Hanamaki Airport

Hanamaki Airport 花巻空港 Hanamaki Kūkō
IATA: HNA – ICAO: RJSI – WMO: 47549
Summary
Airport type	Public (Type-3)
Owner	Iwate Prefecture
Serves	Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan
Elevation AMSL	ft / 91 m
Coordinates
Map
RJSI Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan

Hanamaki Airport (花巻空港, Hanamaki Kūkō) or Iwate-Hanamaki Airport (IATA: HNA, ICAO: RJSI) is a regional airport located 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Hanamaki, a city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

History

Hanamaki Airport opened in 1954 with a 1200-meter runway. The runway was extended to 2000 meters in 1983. On 4 April 2009, a new terminal building was opened on the opposite side of the runway, replacing the now-defunct old terminal building that is situated next to Route 4. Nitanai Station now replaces Hanamaki Airport Station as the nearest train station to the terminal building.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Osaka-Itami
China Airlines	Seasonal: Taipei-Taoyuan
Fuji Dream Airlines	Fukuoka, Nagoya-Komaki, Sapporo-Chitose
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Osaka-Itami, Sapporo-Chitose

Several times per year, there are charter flights from Taiwan.

Accidents and incidents

• April 18, 1993, Japan Air System Flight 451: A Douglas DC-9-41 of Japan Air System, flying from Nagoya to Hanamaki, crashed after the aircraft, caught by wind shear, skidded off of the runway while landing at Hanamaki Airport. All of the passengers and crew survived.

External links

• Hanamaki Airport (Official site) (In Japanese)
• Iwate-Hanamaki Airport Guide from Japan Airlines First 2 floors only (English)
• Iwate-Hanamaki Airport Guide All 3 floors (Japanese)
• Current weather for RJSI at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for HNA at Aviation Safety Network