Fukushima Airport

Fukushima Airport
Fukushima Airport; 福島空港; Fukushima Kūkō
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	IATA: FKS – ICAO: RJSF
Summary
Airport type	Civil
Operator	Government
Serves	Sukagawa, Fukushima, Japan
Elevation AMSL	372 m / 1,220 ft
Coordinates	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
	RJSF Location in Japan
Runways
	Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Fukushima Airport (福島空港, Fukushima Kūkō^?) (IATA: FKS, ICAO: RJSF), is an airport serving northern and central Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, located in the city of Sukagawa. The airport is located 19.4 km (12.1 mi) southeast of Kōriyama Station in Kōriyama.^[1]

History

Fukushima Airport was conceived in the late 1970s, and planning at the prefectural level began in 1981. Construction took place between 1998 and 1991, and the airport opened on March 20, 1993. The international terminal was opened in 1999.

The last episode of the TV drama Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World was filmed at Fukushima Airport in 2004.

The airport remained operational during and following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, and temporarily saw increased domestic service during the closure of the Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line to Tokyo. The disasters caused minor damage to the airport itself but led to the suspension of scheduled international service by Asiana Airlines (to Seoul) and China Eastern Airlines (to Shanghai). In November 2011, the airport terminal operator filed a claim against Tokyo Electric Power for 48 million yen in lost profits stemming from the lost international service. As of June 2013^[update] Asiana is considering resumption of scheduled service to Seoul due to the resurgent popularity of charter services with both Japanese and Korean tourists, but the Shanghai service appears much less likely to resume in the foreseeable future.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Do	Sapporo-Chitose
All Nippon Airways	Osaka-Itami
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Osaka-Itami
Asiana Airlines	Charter: Seoul-Incheon
Ibex Airlines	Osaka-Itami
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Seasonal: Osaka-Itami