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Naha Airport

Naha Airport
那覇空港
Naha Kūkō
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Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Serves Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Hub for
Focus city for Skymark Airlines
Elevation AMSL 11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 26°11′45″N 127°38′45″E / 26.19583°N 127.64583°E / 26.19583; 127.64583
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OKA is located in Japan
OKA
OKA
Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 18,336,030
Cargo (metric tonnes) 399,764
Aircraft movement 156,245
Passengers 18,336,030
Cargo (metric tonnes) 399,764
Aircraft movement 156,245

Naha Airport (那覇空港 Naha Kūkō?) (IATA: OKAICAO: ROAH) is a second class airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the city hall in Naha, Okinawa. It is Japan's seventh busiest airport and the primary air terminal for passengers and cargo traveling to and from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and handles scheduled international traffic to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China. The airport is also home to Naha Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

Naha Airport served 17.5 million passengers in 2014, an increase of roughly 3 million passengers in two years.

Oroku Aerodrome (小禄飛行場), an Imperial Japanese Navy airfield, opened in 1933. The base was taken over by the United States in 1945 and was renamed Naha Airport (那覇飛行場). Pan American World Airways and Northwest Orient began service to Naha in 1947.

The airport was closed for refurbishment between 1952 and 1954. Japan Airlines began service to Okinawa during this time and initially used Kadena Air Base.


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