Nagoya Airfield 名古屋飛行場 Nagoya Hikōjō
Main terminal building
IATA:NKM ICAO:RJNA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Chūkyō metropolitan area
Location	Komaki,Aichi,Japan
Opened	February 1, 1944; 81 years ago (1944-02-01)
Operating base for	Fuji Dream Airlines
Elevation AMSL	46 ft / 14 m
Coordinates	35°15′18″N136°55′28″E / 35.25500°N 136.92444°E /35.25500; 136.92444
Map
RJNA Location in Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture RJNA Location in Japan Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 2,800 9,186 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 735,114 Cargo (metric tonnes) 0 Aircraft movement 42,449
Source: JapaneseMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Nagoya Airfield (名古屋飛行場,Nagoya Hikōjō) (IATA:NKM,ICAO:RJNA), also known asKomaki Airport orNagoya Airport, is anairport within the local government areas ofToyoyama,Komaki,Kasugai andNagoya inAichi Prefecture,Japan. Prior to 2005 it was an international airport, but is now a domestic secondary airport serving Nagoya while the current primary civil airport for Nagoya isChūbu Centrair International Airport inTokoname.

It is the mainoperating base for FDA (Fuji Dream Airlines), the onlyairline that offers scheduled air service from the airfield. It is also used forgeneral aviation and, byJapan Self-Defense Forces, as anairbase.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation is headquartered in the airport's terminal building, and its parent companyMitsubishi Heavy Industries produced theMitsubishi Regional Jet aircraft at a factory adjacent to the airport.^[2]

• "Nagoya Airfield" is the name as theMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the national government, as of 2008, recognizes it as an "other airport".
• The airfield wasNagoya Airport (名古屋空港,Nagoya Kūkō) until the opening of Centrair on February 17, 2005.
• It has been conventionally calledKomaki Airport (小牧空港,Komaki Kūkō).
• Aichi Prefectural Government, the current owner of the airport, nicknames itPrefectural Nagoya Airport (県営名古屋空港,Ken-ei Nagoya Kūkō).
• TheJapan Self-Defense Forces shares the runway as a part ofJapan Air Self-Defence Force Komaki Base (航空自衛隊小牧基地,Kōkū Jiei-tai Komaki Kichi). The fourBoeing KC-767J tankers of the404th Tactical Airlift Tanker Squadron are based there.

Nagoya Airport served as the main airport for Nagoya until the opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport on February 17, 2005. This airportIATA Airport Code used to be NGO (now overtaken by the new Centrair airport), and itsICAO Airport Code used to be RJNN when it was classified as asecond class airport; the new designations are NKM for regional flights and RJNA designation for general aviation flights. Aichi Prefecture manages the facilities and regularly handles international business flights.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Nagoya Airport was a busy international airport because of overflow from Japan's other international airports, New Tokyo International Airport (nowNarita International Airport) nearTokyo andOsaka International Airport (Itami Airport) nearOsaka.

Since the opening ofKansai International Airport in 1994, the airport's main traffic source has been the nearby automotive and manufacturing industries, causing carriers such asUnited Airlines (San Francisco and Chicago–O'Hare) (United, as successor toContinental Airlines, currently serves Centrair Airport with flights toGuam) andDelta Air Lines (Portland (OR)) (Delta, as successor toNorthwest Airlines, currently serves Centrair Airport with flights toDetroit) to stop flying to Nagoya. Some discount holiday flights still operated from Nagoya, drawing passengers from theKansai region.On the other hand, thecargo handling capacity of Nagoya Airport was not enough to satisfy the demands from the regional economy and air cargo shifted to Narita and Kansai.In addition, the airport was hampered by its location in a residential area of Aichi Prefecture, limiting the number of flights that can use the airport, as well as the hours in which they can fly.

Because of these reasons, a new airport,Chubu Centrair International Airport, was built on an island south of Nagoya. On February 17, 2005, nearly all of Nagoya Airport's commercial transport flights moved to Centrair. On the same day, the old airport became a general aviation and airbase facility.^[3] The airport was also renamed to its current name at the same time. It also becameJ-Air's headquarters and hub after relocation fromHiroshima-Nishi Airport. The airline continued to operate through the airport until 2011 as the result of corporate restructuring of its parent companyJapan Airlines resulted in the airline's departure from the airport and moving its operation base toItami Airport inOsaka. At the same time after J-Air's departure,Fuji Dream Airlines opened a base at the airport and was the only airline to fly from the airport since then. A dedicated business aviation terminal and commuter flights within Japan then became the key features of Nagoya's secondary airport. TheAichi Museum of Flight opened at the airport in November 2017.

Nagoya Airport was first opened in 1944 as a military airport namedKamake Airfield. It was primarily used as the home base of the 55thSentai of theImperial Japanese Army Air Service. As such, it was attacked on several occasions during thePacific War in 1944 and 1945 byUSAAFB-29 Superfortressbombing raids.

After the end ofWorld War II, the airfield was taken over by the American occupation forces and renamedNagoya Air Base. Reconstruction of the heavily damaged airfield began and in May 1946, Nagoya became the headquarters of theFifth Air Force, which controlled Air Force occupation units throughout Japan. In December 1950 during theKorean War, Fifth Air Force headquarters was moved toSouth Korea; however, it returned to Nagoya Air Base in September 1954 and remained until July 1957 when it moved toFuchu Air Station inTokyo as part of the USAF return of Nagoya Airport to Japanese control.

The U.S. primarily used Nagoya Air Base as a headquarters station for the next ten years, stationing several command and control units at the base:

• 308th Bombardment Wing, 1 Mar 1947-30 Jun 1948

Moved to Nagoya in March from Kimpo Air Base, South Korea where it had been performing occupation duty since moving there fromOkinawa in September 1945

• 85th Fighter Wing, 1 Jun 1947-30 Jun 1948

Moved from thePhilippines to set up an air defense organization in Japan.

• 314th Air Division, 1 Dec 1950-1 Mar 1952

Activated at Nagoya. During the Korean War it assumed the missions of airfield construction and defense of Japan as well as providing logistical support for the Fifth Air Force.

Operational use from the airfield began in February 1947 when the347th Fighter Group (All Weather) began operatingP-61 Black Widow interceptor aircraft, which were used to provide air defense for Japan. It operated from the airfield until June 1950 when the Black Widows were retired and the unit was inactivated.

After the Armistice in South Korea which ended combat, the49th Fighter Group moved to Nagoya Air Base withF-84 Thunderjets. The unit provided air defense until June 1957 when it moved toMisawa Air Base.

The 6110th Air Base Group, which had maintained the base and the myriad of ground support units at the base since the Americans moved in during 1946 began phasing down after July 1957. The 6110th USAF Hospital remained open until 30 June 1958 when the last Americans left Nagoya Airfield and it was returned to Japanese control.

In 2009 the first dedicated air-to-air refueling squadron of theJapan Air Self-Defense Force was formed at Komaki. Named the404th Tactical Airlift Tanker Squadron, it is equipped withBoeing KC-767J aircraft.

• Japan Air Self-Defense Force
  • 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron (Lockheed C-130H/KC-130H)
  • 404th Tactical Airlift Tanker Squadron (Boeing KC-767J)(2009–)

Airport Terminal Bus stop

Toyoyamachō Shakaikyōiku Center Bus stop

• On April 26, 1994, anAirbus A300B4-622R jet operating asChina Airlines Flight 140 (B-1816) fromTaipei to Nagoya crashed onto the south-east corner of the airport apron whilst trying to land on Runway 34, killing 264 of the 271 people on board. It is the second deadliest crash on Japanese soil, afterJapan Air Lines Flight 123.
• On October 31, 2007, aMitsubishi F-2 fighter jet, whilst on a test flight, crashed and exploded in flames during takeoff. Both pilots survived the incident with minor injuries.
• On May 30, 2015,Solar Impulse 2, part of a Swiss long-rangeexperimentalsolar-powered aircraft project, made an emergency landing after diverting due to weather en route fromNanjing Lukou International Airport inChina toKalaeloa Airport inHawaii; it continued to Hawaii on 28 June.^[5]

• Kawasaki Ki-61

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-912799-12-9.

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