Kōchi Airport (Japanese: 高知空港, Kōchi Kūkō)(IATA: KCZ, ICAO: RJOK), also known as Kōchi Ryōma Airport (Japanese: 高知龍馬空港, Kōchi Ryōma Kūkō), is a regional airport in Nankoku, a city in Kōchi Prefecture of Japan. It is located on the southeastern coast, 7NM (13km; 8.1mi) east[2] of the city of Kōchi.
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]
The 120ha (297 acres) airport has a single runway handling small to medium size aircraft. The 10,900m2 (117,327sqft) two storey terminal building is located to the north side of the runway. The arrivals level is on the first floor and departures on the second. There are 14 retail stores in the small terminal building. There is an observation deck on the third floor of the building. Transportation from the airport is by car, taxi or bus.
History
Kōchi Airport was originally built in 1944 as Kōchi Airfield for the Imperial Japanese Navy and from 1945 to 1952 the airport was under command of US forces. The airfield became a civilian airport in 1952 and first flights started operating in 1954.
The runway was expanded in 1960 and 1980 and later to 2,500 metres (8,202ft) to handle larger aircraft.
In November 2003 it became the first airport in Japan to be nicknamed after a person: Bakumatsu period leader Sakamoto Ryōma.[3]
All Nippon Airways Flight 1603 plane makes a belly landing at Kōchi Airport on 13 March 2007 after the front landing gear fails to deploy.
On 13 March 2007, All Nippon Airways Flight 1603, a Bombardier Dash 8, bound from Osaka to Kōchi, landed safely at the Kōchi Airport after the front wheel of the plane failed to deploy. As a result, ANA's fleet of thirteen Bombardier DHC-8 aircraft were grounded for emergency inspections.[6]
References
"Kochi Airport"(PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original(PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
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