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is an international

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located west of the railway station in the city of Ōmura and north northeast of the Nagasaki railway station in the city of

Nagasaki is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...

Nagasaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the northeast. N ...

, Japan. The

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and

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14/32 are on an island, and the shorter runway 18/36 (now used by the

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for helicopter flights) is on the mainland.

History

The mainland portion of the airport opened as a military aerodrome in 1923, and commenced civilian joint use as Omura Airport (大村空港) in 1955. The current island runway and terminal opened on May 1, 1975, and became Japan's first full-scale airport built over water. It was also the first airport in the world to be built on the ocean. Although Nagasaki is superficially similar to Japan's other island airports,

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, Nagasaki Airport was constructed on Mishima Island ( ja, 箕島). Constructing the airport required flattening the island's hills and reclaiming land around its shore, expanding it from . The island had 66 residents in 13 households, all of whom agreed to relocate so that the new airport could be built. Nagasaki's first international service, to Shanghai, commenced in September 1979. There are no longer any scheduled international flights to or from Nagasaki as of December 2022.Based on FlightRadar24 search The main runway was extended from 2,500 m to its current length in 1980, and the old mainland "A runway" (18/36) was abolished in 2010.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Ground transportation

Several companies provide scheduled

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service to the airport from Nagasaki, Shimabara, Sasebo, and other surrounding cities. Ferry operators provide service to Togitsu, Nagayo, and the Huis ten Bosch theme park.

References

External links

Nagasaki Airport

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