Niigata Airport

Airport in Niigata, Japan

Niigata Airport

新潟空港

Niigata Kūkō

* IATA: KIJ
* ICAO: RJSN

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner/Operator| Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Serves| Niigata Prefecture
Location| Niigata, Niigata
Hub for| Toki Air
Elevation AMSL| 29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates| 37°57′21″N 139°06′42″E﻿ / ﻿37.95583°N 139.11167°E﻿ / 37.95583; 139.11167
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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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m  | ft
04/22  | 1,314  | 4,311  | Asphalt concrete
10/28  | 2,500  | 8,202  | Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
| Passengers| 984,629

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Cargo (metric tonnes)| 474
Aircraft movement| 26,149

Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Terminal building Aerial photograph of Niigata Airport in the 1970s

Niigata Airport (新潟空港, Niigata Kūkō) (IATA: KIJ, ICAO: RJSN) is an international airport located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) northeast of Niigata Station[2] in Niigata, Japan.

## History

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The first airport on the Sea of Japan coast of Japan was opened on an island in the Shinano River in 1929. This airport was moved to what was then the village of Matsugazakahama in 1930, and was renamed Niigata Airport. It was requisitioned for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in 1941, and came under the control of the USAAF after the end of World War II. It was returned to Japanese civilian control on March 31, 1958, on which date commercial flight operations were resumed. International services were started in 1973, with scheduled service to Khabarovsk and Niigata Airport became historically an important gateway for traffic to and from Russia, which among other purposes were used to export Niigata-area agricultural products to Russia; however, flights were reduced from winter 2010 as more slots became available for Russia service at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.[3]

The airport saw several major service expansions in the spring of 2012, when China Eastern Airlines, Fuji Dream Airlines and All Nippon Airways announced service to Shanghai, Nagoya and Narita respectively.[4]

## Airlines and destinations

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The following destinations are served from Niigata:

Airlines| Destinations

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All Nippon Airways |  Osaka–Itami
ANA Wings |  Osaka–Itami, Sapporo–Chitose
China Eastern Airlines |  Shanghai–Pudong[5]
Fuji Dream Airlines |  Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya–Komaki
Ibex Airlines |  Fukuoka, Nagoya–Centrair
J-Air |  Osaka–Itami, Sapporo–Chitose
Korean Air |  Seoul–Incheon[6]
Peach |  Osaka–Kansai[7]
Tigerair Taiwan |  Taipei–Taoyuan[8]
Toki Air |  Sapporo–Okadama,[9] Sendai[10]

## Ground transportation

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Scheduled "limousine bus" service is provided to and from Niigata Station every 20 minutes and heavily subsidized by Niigata Prefecture. Niigata Airport currently has no direct rail access, although regional authorities have conducted studies aimed at potentially extending the Joetsu Shinkansen high-speed rail line or other nearby ordinary rail lines to the airport.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Niigata 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
3. ^ 新潟空港に試練の冬 ロシア極東２路線が運休. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 30 October 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
4. ^ 新潟空港、増便や新規就航相次ぐ 中国東方航空は上海線週４便. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 27 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
5. ^ "Mainland Chinese Carriers August – October 2023 Japan Network – 30JUL23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
6. ^ "Korean Air Resumes 3 Japanese Routes in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
7. ^ "Peach adds Osaka – Niigata service in March 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
8. ^ "TIGERAIR TAIWAN ADDS NIIGATA SERVICE FROM MID-JAN 2023". Aeroroutes. 9 December 2022.
9. ^ "TOKI AIR SCHEDULES SERVICE DEBUT IN LATE-JAN 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
10. ^ "TOKI AIR ADDS NIIGATA – SENDAI FROM LATE-APRIL 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
11. ^ 新潟空港、新幹線乗り入れ検討 アクセス改善委が会合. Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

## External links

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Media related to Niigata Airport at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in English)
* Niigata Airport Building (in English)

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Transit in Niigata Prefecture

JR East|

* Jōetsu Shinkansen
* ■Banetsu West Line
* ■Echigo Line
* ■Hakushin Line
* ■Iiyama Line
* ■Jōetsu Line
* ■Shinetsu Main Line
* ■Tadami Line
* ■Uetsu Main Line
* ■Yahiko Line
* ■Yonesaka Line

JR West|

* Hokuriku Shinkansen
* ■Ōito Line

Echigo Tokimeki Railway|

* ■Myōkō Haneuma Line (former Shinetsu Main Line)
* ■Nihonkai Hisui Line (former Hokuriku Main Line)

Hokuetsu Express|

■Hokuhoku Line

Aizu Tetsudo|

■ Aizu Line

Named trains|

* Inaho
* Shirayuki
* Banetsu Monogatari
* Koshino Shu*Kura
* Kirakira Uetsu
* Oykot
* Genbi Shinkansen
* Setsugekka

Bus|

* Bandai-bashi Line
* Niigata Kotsu
* Echigo Kotsu
* Kubiki Motor

Public ferries|

* Sado Steam Ship
* Awashima-Line
* Shin Nihonkai Ferry

Misc|

* Niigata Station
* Cards
* Suica
* Ryuto
* Niigata Airport

* Japan transit: Tokyo
* Keihanshin
* Nagoya
* Fukuoka
* Hakone Fuji Izu
* Hokkaido
* Aomori
* Sendai
* Akita
* Niigata
* Toyama
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Airports in Japan

1 Joint civil-military use

Major hubs|

* Fukuoka
* Nagoya (Chūbu Centrair)
* Naha1
* Osaka (Itami)
* Osaka (Kansai)
* Sapporo (New Chitose)
* Tokyo (Haneda)
* Tokyo (Narita)

International|

| Hokkaidō|

* Asahikawa
* Hakodate

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Tōhoku|

* Akita
* Aomori
* Sendai

Kantō|

* Ibaraki (Hyakuri)1

Chūbu|

* Komatsu1
* Niigata
* Shizuoka
* Toyama

Chūgoku|

* Hiroshima
* Miho–Yonago1
* Okayama

Shikoku|

* Kōchi
* Matsuyama
* Takamatsu

Kyushu|

* Kitakyushu
* Nagasaki
* Oita
* Saga1
* Kagoshima
* Kumamoto
* Miyazaki

Okinawa|

* Ishigaki (Painushima)
* Shimojishima1

Domestic|

* Aguni
* Amakusa
* Amami
* Chofu
* Fukushima
* Fukue
* Hachijojima
* Hanamaki
* Hateruma
* Iejima
* Iki
* Iwakuni1
* Iwami
* Izumo
* Kamigoto
* Kerama
* Kikai
* Kitadaito
* Kobe
* Kōzushima
* Kumejima
* Kushiro
* Matsumoto
* Memanbetsu
* Minami-Daito
* Misawa1
* Miyakejima
* Miyako
* Monbetsu
* Nagoya (Komaki)
* Nakashibetsu
* Nanki–Shirahama
* New Tanegashima
* Niijima
* Noto
* Odate–Noshiro
* Ojika
* Okadama1
* Oki
* Okinoerabu
* Okushiri
* Oshima
* Rebun
* Rishiri
* Sado
* Satsuma Iōjima
* Shonai
* Tajima
* Tarama
* Tsushima
* Tokachi–Obihiro
* Tokunoshima
* Tokushima1
* Tottori
* Wakkanai
* Yamagata
* Yakushima
* Yamaguchi Ube
* Yonaguni
* Yoron

General aviation|

* Fukui
* Hiroshima–Nishi
* Honda
* Kasaoka
* Kōnan
* Makurazaki
* Oitakenou
* Teshikaga
* Yao

Military|

* Akeno
* Asahikawa
* Ashiya
* Atsugi
* Chitose
* Futenma
* Gifu
* Hachinohe
* Hamamatsu
* Hōfu
* Hyakuri
* Iruma
* Kanoya
* Matsushima
* Metabaru
* Misawa
* Iwo Jima
* Kadena
* Kasumigaura
* Kasuminome
* Kisarazu
* Minami Torishima
* Nyutabaru
* Ōminato
* Ozuki
* Shimofusa
* Shizuhama
* Tachikawa
* Tateyama
* Tohokumachi
* Tokachi
* Tsuiki
* Utsunomiya
* Yakumo
* Yokota

Heliports|

* Camp Zama Kastner
* Komatsushima
* Maizuru
* Tokyo
* Tsukuba

Defunct|

* Ishigaki
* Kizugawa Airport
* Kokura
* Yokosuka

Statistics|

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