Sapporo Airfield (Okadama Airport) 札幌飛行場(丘珠空港) Sapporo Hikōjo (Okadama Kūkō)
IATA:OKD ICAO:RJCO
Summary
Airport type	Public / Dual-use
Owner	Ministry of Defense
Operator	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Serves	Sapporo
Location	Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Opened	1944 (1944)
Hub for	Hokkaido Air System
Elevation AMSL	26 ft / 8 m
Coordinates	43°07′03″N141°22′53″E / 43.11750°N 141.38139°E /43.11750; 141.38139
Website	www.okadama-airport.co.jp
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14/32 1,500 4,921 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 175,846 Cargo (metric tonnes) 4 Aircraft movement 15,397
Source: JapaneseMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Sapporo Airfield (Japanese:札幌飛行場,Hepburn:Sapporo Hikōjo) (IATA:OKD,ICAO:RJCO), commonly known asOkadama Airport (Japanese:丘珠空港,Hepburn:Okadama Kūkō), is a dual-useairport located inOkadama-chō [ja],Higashi-ku,Sapporo,Hokkaido, 4 NM (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) north^[2] of the city center of Sapporo. Its scheduled airline service is limited toturboprop flights to other cities inHokkaidō; larger aircraft useNew Chitose Airport, 45 km (28 mi) south of the city. The airport is also used by Camp Okadama of theJapan Ground Self-Defense Force and by corporate andgeneral aviation operators: an adjacent facility houses theair traffic control center for Hokkaido and theTohoku region. The airport houses the headquarters ofHokkaido Air System.^[3]

Okadama was constructed between 1942 and 1944 as an airfield for theImperial Japanese Army. Following Japan's surrender to the United States in 1945, endingWorld War II, theUnited States Army Air Forces took over the airfield, using it as a training base until the end of the US occupation in 1952. Following the occupation, the field reverted to theJapan Self-Defense Forces.^[4]

Scheduled civilian passenger operations began in June 1956 when North Japan Airlines (laterJapan Domestic Airlines,Toa Domestic Airlines andJapan Air System) began service toMemanbetsu.All Nippon Airways began service to Okadama in 1966.^[4] These airlines operated propeller service at the airport through the mid-1970s, chiefly usingNAMC YS-11 turboprops. Although the airport's main runway was extended from 1,000 to 1,500 m in 1967, most scheduled traffic migrated toNew Chitose Airport which was better equipped to handle larger jet aircraft.^[5] In 1974, Toa ceased operations at Okadama and ANA established a new subsidiary,Air Nippon, to handle YS-11 flights at the airport. ANA later replaced its YS-11s with quieterBombardier Dash 8 turboprops.

In 1995, the city of Sapporo proposed extending the runway to 2,000 m in order to allow jet service at Okadama. This plan met protests from neighboring residents, and was abandoned in 1996. In 1998, local residents agreed to an extension of the runway to 1,500 m in exchange for a cap of 44 daily takeoffs and landings.^[5]

ANA, which accounted for 80% of passenger traffic at Okadama, ceased Okadama operations in 2010 and relocate it's operation to the nearby and larger New Chitose Airport. This leaves JAL affiliateHokkaido Air System as the airport's only scheduled carrier.^[5] The airport terminal (operated by a company 26% owned by the Sapporo government) operated at a slight profit until fiscal year 2009, but the departure of ANA group traffic drove its finances into a net loss.^[6] HAC continues to serve the airport usingSaab 340 turboprops which have since been replaced by theATR 42.

In November 2013,Fuji Dream Airlines operated a regional jet charter to Okadama fromKomaki Airport in Nagoya, the first passenger jet service in the airport's history.^[5]

In July 2023, Sapporo City officially announced that it would extend the runway to 1,800 meters, with the understanding of local residents.

• Northern Air Corps Headquarters (Beechcraft King Air 350)
• Northern Helicopter Corps (H-6,UH-1)
• No. 7 Division Airborne
• No. 11 Division Airborne

Source:^[11]

北37条東21丁目（旧・丘珠空港入口）- Kita 37-Jō Higashi 21-chome bus stop

It takes about 5 minutes on foot from Airport Terminal to this bus stop and the distance is about 200m.

北36条東27丁目 – Kita 36-Jō Higashi 27-chome bus stop

It takes about 10 minutes on foot from Airport Terminal to this bus stop and distance is about 700m.

It takes 15 minutes on foot from the Airport Terminal toSakaemachi Station on theSapporo Municipal SubwayTōhō Line.^[11]

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