Matsuyama Airport

Matsuyama Airport 松山空港 Matsuyama kūkō
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IATA: MYJ – ICAO: RJOM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Serves	Matsuyama
Elevation AMSL	13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates
Website	www.matsuyama-airport.co.jp
Map
RJOM Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

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View of Matsuyama Airport

Matsuyama Airport (松山空港, Matsuyama kūkō) (IATA: MYJ, ICAO: RJOM) is an airport located 3 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west southwest of Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

History

The airport opened as an Imperial Japanese Navy(Nihon kaigun) airfield in 1941.At the end of the war IT was the base of the 353th fighter squardon which défend Japan against saipan B-29 's raids and became a state-administre civil airport in 1958. It was the first airport in Shikoku to see jet service following a runway extension project in 1972.

An office park named "Biz Port" opened near the airport in 2003 to attract technology businesses, but is scheduled to close on 1 April 2015.

In 2013, the government of Ehime Prefecture and local business organizations announced that they would begin subsidizing the airport's international routes to Shanghai and Seoul, which had seen load factors of less than 50% in June 2013.

Accidents and incidents

• On October 26, 2013, a small propeller aircraft inbound from Kikai Airport crash-landed on the runway at around 6:30 p.m., forcing a temporary closure of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air New Zealand	Charter: Auckland, Christchurch
All Nippon Airways	Naha, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
China Airlines	Charter: Taipei-Songshan
Fuji Dream Airlines	Shizuoka
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter	Fukuoka, Kagoshima
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Osaka-Itami
Jetstar Japan	Tokyo-Narita
Peach	Osaka-Kansai

Link Airs, a Fukuoka-based regional airline startup, plans to begin service to the airport in 2014.

Statistics

Statistics for Matsuyama Airport

Year	Total Passengers
2000	2,674,045
2001	2,666,972
2002	2,736,346
2003	2,633,410
2004	2,640,578
2005	2,693,188
2006	2,750,092
2007	2,662,611
2008	2,536,739
2009	2,362,688