Nagasaki Airport


Nagasaki Airport is an international airport located west of the railway station in the city of Ōmura and north northeast of the Nagasaki railway station in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
The airport terminal and runway 14/32 are on an island, and the shorter runway 18/36 is on the mainland.

History

The mainland portion of the airport opened as a military aerodrome in 1923, and commenced civilian joint use as Omura Airport in 1955.
The current island runway and terminal opened on May 1, 1975, and became Japan's first full-scale airport built over water. Although Nagasaki is superficially similar to Japan's other island airports, Kansai International Airport, Kobe Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, and Chūbu Centrair International Airport, Nagasaki's island existed before the airport was constructed. Constructing the airport required flattening the island's hills and forming landfill around its shore, expanding it from. The island had 66 residents in 13 households, all of whom agreed to relocate so that the new airport could be built.
Nagasaki's first international service, to Shanghai, commenced in September 1979. The main runway was extended from 2,500 m to its current length in 1980, and the old mainland "A runway" was abolished in 2010.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Ground transportation

Several companies provide scheduled bus service to the airport from Nagasaki, Shimabara, Sasebo, and other surrounding cities. Ferry operators provide service to Togitsu, Nagayo, and the Huis ten Bosch theme park.