Matsuyama Airport

Matsuyama Airport 松山空港 Matsuyama kūkō
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	33°49′38″N 132°41′59″E / 33.82722°N 132.69972°ECoordinates: 33°49′38″N 132°41′59″E / 33.82722°N 132.69972°E
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
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 2,843,575 Cargo (metric tonnes) 7,638
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau [2]

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^[1] 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 squadron 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air New Zealand	Charter: Auckland, Christchurch [7]
All Nippon Airways	Naha, Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon (ends 23 September 2016)[8]
China Airlines	Charter: Taipei-Songshan[9]
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.^[10]

Statistics

Statistics for Matsuyama Airport^[11]

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

References

1. AIS Japan
2. "Matsuyama Airport Statistics" (PDF) (Press release). Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
3. "空港整備事業" (in Japanese). 国土交通省　四国地方整備局. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
4. "松山のＶＢ施設、15年３月で閉鎖　サイボウズも移転". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
5. "松山空港発の上海・ソウルツアーに補助金　愛媛の官民団体". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
6. "松山空港で小型機着陸失敗、滑走路を閉鎖　けが人なし". 共同通信 (in Japanese). 27 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
7. http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/air-nz-doubles-charter-flights-japan-ca-125001
8. "ASIANA Ends Matsuyama Service from late-Sep 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
9. "China Airlines Makes History with Launch of Songshan-Matsuyama Flights" (Press release). China Airlines. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
10. "Link Airs applies for AOC, launch in spring 2014 from Kitakyushu and Fukuoka". CAPA. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
11. Matsuyama Airport