is an

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in the Hikawa area of

Izumo Izumo (出雲) may refer to: Locations * Izumo Province, an old province of Japan * Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture ** Izumo Airport * Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines Ships * ''Izumo ...

Shimane Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...

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, about 20–30 minutes by car from central Izumo or

Matsue is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 202,008 (February 1, 2021) following the merger with Higashiizumo from Yatsuka District. Matsue is located at ...

city centre. This airport is also known as ; meaning Izumo Airport of Romantic Fate.

History

The airport opened in June 1966 with a runway length of 1,200 m. The runway was extended to 1,500 m in December 1970, and 2,000 m in March 1991. Scheduled service began in July 1966, with a daily

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flight to Osaka and a daily

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flight to Oki. YS-11 service to Tokyo began in 1979, and was upgraded to

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jet service in 1980 and A300 widebody service in 1993. Routes added since then include Fukuoka (YS-11 from December 1984), Hiroshima-Nishi (

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from 1996), Sapporo (MD-87 from 1996), Komatsu (BAe Jetstream from 1996),

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(

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from 1997), and Nagoya (

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from 1997).

Facilities

The airport terminal has three

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gates, and is equipped with customs and immigration facilities for international charter flights. The Shimane Prefectural Police also has an air base on site.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Ground transportation

Bus service is available to Matsue and Izumo. There is no rail service to the airport; the closest railway station is Shōbara Station, about 10 minutes away by car.

References

External links

Izumo Airport website

from

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