Nagasaki airport was established in 1975 as the world's first offshore airport that built on a landfill island of Minoshima in Omura bay at the center of Nagasaki Prefecture.
Minoshima is a small island in Omura bay of 13 households
and 66 people with an area of about 900,000m2 and 7km in wide.
Airport construction started in 1972 upon the removal agreement
of island residents. Spend 180 billion yen and 3 years on
construction, and about 154m2 of site was created.
Moreover, built the 970 m total length of the Minoshima Bridge
to connect the Minoshima mainland.
Air services at the new airport started on May 1st, 1975 as
the second level airport with the glide slope of 2,500m (60m
wide). At the same time, the airport also renamed as the “Nagasaki
Airport”, and placed the jet aircraft in Tokyo, Osaka service.
Moreover, started the regular flight service between China
(Shanghai) in September, 1979 and it was the first step as
the international airport. After the extension of 3,000m glide
slope, and the extension of international and domestic terminal,
Nagasaki airport is continued right up to now.
Nagasaki Airport Passenger Record from the opening.
Year
Plane On/ Off Number of Passenger
Weight of Cargo(t)
1975
631,551
2,270
1976
925,234
3,431
1977
1,353,015
4,600
1978
1,596,378
5,157
1979
1,943,250
6,640
1980
1,944,181
7,325
1981
2,027,890
8,518
1982
1,817,618
8,865
1983
1,820,684
8,982
1984
1,922,996
9,447
1985
1,930,055
9,408
1986
1,960,075
10,311
1987
2,029,262
11,993
1988
2,066,755
12,114
1989
2,276,911
13,447
Year
Plane On/ Off Number of Passenger
Weight of Cargo(t)
1990
2,379,714
13,787
1991
2,380,119
13,174
1992
2,646,522
13,183
1993
2,733,886
13,730
1994
2,801,879
15,403
1995
3,085,048
17,511
1996
3,188,816
17,597
1997
3,179,407
18,505
1998
3,090,345
18,508
1999
3,056,828
19,645
2000
2,958,058
21,987
2001
2,846,646
19,641
2002
2,853,510
17,567
2003
2,834,289
18,090
2004
2,637,308
19,056
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