Iwami Airport (石見空港, Iwami Kūkō) (IATA: IWJ, ICAO: RJOW) is an airport located 2.8 NM (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Hagi-Iwami Airport[2] due to its proximity to the city of Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a 2 or 3 hour drive from the old town of Iwami, its primary namesake.
There are two daily round trip flights from Tokyo. During late summer another daily round trip flight from Osaka is available for about a month.
In late Summer the annual Inaka Ride[1] cycling event course includes riding on the runway.
In late Autumn the annual Hagi-Iwami Airport Marathon[2] starts near the airport gateway and the starting course includes running on the runway.
For both events the daily scheduled flights are not interrupted.
Historyedit
Iwami Airport opened in July 1993 with service to Tokyo Haneda and Osaka Itami. These services experienced weak passenger demand in the airport's first years of operation, despite local subsidies and reduced landing fees intended to make them more competitive. The Iwami-Haneda route boarded a record number of passengers in 2013 after Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni opened for passenger flights, as this made it possible to create tour packages to Izumo-taisha, Itsukushima Shrine and other regional attractions using both airports as gateways.[3] Iwami's IATA airport code of IWJ was originally used by Iwakuni when it hosted international flights between 1952 and 1964.[4]
iwami, airport, 石見空港, iwami, kūkō, iata, icao, rjow, airport, located, masuda, shimane, prefecture, japan, also, known, hagi, proximity, city, hagi, yamaguchi, prefecture, hour, drive, from, town, iwami, primary, namesake, 石見空港iwami, kūkōiata, iwjicao, rjowsum. Iwami Airport 石見空港 Iwami Kukō IATA IWJ ICAO RJOW is an airport located 2 8 NM 5 2 km 3 2 mi Masuda Shimane Prefecture Japan It is also known as Hagi Iwami Airport 2 due to its proximity to the city of Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture It is a 2 or 3 hour drive from the old town of Iwami its primary namesake Iwami Airport石見空港Iwami KukōIATA IWJICAO RJOWSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorGovernmentLocationMasuda Shimane JapanElevation AMSL177 ft 54 mCoordinates34 40 35 N 131 47 25 E 34 67639 N 131 79028 E 34 67639 131 79028MapRJOWLocation in JapanShow map of Shimane PrefectureRJOWRJOW Japan Show map of JapanRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 11 29 2 000 6 562 Asphalt concreteStatistics 2015 Passengers129 632Cargo metric tonnes 0Aircraft movement1 830Source Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism 1 Contents 1 Operation 2 History 3 Airlines and destinations 4 References 5 External linksOperation editThere are two daily round trip flights from Tokyo During late summer another daily round trip flight from Osaka is available for about a month In late Summer the annual Inaka Ride 1 cycling event course includes riding on the runway In late Autumn the annual Hagi Iwami Airport Marathon 2 starts near the airport gateway and the starting course includes running on the runway For both events the daily scheduled flights are not interrupted History editIwami Airport opened in July 1993 with service to Tokyo Haneda and Osaka Itami These services experienced weak passenger demand in the airport s first years of operation despite local subsidies and reduced landing fees intended to make them more competitive The Iwami Haneda route boarded a record number of passengers in 2013 after Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni opened for passenger flights as this made it possible to create tour packages to Izumo taisha Itsukushima Shrine and other regional attractions using both airports as gateways 3 Iwami s IATA airport code of IWJ was originally used by Iwakuni when it hosted international flights between 1952 and 1964 4 Airlines and destinations editAirlinesDestinationsAll Nippon AirwaysTokyo Haneda Seasonal Osaka ItamiANA WingsTokyo HanedaReferences edit Iwami Airport PDF Japanese Ministry of Land Infrastructure Transport and Tourism Archived from the original PDF on 21 October 2016 Retrieved 7 January 2017 Shimane Prefecture Airports Archived 15 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine in English 萩 石見空港 羽田便が年間７万人突破 13年度 Nihon Keizai Shimbun 10 March 2014 Retrieved 11 March 2014 12月開港の岩国空港略称 ＩＷＫ に決まる Nihon Keizai Shimbun 28 July 2012 Retrieved 11 March 2014 国交省大阪航空局などによると 1952 64年の間 岩国は国際空港として民間機が発着しており このときの略称はＩＷＪだったという これは現在 石見空港 島根県益田市 の略称として使われている External links editShimane Prefecture page about Iwami Airport in Japanese Current weather for RJOW at NOAA NWS Accident history for IWJ at Aviation Safety Network nbsp Aviation portal nbsp This article about a Japanese airport is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Shimane Prefecture location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iwami Airport amp oldid 1139095674, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
