| Kushiro Airport | |
| Iata: | KUH |
| Icao: | RJCK |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| Location: | Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Elevation-F: | 311 |
| Coordinates: | 43.0408°N 144.1931°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan Hokkaido#Japan |
| Pushpin Label: | RJCK |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hokkaidō##Location in Japan |
| Metric-Rwy: | Y |
| R1-Number: | 17/35 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,500 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2015 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 685,379 |
| Stat2-Header: | Cargo (metric tonnes) |
| Stat2-Data: | 2,452 |
| Stat3-Header: | Aircraft movement |
| Stat3-Data: | 10,043 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] |
is an airport, located 17km (11miles) west-northwest[2] of the center of Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan.
International charter flights to Kushiro began in 2000 and have operated from South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.[3]
The airport opened in July 1961 with a 1,200 meter runway. It has been expanded and upgraded several times; a taxiway parallel to the runway opened in 1988, a Category 3a instrument landing system (ILS) became operational in 1995, and a new passenger terminal, 2.6 times the size of the original terminal, opened in 1998.[4] [5]
Kushiro Airport has a single passenger terminal on three levels with three boarding gates.[6] It is designed primarily for domestic flights, but has limited customs and immigration facilities for international charter arrivals.
A bus service runs between the airport and the town of Kushiro, taking about 25 minutes and calling at the railway station, "MOO" shopping complex and a few other locations. The bus is approximately timed with flight arrivals / departures.[7] There is no rail link connecting the airport.