Noto Airport

Noto Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Transport
LocationWajima, Ishikawa
Elevation AMSL718 ft (219 m)
Coordinates37°17′36″N 136°57′44″E / 37.29333°N 136.96222°E / 37.29333; 136.96222
Map
RJNW is located in Ishikawa Prefecture
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Location in Japan
RJNW is located in Japan
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RJNW (Japan)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers156,374
Cargo (metric tonnes)7
Aircraft movement3,299
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Noto Airport (能登空港, Noto Kūkō) (IATA: NTQ, ICAO: RJNW), marketed as Noto Satoyama Airport (のと里山空港, Noto Satoyama Kūkō) and also unofficially known as Wajima Airport (輪島空港, Wajima Kūkō) is a domestic airport located 6.4 NM (11.9 km; 7.4 mi) 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.

History

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:

The airport's parking lot was used an evacuation site in the aftermath of the 2024 Noto earthquake.[4]: 1  Following a temporary closure, the airport was restored to allow Self-Defense Forces flights into the field on January 11 and re-opened for commercial flights on January 27,[4]: 3  although commercial facilities within the terminal remained closed.[5]

In May 21, 2026, the Ishikawa Prefectural government announced that the airport is set to be nicknamed “Noto Satoyama Pokémon with You Airport” from July 7 to September 30, 2029, making it the first airport in the world to bear the Pokémon name. [6]

YearPlaneTarget occupancyActual occupancyExcessReference
2003–2004Boeing 737-500, 126 seats70%79.5%+¥97.3 million[7]
2004–2005Boeing 737, 170 seats63%64.6%+¥15.9 million
2005–2006Boeing 737, 166 seats64%66.5%+¥20.0 million[8]
2006–2007Airbus A320, 166 seats62%65.1%?[9]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
All Nippon Airways Tokyo–Haneda

References

  1. ↑ "Noto Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ↑ AIS Japan
  3. 1 2 "能登空港の搭乗率保証". Retrieved 2007-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 伊藤, 久巳 (October 12, 2024). "能登の空路を守り抜いた、ANAスタッフたちの記録 〜2024年1月1日、最大震度7の能登半島地震発生。あれから8か月後の証言〜". Airline (in Japanese). Ikaros Publications. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Resilience and Recovery: Noto Airport Reopens, Volunteer Efforts Intensify after Noto Peninsula Earthquake (UPDATE1)". The Japan News. January 27, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Noto Airport in Japan to Be Nicknamed 'Noto Satoyama Pokémon with You Airport'; 1st Airport in World to Bear Pokémon Name".
  7. ↑ "石川県空港企画課の記者発表資料(Ｈ１６年度)". Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  8. ↑ "石川県空港企画課の記者発表資料(Ｈ１８年度)". Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  9. ↑ "のと里山空港 ～Noto Satoyama Airport～". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-12-29.


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