Memanbetsu Airport Explained

Memanbetsu Airport
Nativename-A:女満別空港
Nativename-R:Memanbetsu Kūkō
Iata:MMB
Icao:RJCM
Type:Public
Owner:Hokkaido Prefecture
City-Served:Abashiri, Kitami
Location:Memanbetsu, Ōzora, Hokkaido, Japan
Elevation-F:109
Coordinates:43.8806°N 144.1642°W
Pushpin Map:Japan Hokkaido#Japan
Pushpin Label:RJCM
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Hokkaidō##Location in Japan
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-M:2,500
R1-Surface:Asphalt concrete
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:757,103
Stat2-Header:Cargo (metric tonnes)
Stat2-Data:1,588
Stat3-Header:Aircraft movement
Stat3-Data:10,221
Footnotes:Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

is an airport in the Memanbetsu section of Ōzora, a town in Hokkaidō, Japan. The airport is close to Shiretoko National Park and consistently has over one million passengers per year.[2]

History

The current airfield was opened in April 1985, replacing the original Memanbetsu Airport closer to the city centre. The runway at the new airport was extended to its current length in 2000. The airport was located in the Town of Memanbetsu until 2006, when a merger consolidated Memanbetsu and the Village of Higashimokoto into the Town of Ōzora.

In 2011, the Hokkaido government announced that landing fees would be waived for international charter flights using the airport in an attempt to lure more overseas tourists to the region.[3]

Ground transportation

Buses

Bus stopNameViaDestinationCompanyNote
1Memanbetsu Airport LineMemanbetsu StationYobito StationAbashiri PrisonAbashiri StationAbashiri Bus TerminalAbashiri BusThe bus routes are partly extended to Michi no Eki Abashiri(Ō~rora Terminal) when there are services of a ferry for drift ice during the winter
2Memanbetsu Airport LineBihoro Koya (It takes 25 minutes from the bus stop to Bihoro Station)Kitami Bus Terminal (Kitami Station (Hokkaido))Hokkaidō Kitami Bus
Memanbetsu Bihoro LineBihoro StationBihoro toge Akan BusRuns only a part of season[4]
3Marimo ExpressLake AkanTimetable is unknown until the Akan Bus announce for running this line.
4Shiretoko Airport LinerAbashiri StationShiretoko-Shari StationUtoro Onsen Bus TerminalShari Bus and Abashiri BusRuns only a part of season

Trains

It takes 20 minutes from Airport Terminal to Nishi Memanbetsu Station.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Memanbetsu Airport. Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. 7 January 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf. 21 October 2016.
  2. http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kowan/airport/profile/memanbetsu_e.html Airports In Hokkaido
  3. News: 北海道管理の3空港、国際チャーター便の着陸料無料に. 日本経済新聞. 10 September 2013. 28 May 2011.
  4. http://ccib.or.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015.06.13.01.pdf Tourist Bus