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Niigata Airport

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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

Map

RJSN

Location in Niigata Prefecture

RJSN

Location in Japan

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
04/22	1,314	4,311	Asphalt concrete
10/28	2,500	8,202	Asphalt concrete

Statistics (2015)

Passengers	984,629
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]inNiigata, 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
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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^ "Niigata Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

^ AIS Japan

^ 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.

^ 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.

^ "Mainland Chinese Carriers August – October 2023 Japan Network – 30JUL23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

^ "Korean Air Resumes 3 Japanese Routes in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

^ "Peach adds Osaka – Niigata service in March 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

^ "TIGERAIR TAIWAN ADDS NIIGATA SERVICE FROM MID-JAN 2023". Aeroroutes. 9 December 2022.

^ "TOKI AIR SCHEDULES SERVICE DEBUT IN LATE-JAN 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

^ "TOKI AIR ADDS NIIGATA – SENDAI FROM LATE-APRIL 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

^ 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)

Transport

Aviation

v t e 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 ShuKura* 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 Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

Airports in Japan

¹ Joint civil-military use

Major hubs

International

Hokkaidō	Asahikawa Hakodate
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