Aomori Airport 青森空港 Aomori Kūkō
The terminal building of Aomori Airport in 2021
IATA:AOJ ICAO:RJSA WMO:47542
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Aomori Prefecture
Serves	Aomori, NorthernTōhoku region
Location	Kotani-1-5 Otani, Aomori,Japan
Elevation AMSL	650 ft / 198 m
Coordinates	40°44′00″N140°41′19″E / 40.73333°N 140.68861°E /40.73333; 140.68861
Website	www.aomori-airport.co.jp
Map
AOJ/RJSA Location in Japan Show map of Aomori Prefecture AOJ/RJSA AOJ/RJSA (Japan) Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 3,000 9,843 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 992,696 Cargo (metric tonnes) 1,762 Aircraft movement 16,357
Source: JapaneseMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Aomori Airport (青森空港,Aomori Kūkō) (IATA:AOJ,ICAO:RJSA) is an international airport located 11.2 km (7.0 mi) south-southwest ofAomori Station^[2] inAomori Prefecture,Japan. In 2018, the airport was the27th-busiest in Japan.^[3]

Permission to build Aomori Airport was granted by theMinistry of Transport on 1 September 1962. Construction of the airport - at a location different than where Aomori airport stands today - was completed in August 1964 and the first Aomori airport was opened on 5 November 1964,^[4] in the town ofNamioka that has since been annexed by the city ofAomori, with a single 1200 x 30 meter runway designed for use with theNAMC YS-11 aircraft. The airport was located at an altitude of 200 meters in a valley surrounded by mountains, which hampered operations during inclement weather. The runway was lengthened to 1,350 meters in 1971, widened to 45 meters in 1972, and extended to 1,400 meters in 1973. The terminal building was expanded in 1974, and again in 1978.^[5]

Due to the geographic limitations of the existing site, design work began to shift the position of the airport to its present location southwest of downtown Aomori, much of the land occupied by the old airport still lies within the northeastern premises of the current airport - roughly along the apron designated for light aircraft. The new facilities opened in 1987 with a single 2,000 x 60 meter runway, with anILS system. The runway was extended to 2,500 meters in 1990. In 1995, the airport terminal building was remodeled, and certified as suitable for international operations.^[5]

The runway was extended to 3,000 meters in 2005, and the instrument landing system upgraded to handle Cat-3a fog conditions in 2007.^[5] TheTōhoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line was extended to Aomori in 2010, adding intense competition on the Aomori–Tokyo route.^[6] The government ofAomori Prefecture considered the privatization of the airport in 2012 following a study; however, as of 2019 the airport is still managed by the prefecture.^[7] After an increase in passenger traffic and the announcement of increased international services, the terminal was renovated in 2019. The renovation included increased capacity for international customers, the addition of prayer facilities forMuslim travelers, and aesthetic updates to the appearance of the entire terminal building.^[8]

The first scheduled air service to and from Aomori Airport began on 1 June 1965, withToa Airways - which would later be known asJapan Air System (JAS) - servicingHaneda Airport by NAMC YS-11 turboprop aircraft.^[9][10]All Nippon Airways (ANA) began operations to Tokyo in 1994. In the following year,Korean Air began operations toSeoul andSiberian Airlines toKhabarovsk when the airport was certified for international operations.^[5] In 1998,Air Nippon began operations toSendai Airport. However, usage of Aomori Airport fell short of projections, and the service was canceled after a year. In April 2003, ANA withdrew from operations at Aomori as well, turning its routes over toSkymark Airlines, which in turn ceased operations to Aomori from November of the same year. Siberian Airlines stopped its flights to Aomori in 2004.^[5]

Following the merger of JAS andJapan Airlines in 2004, the Aomori–Tokyo route and other services run by JAS were handed over to Japan Airlines and the airline operate 5-6 daily on this route. ANA resumed services at Aomori Airport on 1 July 2014 with flights to and fromOsaka–Itami andSapporo–Chitose where the airline previously served these routes through nearbyOdate–Noshiro Airport.^[11] On 17 July 2019,EVA Air began operating two flights per week between Aomori andTaoyuan International Airport.^[12] As of March 2025, International flights run once a day overall with 4 weekly flights to Seoul and 3 weekly flights to Taipei.

Aomori Airport has one 3,000-meter-long (9,843 ft) runway that is aligned in a northeast to southwest heading. The runway gets covered in an average 669 centimeters (21.95 ft) of snow annually. The 38-vehicle White Impulse snow removal crew gets rid of the snow covering the airport's runway, taxiway, and apron; an area covering 55 square kilometers (21 sq mi), in 40 minutes.^[13]

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The airport terminal can be accessed by car via theAomori Airport Toll Road [ja]. The toll road connects the airport to central Aomori to the northeast and Hirosaki to the southwest. The western end of the toll road lies close to Namioka Interchange (exit 53) on the cross-countryTōhoku Expressway.^[18] The airport is serviced by scheduled bus service to centralAomori andHirosaki; taxis and rental cars are also available.^[19]

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• Aomori Airport Administration OfficeArchived 11 January 2011 at theWayback Machine
• Current weather for RJSA atNOAA/NWS
• Accident history for AOJ atAviation Safety Network

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