Odate–Noshiro Airport

Odate–Noshiro Airport 大館能代空港 Odate-Noshiro Kūkō
IATA: ONJ – ICAO: RJSR
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Odate–Noshiro Airport Administration
Serves	Kitaakita, Ōdate, Noshiro
Location	Kitaakita, Akita, Japan
Elevation AMSL	276 ft / 84 m
Coordinates	40°11′31″N 140°22′18″E / 40.19194°N 140.37167°ECoordinates: 40°11′31″N 140°22′18″E / 40.19194°N 140.37167°E
Map
RJSR Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 123,492 Cargo (metric tonnes) 63
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan) [2]

Odate–Noshiro Airport (大館能代空港 Odate-Noshiro Kūkō) (IATA: ONJ, ICAO: RJSR) is an airport in Kitaakita, Akita, Japan and is 8.3 NM (15.4 km; 9.6 mi) west of Ōdate at 276 ft (84 m) above sea level.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda

History

Odate–Noshiro Airport opened on 18 July 1998, with services to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and Osaka International Airport (Itami) with seasonal services to New Chitose Airport (Sapporo). Services to Sapporo were discontinued in November 1999, and services to Osaka were suspended from May 2010. From January 2011, charter flight operations began to Taiwan's Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

The airport is located in northern Akita Prefecture, primarily serving the city of Noshiro, Akita and the surrounding region, which includes tourist destinations such as the Shirakami-Sanchi, Lake Towada, and the Towada-Hachimantai National Park. The airport terminal building makes extensive use of the local Akita cedar wood. However, the low local population density and competition from the Akita Shinkansen and nearby Aomori Airport have limited profitable airline operations.

References

1. AIS Japan
2. "Odate–Noshiro Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 8 July 2016.