Kumamoto Airport

Kumamoto Airport
Kumamoto Airport; 熊本空港; Kumamoto Kūkō
	200px Kumamoto Airport Entrance
	IATA: KMJ – ICAO: RJFT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Kumamoto
Location	Mashiki, Kumamoto
Elevation AMSL	632 ft / 193 m
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Website	kmj-ab.co.jp/eng
Map
	RJFT Location in Japan
Runways
	Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Kumamoto Airport (熊本空港, Kumamoto Kūkō^?) (IATA: KMJ, ICAO: RJFT), also known as Aso Kumamoto Airport (阿蘇くまもと空港, Aso Kumamoto Kūkō^?), is an airport in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan.

History

The first Kumamoto Airport opened in 1960 on the site of a former Imperial Japanese Army air base and had a 1,200 m runway. It was replaced by the current Kumamoto Airport in 1971. The new airport's 2,500 m runway was extended to 3,000 m in 1980.^[2]

Kumamoto was one of three nationally-owned airports to turn a profit in fiscal year 2011 (along with New Chitose Airport and Komatsu Airport).^[3] In 2013, the government passed legislation aimed at eventually allowing the sale of an operating concession at the airport.^[4]

China Airlines charter service to Kaohsiung was announced in 2014 in order to cater to packaged tours from Taiwan.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Nagoya-Centrair, Naha, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Amakusa Airlines	Amakusa, Osaka-Itami
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
China Airlines	Kaohsiung (begins 26 March 2016)^[6] Seasonal: Taipei-Taoyuan
Fuji Dream Airlines	Nagoya-Komaki
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong^[7]
Japan Airlines	Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
Jetstar Japan	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita
Mandarin Airlines	Charter: Kaohsiung
Myanmar Airways International	Charter: Yangon^[8]
Skymark Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda
Solaseed Air	Naha, Tokyo-Haneda
TransAsia Airways	Charter: Taipei-Taoyuan