Airlines and destinations
Incidents and accidents
On 13 March 2007, All Nippon Airways Flight 1603, a Bombardier Dash 8, on a flight from Osaka to Kōchi, landed safely at the Kōchi Airport after the front wheel of the plane failed to deploy. As a result, ANA's fleet of thirteen Bombardier DHC-8 aircraft were grounded for emergency inspections.[3]
References
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- ↑ AIS Japan Template:Webarchive
- ↑ "Japan's Kochi airport named after samurai with six-shooter", ThingsAsian.com, 2003-11-16.
- ↑ Japanese airline grounds Bombardier fleet after plane makes emergency landing Template:Webarchive - All News Radio online - Obtained March 14, 2007.
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External links
- Kōchi Airport Template:In lang
- Kōchi Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
- Current weather for RJOK at NOAA/NWS
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