Fukuoka Airport 福岡空港 Fukuoka Kūkō
IATA: FUK - ICAO: RJFF
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Ministry of Transport
Serves		Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Elevation AMSL		33 ft (10 m)
Coordinates		33°35′09″N, 130°27′02″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16/34	9,186	2,800	Asphalt

Fukuoka Airport (福岡空港, Fukuoka Kūkō^?) (IATA: FUK, ICAO: RJFF), is an international and domestic airport in Fukuoka, Japan. It is officially designated a second class airport. It is currently operating at full capacity, and cannot be further expanded. Flights stop at 10 p.m. to allow local residents some peace and quiet, starting again at 7 a.m.. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 202 KB) Summary International Terminal of Fukuoka Airport. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This page is about Fukuoka, Fukuoka (福岡市), a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Base layer of asphalt concrete in a road under construction. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... This page is about Fukuoka, Fukuoka (福岡市), a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... In Japan, airports are grouped into three legal classifications. ...

The airport is conveniently located for Fukuoka residents in Hakata-ku, South-East of the city centre. It is connected to the rest of the city by subway and road, and a subway from the airport to the business district takes less than ten minutes. Yet its very convenience raises questions and concerns about its safety. Hakata (博多区; -ku) is a ward in Fukuoka, Japan with a population of 176,585. ...

Fukuoka Airport is the third largest passenger airport in Japan. In 2005, 18 million people used the airport, while there were 137,000 takeoffs and landings.[1]

Accidents and Safety Concerns

Airport diagram

• There is only one runway of 2800 metres, which was originally constructed for propeller aircraft. The airport is surrounded by residential areas and the approach is reminiscent of the old Hong Kong airport, Kai Tak International.

• Fukuoka airport was the site of an aircraft accident on June 13, 1996 when a Garuda Indonesia Airways DC-10, Flight 865, crashed on take-off, killing three passengers and severely injuring 18 more. The pilot appeared to hesitate about applying full throttle upon a single engine failure. The crash occurred within the airport perimeter when the aircraft was already airborne, nine feet off the ground. [2]

• On August 12, 2005, metal fragments fell in a Fukuoka residential area from a JALways airplane bound for Honolulu after an engine briefly caught fire shortly after take-off. This underlines JAL's recent poor maintenance record. A boy and a man were injured by fragments. The airplane was forced to jettison fuel, return to Fukuoka airport and land there. The sight of flames coming from the engine was captured by a NHK film crew which happened to be recording because the service to Hawaii is soon to be withdrawn as it is unprofitable. [3] The Fukuoka prefectural governor Wataru Aso visited the school playground where the fragments fell and expressed grave concern.

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Alternative sites for the airport

With Fukuoka's ambitions to become a hub for business and travel in East Asia - let alone the Mayor Mr. Hirotaro Yamasaki's stated ambition to bring the Olympic Games to Fukuoka and Kyushu in 2016 - Fukuoka City has been considering moving the airport further inland or to an offshore artificial island to accommodate increased traffic. East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution, is the pioneer of No Till grain growing (see also permaculture) Fukuoka is also the name of two towns in Japan, Fukuoka, Toyama (in Toyama Prefecture) and Fukuoka, Gifu (in Gifu Prefecture) Central Fukuoka View of Momochi, Fukuoka. ... Before Mexico City, Tenochtitlan was an artificial island of 250,000 (Dr Atl) Dejima, not allowed direct contact with nearby Nagasaki Formoza (Gdynia) The World in Dubai An artificial island is an island that has been formed by human, rather than natural means. ...

However, the idea of a new airport in the sea off Shingu has been opposed by environmentalists. The Gan-no-su coastal area has also been mooted, and it was the site of an airfield in the 1940s, but similar environmental concerns exist there.^{[citation needed]}

There is some debate as to whether a new airport is really needed, given the cost, the environmental problems and the nearby New Kitakyushu Airport (opened on March 16, 2006) which has 21-hour operation. Saga Airport is also under-utilized. A combination of the three airports appropriately used may provide a solution for the time being. New KitakyÅ«shÅ« Airport ) (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR), has been built three kilometres offshore in the Suo Nada area of the Seto Inland Sea on an artificial island (4th in Japan) in the south of Kitakyushu, Japan. ... Look up saga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Airlines and destinations

Domestic

• All Nippon Airways (Nagoya-Centrair, Okinawa, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Sapporo-Chitose, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita)
  • Air Nippon (Fukue, Fukushima, Ishigaki, Komatsu, Niigata, Sendai, Toyama, Tsushima)
• Amakusa Airlines (Amakusa)
• Japan Airlines (Aomori, Hanamaki, Matsuyama, Miyazaki, Nagoya-Centrair, Nagoya-Komaki, Okinawa, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Tokyo-Haneda, Tokyo-Narita)
  • J-Air (Kochi)
  • Japan Air Commuter (Izumo, Kagoshima, Matsumoto, Tokushima)
  • Japan Transocean Air (Okinawa)
• Skymark Airlines (Tokyo-Haneda)

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International

• Air China (Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Shanghai-Pudong)
• Asiana Airlines (Busan, Jeju, Seoul-Incheon)
• Bangkok Airways (Bangkok)
• Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• China Eastern Airlines (Beijing, Shanghai-Pudong, Qingdao, Xi'an)
• China Southern Airlines (Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Haikou, Shenyang, Wuhan)
• Continental Airlines
  • Continental Micronesia (Guam)
• EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• Japan Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
• Korean Air (Busan, Jeju, Seoul-Incheon)
• Philippine Airlines (Manila)
• Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
• Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
• Vietnam Airlines (Ho Chi Minh City)

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External links

• Fukuoka Airport Map
• About Fukuoka Airport
• Fukuoka Airport Building Co.,Ltd
• World Aero Data airport information for RJFF