Airport of Japan (日本の空港), will talk about airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location.
Overview
Based on the airport law, the airport in Japan is classified according to the functions the airport plays and the installation and management entities, and the basic facilities (runway, taxiway, landing zone, apron) and incidental facilities (drainage facility, lighting, revetment , Roads, parking lots, etc.) and burden rules on disaster restoration expenses are set. In addition, passenger terminals, cargo handling facilities, refueling facilities, etc. can be designated by the country where the airport is installed and the local public entity designating the person who constructs and manages. In 2013, the law concerning the management etc. of the state management airport etc. utilizing the private capability (Private Airport Management Law) was enacted, and the operation of the airport established by the national government and local public bodies is integrated with the private business operator It was made possible to do it.
The classification of airports has been changed from Class I Airport, Type II Airport, and Type 3 Airport to that of the previous year due to the revision of the airport law in 2008 and is classified as follows. The airport name and location of each category are determined by the airport law and the airport law enforcement ordinance.
Base airport
It is an airport that serves as a base for international air transportation networks or domestic air transportation networks and is called “base airport” for air administration. There are a company management airport, a country management airport, a specific regional management airport, and the former type I airport (airport necessary for international air route) and the former type 2 airport (major domestic airline route Required airfield) corresponds.
Company management Airport
It is an airport that the company sets up and manages, and is called “company management airport” by air administration. Based on the special laws of each airport, establish and manage the airport as the business of the company. Four of the former Class I Airports.
Country management airport
Airport that the country sets up and manages. Tokyo International Airport and the airport specified by a Cabinet Order fall under. For Tokyo International Airport, the state burdens the construction fee of basic facilities and incidental facilities in full by the state. For airports specified by Cabinet Order, the nation will bear the full amount of incidental facilities, the basic facilities will be two thirds of the country, the third will be borne by the local public entity. Regarding airports in Hokkaido, Okinawa and the remote islands, the burden ratio of the country to the basic facilities is determined between 80/100 and 95/100 by the Airport Law and Regional Special Law, etc. respectively. Tokyo International Airport is the old Class I Airport, otherwise it corresponds to Old Type 2 Airport (A). 19 locations.
Specific regional management airport
An airport established by the country and controlled by local governments. Construction expenses of basic facilities are borne by the country 55/100 and local public entities 45/100. Local public bodies will bear the incidental facilities, but the country can subsidize up to 55% of the construction cost. Regarding airports in Hokkaido, Okinawa, and remote islands, the ratio of construction expenses to be borne and subsidized by the national government is increasing due to the Airport Law and the Regional Special Law. At the time of revision of the airport law in 2008, it corresponds to the former type II airport (B) at the airport established by the government and controlled by local governments pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2 of the Old Airport Development Act. 5 places.
Regional management airport
It is an airport that plays an important role in forming an international air transport network or a domestic air transport network and is established and managed by local public entities. Construction costs of basic facilities are borne by the country and region by 50/100. Local public bodies will bear the incidental facilities, but the country can subsidize up to 50 / 50th of the construction cost. Regarding airports in Hokkaido, Okinawa, Amami region, and remote islands, the proportion of construction expenses to be borne and subsidized by the national government is increasing due to the airport law and regional special laws. It corresponds to the former Type III airport (necessary airport for securing regional air transportation). 54 places.
Other airports
An airport that does not fall under any of the above categories. However, among these, Yao airport has transitional measures of “to consider it as a state administration airport for the time being”. 7 places.
Shared airport
An airport prescribed by a Cabinet Order as an aerodrome to be installed by the Self Defense Force or an airport used by the US Forces in Japan and used for public use. For five of the shared airports established by the SDF, if the construction is to be used as an airport, the government will bear the full cost of the incidental facility, the national government will be responsible for the basic facilities, two thirds Local governments will bear one part. Among them, for the airport in Hokkaido, the national burden ratio to the construction cost of the basic facilities is 85/100. 8 places.
Airports other than the airport etc.
Facilities other than the airport have the following airfields based on the aeronautical law and established with the permission of the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
Public and non-public airports established by private businesses and local governments, heliport
Public and non-public off-site takeoff and landing sites that can take off and land with limited period
Features of Japan’s airport
In Japan’s narrow and steep territory, the number of Japanese airports is larger per area than the main airport overseas, and the scale tends to be smaller. Such middle-class class airports are located relatively close to the urban area and are excellent in terms of convenience for users, but on the other hand, aspects of reduced profitability of the flight route due to inability to consolidate demand To have both. Although the landing fee of airports in Japan is relatively high in the world, it is the airline that directly pays a lot of usage fee. Meanwhile, airports in Europe and the US are set at high facilities fee to be paid by passengers, passengers directly pay the majority of airport usage fee.
See also “airport usage fee” and “landing fee”
Some airports have nicknames apart from the official name.
Classification of airport in Japan
The names in parentheses appended to the airport name are commonly known as nickname.
Base airport
Company management Airport
4 places
Kanto: Narita International Airport (Narita Airport)
Chubu: Chubu International Airport (Centrair)
Kinki: Kansai International Airport (Kansai Airport), Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport)
Country management airport
19 places
Hokkaido: New Chitose Airport, Wakkanai Airport, Hakodate Airport, Kushiro Airport (Tancho Kushiro Airport)
Tohoku: Sendai Airport (Sendai International Airport) * Privatization on July 1, 2016
Kanto: Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport)
Chubu: Niigata Airport
China: Hiroshima Airport
Shikoku: Takamatsu Airport * Privatization on April 1, 2018, Matsuyama Airport, Kochi Airport (Kochi Ryoma Airport)
Kyushu: Fukuoka Airport, Kitakyushu Airport, Nagasaki Airport, Kumamoto Airport (Aso Kumumoto Airport), Oita Airport, Miyazaki Airport (Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport), Kagoshima Airport
Okinawa: Naha Airport
Specific regional management airport
5 places
Hokkaido: Asahikawa Airport, Obihiro Airport (tokachi Obihiro Airport)
Tohoku: Akita Airport, Yamagata Airport (delicious Yamagata Airport)
China: Yamaguchi Ube Airport
Regional management airport
54 places
Hokkaido: Rishiri airport, Rebun airport, Okushiri airport, Naka-Tetsuzu airport (Nemuro Nakatsuzu airport), Masumigi airport, Monbetsu airport (Okhotsk Monbetsu airport)
Tohoku: Aomori Airport, Hanamori Airport (Iwa Hanamaki Airport), Odate Noshiro Airport (Akita North Airport), Shonai Airport (Delicious Shonai Airport), Fukushima Airport
Izu Islands: Oshima Airport, Niijima Airport, Kozu Island Airport, Miyakejima Airport, Hachijozima Airport
Chubu: Sado Airport, Toyama Airport (Toyama Kimono Airport), Noto Airport (and Satoyama Airport), Fukui Airport, Matsumoto Airport (Shinshu Matsumoto Airport), Shizuoka Airport (Fuji Shizuoka Airport)
Kinki: Kobe Airport (Marineair), Nanki Shirahama Airport
China: Tottori Airport (Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport), Oki Airport (Oki World Geopark Airport), Izumo Airport (Izumo Okinawa Airport), Iwami Airport (Hagi / Iwami Airport), Okayama Airport (Okayama Momotaro Airport)
Kyushu: Saga Airport (Kyushu Saga International Airport), Iki Airport, Tsushima Airport (Tsushima Yamaneko Airport), Odaiga Airport, Kamoshima Airport, Fukue Airport (Goto Tsubaki Airport)
Satsuma Islands: Tanegashima Airport (Cosmoport Tanegashima), Yakushima Airport, Amami Airport, Yoshikuno Airport, Tokunoshima Airport (Tokunoshima Kokoh Airport), Okinoerabu Airport (Eri Burari Island Airport), Yoron Airport
Okinawa: Iejima Airport, Kerama Airport, Awakuni Airport, Kumejima Airport, North Daito Airport, Minami-Daito Airport, Miyako Airport, Shimojima Airport, Tamara Airport, New Ishigaki Airport (Nanto Island Ishigaki Airport), Hateruma Airport, Yonaguni airport
Other airports
7 places
Kanto: Chofu airport
Chubu: Nagoya Airfield (Nagoya Airport, Komaki Airport, Prefectural Nagoya Airport)
Kinki: Yao Airport, Tajima Airport (Stork Tajima Airport)
China: Okanan Airfield
Kyushu: Amakusa Air Station, Oita Prefecture Central Air Station
Shared airport
8 places
Hokkaido: Sapporo airfield (Okado Airport) * Shared with the Ground Self Defense Force
Chitose Airfield ※ Shared with Air Self Defense Force
Tohoku: Misawa Air Station (Misawa airport) * Shared with the US Air Force and Air Self Defense Force
Kanto: Eriisato Air Station (Ibaraki airport) * Shared with Air Self Defense Force
Chubu: Komatsu Airfield (Komatsu Airport) * Shared with Air Self Defense Force
China: Miho Airfield (Yonago Airport, Yonago Kitaro Airport) * Shared with Air Self Defense Force
Iwakuni airfield (Iwakuni Kinbashi Airport) * Shared with the US Marine Corps and the Maritime Self Defense Force
Shikoku: Tokushima Airfield (Tokushima Airport, Tokushima Awa Odori Airport) * Shared with the Maritime Self Defense Force
Public heliport
Hokkaido: Shimane helicopter, Niseko heliport, Masu Hari heliport, Oribe heliport, rich heliport, Sunagawa heliport
Tohoku: Yonezawa heliport
Kanto: Tokyo heliport, Gunma heliport, Takasaki heliport, Tochigi heliport, Tsukuba heliport
Chubu: Shizuoka heliport, Tsu Ise Bay heliport, Wakasa heliport
Kinki: Nara prefecture heliport, Mizu heliport, Kobe heliport
China: Hiroshima heliport
Kyushu: Saeki heliport, Makurazaki heliport
Non-public heliport
Hokkaido: Hokkaido police heliport
Tohoku: Aomori prefectural government heliport, Iwate prefectural police Morioka heliport, Miyagi prefectural government heliport, Sendai Joint Hall Tohoku district maintenance office heliport, Fukushima prefectural police heliport
Kanto: Ibaraki prefectural government heliport, Maezan Fumibari heliport, Mikamo heliport, Gunma prefectural heliport, plus heliport, Saitama wide area disaster prevention base heliport, Asahi / Kawagoe heliport, Chiba city fire department heliport, Chiba Western General Hospital heliport, Urayasu heliport, Ark Hills Heliport, Metropolitan Police Headquarters Rooftop Heliport, Central Joint Hall No.2 Building Heliport, Tokyo Asahi Heliport, Shibaura Heliport, Third District Coast Guard Headquarters Yokohama Maritime Disaster Mitigation Heliport, Kanagawa Prefectural Police Heliport, Yokohama Heliport
Chubu: SBS Numazu heliport, SBS Shizuoka heliport, Hamamatsu city fire heliport, Yamanashi prefecture police heliport, Yamanashi prefectural central hospital heliport, Japan Airlines Academy Futaba heliport, Saku General Hospital Saku medical center heliport, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital heliport, Toyama Municipal Hospital heliport , Tonami General Hospital heliport, Takaoka city hospital rooftop heliport, Ishikawa police helicopter, Hakusan heliport, Fukui prefectural hospital heliport, Gifu prefectural general medical center heliport, Ogaki Municipal Hospital heliport, Gifu prefectural police helicopter heliport, Gifu prefectural police helicopter, Medium rich Living hospital heliport, Aichi prefectural police heliport, Toyota station race heliport, Alpine Marunouchi heliport, A · W Wu Ansei heliport, Mie prefectural police heliport, Mie prefectural Shima hospital heliport, Mie prefectural general medical center heliport
Kinki: Shiga Prefecture police heliport, Shiga Prefectural Police Headquarters Heliport, Osaka Airways Hino HELIPORT, Kyoto Prefectural Police heliport, Kyoto prefectural heliport, Kyoto fire heliport, Osaka prefectural police headquarters heliport, NHK Osaka heliport, Hyogo prefectural heliport, Hyogo prefectural police heliport, Hyogo Prefectural Disaster Medical Center heliport, Kobe firefight heliport, NTT Kobe central building heliport, Miki disaster prevention heliport, Akashi Kawasaki heliport, Wakayama Prefectural Medical University Attached Hospital heliport, Shima Seiki heliport, Ogura C · C heliport, Kinan heliport
China: Shimane prefectural central hospital heliport, Okayama prefectural government heliport, NHK Hiroshima heliport, Shunan heliport
Shikoku: Tokushima Prefecture Police Heliport, Kochi Prefecture Police Headquarters Heliport, Kochi Medical Center Heliport, Tosashimizu Heliport
Kyushu: West Japan heliport, NHK Fukuoka heliport, Fukuoka General Hospital heliport, Fukuoka Kazuaki Hospital heliport, Kyushu University Hospital heliport, Fukuoka City Children’s Hospital heliport, Kurume University heliport, St. Mary’s Hospital heliport, Saga University Medical Hospital attached heliport, Nagasaki Medical Center heliport, Miyazaki Hospital heliport, Kumamoto prefectural police heliport, Jisaikai Kumamoto hospital heliport, Oita prefectural government heliport, Umesa Sakari Hospital heliport, Okinawa prefectural police heliport
Non-public airfield
Hokkaido: Shinku Airfield
Kanto: Honda Airport, Ryugasaki Airfield,
Kyushu: Satsuma Iwojima Airfield