Naha Airport

For the airport in Naha, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (NAH/WAMH), see Naha Airport (Indonesia).

Naha Airport 那覇空港 Naha Kūkō
IATA: OKA – ICAO: ROAH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Serves		Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Elevation AMSL		11 ft / 3 m
Coordinates		26°11′45″N 127°38′45″E / 26.19583°N 127.64583°E / 26.19583; 127.64583
Map
OKA Location in Japan
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
18/36	3,000	9,843	Asphalt
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Interior of the terminal building

Naha Airport (那覇空港, Naha Kūkō^?) (IATA: OKA, ICAO: ROAH) is a second class airport located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the city office^[1] in Naha, Okinawa.

The primary air terminal for passengers and freight traveling to and from Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, the airport handles international traffic to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China. Japan's seventh busiest airport, it also carries domestic flights to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and many other cities on Japan's four main islands. Naha is also a hub for service to other locations in Okinawa, including Ishigaki Airport, and suffers from congestion. In all, flights connect Naha to more than 30 destinations. Its single 3,000 m (9,843 ft) runway handles in excess of 150 flights daily.

The airport is also home to Naha Air Base.

Naha Airport served 14,495,054 passengers in FY2006.

Developments

Naha airport is undergoing major transformations, as three separate projects.

Runway

The Governor of Okinawa, Hirokazu Nakaima, has expressed his interest to build a second runway to accommodate flights, to be operational by 2015.^[2]

Terminal Relocation and Expansion

In 2008, the government gave a go ahead to significantly expand the domestic terminal requiring the relocation of cargo facilities and the international terminal, it is expected to take 7 years to complete.

Intermodal Under Bay Tunnel

In addition, a 6 lane Under bay tunnel for auto transport linking the airport with the Naha Port is expected to boost the usefulness of the intermodal facility was completed in 2011. This tunnel will also link a 2.6 hectare Free Trade Zone near the Airport and another 122 hectare one at Nakagusuku Bay.

History

The basic and detailed design engineering works in addition to the later construction management phase of the main passenger terminal were awarded in the 1990s in part to the Japan Branch of the American design-build engineering company, The Austin Company, which joined Japanese firms in a joint venture design consortium.

Transport

The Okinawa Monorail carries passengers from Naha-kūkō Station to the center of Naha, and to the terminal at Shuri Station, which is closest to Shuri Castle. In addition, bus service is available to many parts of Okinawa Island. Extensive parking lots are available as well.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air China	Beijing-Capital [begins 11 January][3]
All Nippon Airways	Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kobe, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Sendai, Takamatsu, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita Seasonal: Matsuyama
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Kagoshima
All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon	Miyako, Ishigaki, Shizuoka, Niigata Seasonal: Niigata , Osaka-Kansai
Asiana Airlines	Seoul-Incheon
China Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Continental Airlines	Guam
Dragonair	Hong Kong
Hainan Airlines	Beijing-Capital
Hong Kong Airlines	Seasonal: Hong Kong
Hong Kong Express Airways	Hong Kong
Japan Airlines	Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda Seasonal: Hanamaki
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Transocean Air	Fukuoka, Ishigaki, Komatsu, Kumejima, Miyako, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita
Japan Transocean Air operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter	Aguni, Amamioshima, Kitadaito, Kumejima, Minamidaito, Yonaguni, Yoron Seasonal: Miyako
Mandarin Airlines	Taichung, Kaohsiung
Skymark Airlines	Fukuoka, Nagoya-Centrair, Kobe, Miyako, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita [begins 8 December]
Skynet Asia Airways	Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki

Incidents

China Airlines Flight 120

• On December 1, 1994, Ramzi Yousef planted a bomb on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, with the intent of mass murder. The bomb exploded on the Boeing 747-283B en route from Cebu to Tokyo, killing one passenger. The plane made an emergency landing at Naha Airport safely.
• On January 31, 2001, Japan Airlines Flight 907, bound for Naha from Tokyo International Airport, nearly collided with another Japan Airlines aircraft. The Boeing 747 for Flight 907 suddenly dived and avoided a DC-10.
• On August 20, 2007, China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-800, had an engine explode shortly after landing at Naha Airport, resulting in a fire that gutted the aircraft. All passengers and crew members were evacuated safely.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} AIS Japan
2. ^ 那覇空港第２滑走路１５年目標　　仲井真知事
3. ^ http://www.airchina.us/en/aboutus/airchinanews/2011/20111013.html

External links

	Japan portal
	Aviation portal

• Airport website (Japanese)
• Airports of Okinawa
• Naha Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
• openNav: OKA / ROAH charts
• Current weather for ROAH at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for OKA at Aviation Safety Network