is an
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
in the
Hikawa area of
Izumo Izumo (出雲) may refer to:
Locations
* Izumo Province, an old province of Japan
* Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture
** Izumo Airport
* Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines
Ships
* ''Izumo'' ...
,
Shimane Prefecture,
Japan, about 20–30 minutes by car from central Izumo or
Matsue
is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 202,008 (February 1, 2021) following the merger with Higashiizumo from Yatsuka District.
Matsue is located at t ...
city centre.
This airport is also known as ;
meaning Izumo Airport of Romantic Fate.
History
The airport opened in June 1966 with a runway length of 1,200 m. The runway was extended to 1,500 m in December 1970, and 2,000 m in March 1991.
Scheduled service began in July 1966, with a daily
YS-11
The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (NAMC), a Japanese consortium. It was the only post-war airliner to be wholly designed and manufactured in Japan until the development of ...
flight to Osaka and a daily
de Havilland Heron
The de Havilland DH.114 Heron is a small propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950. It was a development of the twin-engine de Havilland Dove, with a stretched fuselage and two more engines. It was designed as a rugg ...
flight to Oki. YS-11 service to Tokyo began in 1979, and was upgraded to
DC-9 jet service in 1980 and
A300 widebody service in 1993. Routes added since then include Fukuoka (YS-11 from December 1984),
Hiroshima-Nishi (
BAe Jetstream from 1996), Sapporo (MD-87 from 1996),
Komatsu (BAe Jetstream from 1996),
Okinawa (
MD-90
The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) MD-90 is an American five-abreast single-aisle airliner developed by McDonnell Douglas from its successful model MD-80. The airliner was produced by the developer company until 1997 and then by Boeing Comm ...
from 1997), and Nagoya (
Saab 340 from 1997).
Facilities
The airport terminal has three
jet bridge gates, and is equipped with customs and immigration facilities for international charter flights. The Shimane Prefectural Police also has an air base on site.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Ground transportation
Bus service is available to Matsue and Izumo. There is no rail service to the airport; the closest railway station is
Shōbara Station, about 10 minutes away by car.
References
External links
Izumo Airport website
from
Japan Airlines
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Airports in Japan
Transport in Shimane Prefecture
Buildings and structures in Shimane Prefecture
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