, or HAC, is a regional airline that operates scheduled services in Hokkaidō and Aomori Prefecture, Japan from a main base of operations at Okadama Airport in Higashi-ku, Sapporo.[ The airport terminal (operated by a company 26% owned by the Sapporo government) operated at a slight profit until fiscal year 2009, but the departure of ANA group traffic drove its finances into a net loss.] HAC continues to serve the airport using Saab 340
The Saab 340 is a Swedish twin-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by Saab AB and Fairchild Aircraft. It is designed to seat 30-36 passengers and, as of July 2018, there were 240 operational aircraft used by 34 different o ...
turboprops which it has since been replaced by the ATR 42
The ATR 42 is a regional airliner produced by Franco-Italian manufacturer ATR, with final assembly in Toulouse, France.
On 4 November 1981, the aircraft was launched with ATR, as a joint venture between French Aérospatiale (now Airbus) and ...
.
In November 2013, Fuji Dream Airlines
is a Japanese regional airline headquartered in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. It operates a fleet of Embraer E-Jets with three main hubs at Shizuoka Airport, Nagoya Airfield and Kobe Airport. The airline commenced operations on J ...
operated a regional jet charter to Okadama from Komaki Airport
, also known as Komaki Airport or Nagoya Airport, is an airport which lies within the local government areas of Toyoyama, Komaki, Kasugai and Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was once an international airport, but is now a domestic sec ...
in Nagoya, the first passenger jet service in the airport's history.
Airlines and destinations
JGSDF units
*Northern Air Corps Headquarters (Beechcraft King Air 350
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketing, marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropp ...
)
*Northern Helicopter Corps ( H-6, UH-1
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helic ...
)
*No. 7 Division Airborne
*No. 11 Division Airborne
Ground transportation
Buses
北37条東21丁目(旧・丘珠空港入口)- Kita 37-Jō Higashi 21-chome bus stop
It takes about 5 minutes on foot from Airport Terminal to this bus stop and the distance is about 200m.
北36条東27丁目 – Kita 36-Jō Higashi 27-chome bus stop
It takes about 10 minutes on foot from Airport Terminal to this bus stop and distance is about 700m.
Trains
It takes 15 minutes on foot from the Airport Terminal to Subway Sakaemachi Station.
References
External links
Okadama Airport, official homepage
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Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Airports in Hokkaido
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bases
Military airbases established in 1944
1944 establishments in Japan
Buildings and structures in Sapporo