Kokura Airport
Airport in Kokura
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Kokura Airport (小倉空港, Kokura Kūkō), previously called Kitakyūshū Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū Kūkō) until 2006, was a small airport in Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.[1] It is a Japanese airport established and managed by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Kokura Airport 小倉空港 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| Location | Kokura | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft (3.0 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°50′11″N 130°56′49″E | ||||||||||
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There used to be four flights to and from Tokyo Haneda every day. The runway was 1,600 m (5,249 ft) long, so only mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 could use this airport, albeit with a reduced payload.
It is now commonly referred to as Kokura, its location, to distinguish it from the New Kitakyushu Airport (renamed Kitakyushu Airport in 2008), an offshore airport built on a man-made island in Suo nada, the most westerly part of the Seto Inland Sea. The new airport opened in March 2006, taking over the old airport codes (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR).
