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Miyazaki Airport
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 of Miyazaki city, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The second floor has the head office of Solaseed Air.

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.

Airlines and destinations

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

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.
  • On 2 October 2024, a bomb that was dropped by US Forces during World War II exploded under a taxiway, damaging the surface and disrupting operations at the airport.

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. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Runway closed at southwest Japan airport after explosion on taxiway". Kyodo News. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Japan Airport Bomb Explosion: US Bomb Explodes after 79 Years!". OutFable. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
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