Kobe Airport
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Kobe Airport 神戸空港 Kōbe Kūkō |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Kobe | ||||||||||
| Operator | Osaka Aviation Bureau (airfield), Kobe Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (terminal) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kobe, Japan | ||||||||||
| Location | Chuo-ku, Kobe | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Skymark Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 22 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°37′58″N 135°13′26″E / 34.63278°N 135.22389°ECoordinates: 34°37′58″N 135°13′26″E / 34.63278°N 135.22389°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.kairport.co.jp | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 2,446,455 |
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| Cargo (metric tonnes) | 0 |
Kobe Airport (神戸空港 Kōbe Kūkō?) (IATA: UKB, ICAO: RJBE) is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Sannomiya StationJapan. It primarily handles domestic flights, but can also accommodate international charter flights. In the first year of operation (2006) the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with an average load factor of 61.1%. In FY 2010 it handled 2,215,000 passengers with an average load factor of 69.2%.
The city government of Kobe first proposed an airport adjacent to Port Island in 1971. At the time, government planners were seeking alternatives to the heavily congested Osaka International Airport: the original Kobe Airport plan called for six runways more than 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in length on a 1,100 ha (2,700 acres) facility. The mayor of Kobe, Tatsuo Miyazaki, declared his opposition to building such a large airport so close to the city, and was re-elected shortly afterward in 1973, defeating a competitor who supported the airport.
Kobe businesses were still interested in the plan, however, and pressed the city government to propose a smaller facility with one 3,000 m (9,843 ft) runway. This plan was submitted to the Transport Ministry in 1982 as a competitor for the Kansai International Airport plan which was then being supported by the Osaka and Wakayama prefectural governments. After the national government voiced its displeasure with the Kobe proposal, Kobe officially switched its support to the Kansai Airport proposal in 1984, but in 1985 decided to independently fund the construction of another airport.
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