Miyazaki Airport

This article is about the airport in Miyazaki prefecture. For the radio station, see DZRJ-FM.
Miyazaki Airport

宮崎空港

Miyazaki Kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
ServesMiyazaki Prefecture
Hub forSolaseed Air
Elevation AMSL19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates31°52′38″N 131°26′55″E / 31.87722°N 131.44861°E / 31.87722; 131.44861
Map
RJFM is located in Miyazaki Prefecture
RJFM
RJFM
Location in Miyazaki Prefecture
RJFM is located in Japan
RJFM
RJFM
Location in Japan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers2,976,563
Cargo (metric tonnes)8,516
Aircraft movement42,045

Miyazaki Airport (宮崎空港, Miyazaki Kūkō) (IATA: KMI, ICAO: RJFM), also known as Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport, is an international airport located 3.2 km (2.0 mi) south southeast[2] of Miyazaki city, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The second floor has the head office of Solaseed Air.[3]

History

The airport opened in 1943 as an Imperial Japanese Navy base during World War II, and was a major base for kamikaze units beginning in February 1945, sending a total of 47 aircraft on suicide missions during operations such as the Battle of Okinawa.[4]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
All Nippon Airways Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda
ANA Wings Fukuoka, Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon[5]
J-Air Fukuoka, Osaka–Itami
Japan Airlines Tokyo–Haneda
Jetstar Japan Tokyo–Narita
Oriental Air Bridge Fukuoka, Nagoya–Centrair[6]
Peach Aviation Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita[7]
Solaseed Air Nagoya–Centrair, Naha, Tokyo–Haneda
Tigerair Taiwan Taipei–Taoyuan (begins 26 November 2024)[8]

Access

The airport is connected to various locations by bus and taxi. There is also a railway line, the Miyazaki Kūkō Line, which connects the airport with the city center of Miyazaki and northern cities of the prefecture.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 10 October 1969, All Nippon Airways Flight 104 [ja] overran the runway. All four crew and 49 passengers survived.[9]
  • On 2 October 2024, a bomb that was dropped by US Forces during World War II exploded under a taxiway, damaging the surface and causing the cancellation of more than 80 flights.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Miyazaki Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  3. ^ 会社概要. Solaseed Air. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2014. 本社 〒 880-0912 宮崎市大字赤江　宮崎空港内（宮崎空港ビル2階）().
  4. ^ 元特攻隊員、宮崎空港での記念館新設に懸命 かつて海軍飛行場. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
  5. ^ "Asiana Airlines Resumes Miyazaki Service From late-Sep 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Oriental Air Bridge Adds Nagoya and ATR42-600 Service in NS23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ Liu, Jim. "Peach schedules new routes from Tokyo in August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. ^ "tigerair Taiwan Schedules 20th Destination in Japan From late-Nov 2024". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  10. ^ "宮崎空港 陥没は米軍の戦時中の不発弾と判明 滑走路は運用再開" [Miyazaki Airport cave-in identified as an unexploded wartime bomb from the US military; runway resumes operation]. NHK. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Runway closed at southwest Japan airport after explosion on taxiway". Kyodo News. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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