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located eastAIS Japan
of Hakodate Station in
Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households, and a population density of 412.8 ...
, a city in
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. It is operated by the
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History

Hakodate airport opened in 1961 with a single 1,200 m runway. A new terminal upgrade and runway extension to 2,000 m became operational in 1971. The runway was extended further to 2,500 m in 1978 and to 3,000 m in 1999. A new terminal building opened in 2005. On September 6, 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko defected to the West by landing a MiG-25 Foxbat aircraft at Hakodate Airport. On June 21, 1995,
All Nippon Airways Flight 857 All Nippon Airways Flight 857 was a scheduled flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Hakodate Airport that was hijacked by a lone individual on June 21, 1995. The aircraft was boarded by police the next morning following an over-night standoff, in t ...
, a scheduled
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flight from Tokyo to Hakodate, was hijacked by Fumio Kutsumi, a Tokyo bank employee armed with a screwdriver. Kutsumi claimed to be acting on behalf of
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leader
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. The aircraft landed in Hakodate and stayed on the runway overnight for 15 hours before riot police stormed the aircraft at dawn and freed the passengers.


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Ground transportation

Scheduled buses operate to Hakodate Station and the Onuma
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In popular culture

*The animated film '' Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky'' depicts an emergency landing at the airport.


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Hakodate Airport Terminal Building Co., Ltd.
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* * {{Portal, Aviation Airports in Hokkaido Buildings and structures in Hakodate Airports established in 1961 1961 establishments in Japan