Matsuyama Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Ehime, Japan}}
{{Distinguish|Taipei Songshan Airport}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Matsuyama Airport
| nativename-a = {{nobold|{{Nihongo2|松山空港}}}}
| nativename-r = {{transliteration|ja|Matsuyama kūkō}}
| image = Matsuyama Airport Terminal Bldg 20090807-001.jpg
| image-width = 300
| caption =
| IATA = MYJ
| ICAO = RJOM
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator = Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
| city-served = Matsuyama
| location =
| elevation-f = 13
| coordinates = {{coord|33|49|38|N|132|41|59|E|type:airport_region:JP-38|display=it}}
| pushpin_map = Japan Ehime Prefecture#Japan
| pushpin_label = MYJ/RJOM
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ehime Prefecture##Location in Japan
| website = [http://www.matsuyama-airport.co.jp/index.html www.matsuyama-airport.co.jp]
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 14/32
| r1-length-m = 2,500
| r1-surface = Asphalt concrete
| stat-year = 2015
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 2,863,239
| stat2-header = Cargo (metric tonnes)
| stat2-data = 7,696
| stat3-header = Aircraft movement
| stat3-data = 30,987
| footnotes = Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism{{cite web|title=Matsuyama Airport|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}
}}
File:Matsuyama Airport（MYJ）2.JPG
{{nihongo|Matsuyama Airport|松山空港|Matsuyama kūkō}} {{airport codes|MYJ|RJOM}} is an airport located {{Convert|3|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} west-southwest[https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan] {{webarchive|url=https://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160517110850/https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ |date=17 May 2016 }} of the center of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
The airport was built on the coastline facing the Seto Inland Sea. In 2018, the airport had approximately 3.2 million passengers and was the busiest in the Chugoku-Shikoku region, surpassing Hiroshima Airport.
History
The airport opened as an Imperial Japanese Navy airfield in 1941. At the end of the war it served as the base for the 353th Fighter Squadron which defended against B-29s' raid. The airport then became under the administration of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and became a country-administered civil airport in 1952. During the Korean War, the airport was used by the US and British Military. It was the first airport in Shikoku to see jet service following a runway extension project in 1972.{{cite web |script-title=ja:空港整備事業|url=https://www.pa.skr.mlit.go.jp/matsuyama/5works/airport/index.html|publisher=MLIT Shikoku Maintenance Bureau (四国地方整備局)|language=ja|access-date=27 August 2013}}
An office park named "Biz Port" opened near the airport in 2003 to attract technology businesses, but was scheduled to close on 1 April 2015.{{cite news |script-title=ja:松山のＶＢ施設、15年３月で閉鎖 サイボウズも移転|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNZO43387570U2A700C1LA0000/|access-date=27 August 2013|work=The Nikkei|language= ja|date=5 July 2012}}
In 2013, the government of Ehime Prefecture and local business organizations announced that they would begin subsidizing the airport's international routes to Shanghai and Seoul, which had seen load factors of less than 50% in June 2013.{{cite news |script-title=ja:松山空港発の上海・ソウルツアーに補助金 愛媛の官民団体|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNZO58952820W3A820C1LA0000/|access-date=27 August 2013|work=The Nikkei|language= ja|date=26 August 2013}}
All international service at the airport was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International service resumed in December 2022 with a VietJet charter flight bringing tourists from Ho Chi Minh City.{{Cite web |title=松山空港の国際便再開 ベトナムからチャーター便到着 |url=https://www.ehime-np.co.jp/article/news202212300027 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=愛媛新聞社 |language=ja}}
Charter flights between Matsuyama Airport and Taipei–Songshan Airport were expected to be resumed in February 2023.{{Cite web |title=Songshan, Matsuyama airports eyeing resumption of charter flights - Focus Taiwan |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202212210026 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Focus Taiwan - CNA English News |date=21 December 2022 |language=en-US}}
Airlines and destinations
{{Airport-dest-list
| Air Busan | Busan{{cite web |title=Korean Carrier Aug-Oct 2023 Japan Network |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230731-kejpaug23 |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=31 July 2023}}
| All Nippon Airways | Naha, Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda
| ANA Wings | Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami
| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong (begins 3 July 2025){{cite web |title=China Eastern NS25 Japan Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250331-mufmns25jp |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=31 March 2025}}
| EVA Air | Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=EVA Air Resumes Regular Taipei – Matsuyama Service From March 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231205-brmar24myj |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=5 December 2023}}
| Japan Airlines | Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda
| Jeju Air | Seoul–Incheon{{cite web |title=Korean Carrier Aug-Oct 2023 Japan Network |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230731-kejpaug23 |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=31 July 2023}}
| Jetstar Japan | Tokyo–Narita
}}
Statistics
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=MYJ}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Statistics for Matsuyama Airport[http://www.matsuyama-airport.co.jp/contents/about.html Matsuyama Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012000546/http://www.matsuyama-airport.co.jp/contents/about.html |date=12 October 2010 }} ! Year !! Total passengers |
| 2000
| 2,674,045 |
|---|
| 2001
| 2,666,972 |
| 2002
| 2,736,346 |
| 2003
| 2,633,410 |
| 2004
| 2,640,578 |
| 2005
| 2,693,188 |
| 2006
| 2,750,092 |
| 2007
| 2,662,611 |
| 2008
| 2,536,739 |
| 2009
| 2,362,688 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 13 November 1966, All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashed in the sea just a few miles away from the airport, killing all 50 people on board. The cause was never determined. Because of this event, airport authorities across the country started planning runway extension projects and installation of aeronautical navigation systems including an ILS at every Japanese airport.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
- On 26 October 2013, a small propeller aircraft inbound from Kikai Airport crash-landed on the runway at around 6:30 p.m., forcing a temporary closure of the airport.{{cite news |script-title=ja:松山空港で小型機着陸失敗、滑走路を閉鎖 けが人なし|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG2603I_W3A021C1CC1000/|access-date=28 October 2013|newspaper=共同通信|language= ja|date=27 October 2013}}
References
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External links
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Category:Airports in Shikoku region
Category:Transport buildings and structures in Ehime Prefecture
Category:Buildings and structures in Matsuyama
Category:Transport in Matsuyama, Ehime