is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

in the city of

Natori, Miyagi is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 79,459 in 31,748 households, and a population density of 810 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Natori is in east-central Miyagi ...

, Japan, operated by third-sector railway operator Sendai Airport Transit (SAT).

Lines

Sendai Airport Station is the southern terminal station of the

Sendai Airport Line The is an airport rail link service connecting Sendai Airport to Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Rail service began on March 18, 2007. Data The third-sector Sendai Airport Transit Co., Ltd. (SAT) started construction of the line in 2002. The con ...

. It is located 7.1 kilometers from the starting point of the line at and 17.5 kilometers from .https://www.senat.co.jp/en/top There are 2-3 services per hour with a travel time to Sendai of 17 minutes by rapid service or 25 minutes by regular service.

Station layout

The station consists of an elevated

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

serving two tracks. The station is staffed.

Adjacent stations

History

The station opened on 18 March 2007, coinciding with the opening of the Sendai Airport Line. The line was severely damaged by the

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 Japan Standard Time, JST (05:46:24 UTC), a 9.0–9.1 Submarine earthquake, undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approx ...

and service was suspended indefinitely from 11 March 2011, not reopening until 1 October, nearly 7 months later.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2018, the station was used by an average of 5,551 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

Sendai Airport is an international airport located in Natori of Miyagi Prefecture, south-southeast of Sendai, Japan. The airport is the largest in Tōhoku region. The airport's annual passenger numbers have been around 3.6 million in recent years, competi ...

References

External links

* {{Sendai Airport Line Railway stations in Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Airport Line Railway stations in Japan opened in 2007 Natori, Miyagi Airport railway stations in Japan