Okayama Airport
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Okayama Airport
| nativename-a = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|岡山空港}}}}
| nativename-r = {{small|Okayama Kūkō}}
| image = Okayama_Airport.JPG
| image-width = 300
| caption =
| IATA = OKJ
| ICAO = RJOB
| type = Public
| owner =
| operator =
| city-served = Okayama
| location = Okayama, Japan
| elevation-f = 785
| coordinates = {{coord|34|45|15|N|133|51|11|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Japan Okayama Prefecture#Japan
| pushpin_label = OKJ/RJOB
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Okayama Prefecture##Location in Japan
| website = [http://www.okayama-airport.org/en/ www.okayama-airport.org]
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 07/25
| r1-length-m = 3,000
| r1-surface = Asphalt concrete
| stat-year = 2015
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 1,391,723
| stat2-header = Cargo (metric tonnes)
| stat2-data = 5,052
| stat3-header = Aircraft movement
| stat3-data = 11,558
| footnotes = Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism{{cite web|title=Okayama 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}}
}}
{{nihongo|Okayama Airport|岡山空港|Okayama Kūkō}} {{airport codes|OKJ|RJOB}} is an airport in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Okayama Momotaro Airport.
It is located {{convert|18|km|abbr=on}} northwest of central Okayama City and {{convert|11.5|km|abbr=on}} northwest[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722105350/https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan] or 30 minutes by bus from Okayama Station.{{cite web|title=岡山空港|url=http://ocab.mlit.go.jp/about/jurisdiction/okayama/|publisher=Osaka Civil Aviation Bureau|access-date=12 February 2016}} It is about 10 minutes from the Okayama interchange, Sanyo Expressway.
History
The airport opened in March 1988 as a replacement for the former Okayama Airport located on the waterfront in Minami-ku, Okayama. Its runway, originally 2,000 m in length, was extended to 2,500 m in 1993 and to 3,000 m in 2001.
Airlines and destinations
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| All Nippon Airways | Tokyo–Haneda
| ANA Wings | Tokyo–Haneda
Seasonal: Sapporo–Chitose{{cn|date=April 2025}}
| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong
| Japan Airlines | Tokyo–Haneda
| Korean Air | Seoul–Incheon{{cite web |title=Korean Air Resumes 3 Japanese Routes in NW23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230929-kenw23jp |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=29 September 2023}}
| Tigerair Taiwan | Kaohsiung,{{cite web |title=tigerair Taiwan Adds Kaohsiung – Okayama in NW24t|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240819-itnw24khhokj|website=AeroRoutes|access-date=19 August 2024 |language=en-CA}} Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=Tigerair Taiwan NS23 Japan Operations – 10MAR23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230310-itjp |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=10 March 2023}}
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Statistics
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=OKJ}}
Transportation
Bus service to the airport from Okayama Station is provided by Okaden Bus and Chūtetsu Bus. Bus service to Kurashiki Station is provided by Chūtetsu Bus and Shimoden Bus.{{cite web|title=Bus, Share-Ride Taxis Timetables|url=http://www.okayama-airport.org/en/access/|website=Okayama Airport|access-date=1 May 2015}} Bus times are coordinated with the flight times. Although the scheduled times are relatively close to the departure and arrivals times of flights, this is because the airport is small and it takes relatively little time to proceed through the airport.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050531002508/http://www.okayama-airport.org/index.html Okayama Airport] {{in lang|ja}}
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{{Japanese airports}}
{{Okayama transit}}
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Category:Airports in Chūgoku region
Category:Transport buildings and structures in Okayama Prefecture
Category:Buildings and structures in Okayama
Category:Airports established in 1988
Category:1988 establishments in Japan
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