or Iwate-Hanamaki Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located 6 km (3.7 mi) north northeast of Hanamaki

Hanamaki, Iwate

is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2011, the city has an estimated total population of 102,455, with a household number of 35,831. Hanamaki is most famous as the birthplace of Kenji Miyazawa and for its onsen. The city recently celebrated the 50th anniversary since its...

, a city in the Iwate Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture

is the second largest prefecture of Japan after Hokkaido. It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point. The capital is Morioka. Iwate has the lowest population density of any prefecture outside Hokkaido...

 of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. On 4th April, 2009, a new terminal building was opened on the opposite side of the runway, replacing the now-defunct old terminal building that is situated next to Route 4. Nitanai station now replaces Hanamaki Airport station as the nearest train station to the terminal building.

Airlines and destinations

Several times per year, there are charter flights from Taiwan.

Accidents and incidents

• April 18, 1993, Japan Air System Flight 451
  Japan Air System Flight 451
  Japan Air System Flight 451 was a Japan Air System flight from Nagoya Airport in the Nagoya area in Aichi Prefecture, Japan to Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture. On April 18, 1993, the Douglas DC-9-41 on the route crashed while landing at Hanamaki Airport. The aircraft, caught by...
  
  : A Douglas DC-9-41 of Japan Air System
  Japan Air System
  was the smallest of the big three Japanese airlines, headquartered in the JAS M1 Building at Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo. In contrast to JAL and ANA, its international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports that were not served by...
  
  , flying from Nagoya to Hanamaki, crashed after the aircraft, caught by wind shear
  Wind shear
  Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere...
  
  , skidded off of the runway while landing at Hanamaki Airport. All of the passengers and crew survived.

External links

• Hanamaki Airport (Official site) (In Japanese)
• Iwate-Hanamaki Airport Guide from Japan Airlines
  Japan Airlines
  is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...
  
  First 2 floors only (English)
• Iwate-Hanamaki Airport Guide All 3 floors (Japanese)