| Noto Airport | |
| Nativename-A: | 能登空港 |
| Nativename-R: | Noto Kūkō |
| Iata: | NTQ |
| Icao: | RJNW |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | Ministry of Transport |
| Location: | Wajima, Ishikawa |
| Elevation-F: | 718 |
| Coordinates: | 37.2933°N 136.9622°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan Ishikawa Prefecture#Japan |
| Pushpin Label: | RJNW |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan |
| Metric-Rwy: | Y |
| R1-Number: | 07/25 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2015 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 156,374 |
| Stat2-Header: | Cargo (metric tonnes) |
| Stat2-Data: | 7 |
| Stat3-Header: | Aircraft movement |
| Stat3-Data: | 3,299 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] |
, marketed as and also unofficially known as is a domestic airport located 6.4NM south southeast[2] of the city of Wajima on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
The airport is a four-story building with two jetways. It is officially designated a third class airport.
Completed on July 7, 2003, Noto Airport is among Japan's newest greenfield airports not constructed to replace an existing facility. Initially, All Nippon Airways (ANA) was only willing to operate one flight per day.[3] Ishikawa Prefecture thus suggested Japan's first occupancy guarantee agreement (搭乗率保証制度), in which ANA agreed to operate two daily flights and in exchange Ishikawa Prefecture agreed to compensate ANA if occupancy fell below a set target (initially 70%) and gross ticket sales were under 200 million yen. However, the agreement also specified that if the target is exceeded, ANA must pay the excess back to Ishikawa Prefecture.[3] So far, the agreement seems to have been mutually beneficial:
| Year | Plane | Target occupancy | Actual occupancy | Excess | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–2004 | Boeing 737-500, 126 seats | 70% | 79.5% | +¥97.3 million | [4] | |
| 2004–2005 | Boeing 737, 170 seats | 63% | 64.6% | +¥15.9 million | ||
| 2005–2006 | Boeing 737, 166 seats | 64% | 66.5% | +¥20.0 million | [5] | |
| 2006–2007 | Airbus A320, 166 seats | 62% | 65.1% | ? | [6] |