Akita Airport

Akita Airport 秋田空港 Akita Kūkō
IATA: AXT – ICAO: RJSK – WMO: 47545
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Akita Prefecture
Serves	Akita, Akita, Japan
Elevation AMSL	305 ft / 93 m
Coordinates
Map
RJSK Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,500 8,202 Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Akita Airport (秋田空港, Akita Kūkō) (IATA: AXT, ICAO: RJSK), is a regional/second class airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Akita Station in the city of Akita, in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

History

Akita Airport was originally opened on October 1, 1951 on the Omonogawa coast of the Sea of Japan approximately 20 kilometers southeast of the center of Akita City. The airport has a 1200-meter runway, which was extended to 1500 meters in 1967 and 1625 meters in 1969, but was adversely affected by crosswinds, and by the television transmission antennas of 123-meter Mount Omoriyama adjacent to the site. The current Akita Airport was opened at its present location on June 26, 1981 and was the first civilian airport in the Tohoku region of Japan to have a 2500-meter runway. In 1985, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force established a search and rescue unit based at Akita Airport. An international terminal was established on July 5, 1993, beginning scheduled flights to South Korea.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Do	Sapporo-Chitose
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Sapporo-Chitose, Tokyo-Haneda
China Airlines	Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
EVA Air	Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan
Fuji Dream Airlines	Shizuoka
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda Charter: Osaka-Kansai
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Osaka-Itami, Sapporo-Chitose
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon

External links

• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
• Akita Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
• Current weather for RJSK at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for AXT at Aviation Safety Network