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Komatsu Airport
Airport Directory » Japan » Komatsu » Komatsu AirportCoordinates: 36°23′40″N 136°24′23″E / 36.39444°N 136.40639°E / 36.39444; 136.40639
Komatsu Airport (小松飛行場, Komatsu Hikōjō?) (IATA: KMQ, ICAO: RJNK) is an airport turn up in the town of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It assists the southern Ishikawa Prefecture including the capital Kanazawa (which has its IATA town codification QKW), and the northern Fukui Prefecture including the capital Fukui.
Overview
Japan Air Self-Defense Force Komatsu Base percentages its landing track with general aviation. Its taxi strip are on both sides of the landing track. The inland-side taxi strip is used by the JASDF and the sea-side 1 is used by the polite depot. The airport is assisted by Boeing 747-sized airliners and is the biggest airport in the Hokuriku district. It is fit out with an ILS, letting fewer cancellation of services during the snowy wintertime calendar month.
Its landing track surface has been finished beef up upgrades to enable non-stop bottom voyages to and from Europe and North America in late 2006.
Passenger Facilities
- Domestic Terminal Building
- International Terminal Building
- Operated by Hokuriku Air Terminal Building K.K.
Cargo Facilities
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HIACT (Hokuriku International Air Cargo Terminal)
- International Cargo Building one
- International Cargo Building two
- Domestic Cargo Building
Other Facilities
- Komatsu Airport Office, Ōsaka Air Transportation Bureau.
- Komatsu Office, Air Transportation Security Association.
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Fire and Disaster Mitigation Office, Ishikawa Prefectural Government.
- Equipped with Bell 412EP fire and calamity palliation eggbeater "Hakusan".
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Komatsu Operations Office, Nakanihon Air Service
- A eggbeater is found here.
Japan Air Self-Defence Force Komatsu Base
Komatsu Airbase (小松基地, Komatsu Kichi) is an airbase of Japan Self-Defense Force opened in February 1961.
The "Airspace G" is a big grooming air space over the Sea of Japan to the northward of the ground.
In the Kōkū-sai (Air Festival) maintained every September characteristics present voyages by scrapper and recoverers ground in Komatsu as good as the Blue Impulse acrobat voyage squad.
It frequently hosts proficient competitions of the JASDF.
History
- 1943 Construction sets about as the airport for the Japanese Imperial Navy Maizuru homes office.
- 1944 Construction complete. with east-west 1500 m and north-south 1700 m.
- November 1945 Annexed by United States of America and got an auxially microwave radar ground.
- 1955 Non-scheduled paths assisting to Osaka by Nippon Helicopter Yuso (current All Nippon Airways).
- February 1958 Returned from the United States.
- 1960 The landing track was continued to 2400 m. Designated as a shared airport for defence and polite.
- February 1961 JASDF Komatsu Base was opened.
- 1962 Scheduled civil service set about.
- 1964 The landing track was continued to 2700 m to present F-104J.
- 1973 Jet service get down with Boeing 737s.
- 1979 International scheduled service to Seoul set about.
- 1980 B747s were presented to Tokyo
- 1981 The new domestic depot complete.
- 1984 The new international depot complete.
- 1994 HIACT（International Cargo Building）complete. Designated as a Free Access Zone.
- 1994 Cargolux got international scheduled cargo service between Luxembourg.
- 2002 The new HIACT termial complete.
- 2004 The new control tower set about functioning.
- 2005 The impermanent landing track set about functioning.
- 2006 Upgrading of the lasting landing track complete. Operations exchanged to the lasting landing track.
- 2007 USAF F-15C, C-17 come up for JASDF joint grooming.
- 2007 A new domestic freight construction opens.
Statistics
| Year | Total Passengers |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,587,941 |
| 2001 | 2,590,333 |
| 2002 | 2,645,038 |
| 2003 | 2,599,706 |
| 2004 | 2,495,837 |
Acceptance of grooming United States Air Force
In July 2006, The city manager of Komatsu town stated the head of Japan Defense Agency (currently the Minister of Defense) the town would accept preparation of the USAF aircraft. The neighbor municipalities also officially denoted the credence. USAF aircraft came on 16 May 2007 for a joint grooming with the JASDF.
Original article.