Oita Airport

Oita Airport

大分空港
Oita Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesŌita
Elevation AMSL17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates33°28′46″N 131°44′14″E / 33.47944°N 131.73722°E / 33.47944; 131.73722
Websitewww.oita-airport.jp/en/
Map
OIT/RJFO is located in Oita Prefecture
OIT/RJFO
OIT/RJFO
Location in Ōita Prefecture
OIT/RJFO is located in Japan
OIT/RJFO
OIT/RJFO
Location in Japan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,000 9,843 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers1,849,834
Cargo (metric tonnes)8,213
Aircraft movement21,711
Oita Airport seen from the air
Oita Airport to be developed as a horizontal spaceport

Oita Airport (大分空港, Ōita Kūkō) (IATA: OIT, ICAO: RJFO) is an international airport in Kunisaki City, Ōita Prefecture Japan, 16 NM (30 km; 18 mi) northeast[2] of Ōita City.

Oita Airport is an offshore airport built on reclaimed coastal waters off the Kunisaki Peninsula. It opened as New Oita Airport in 1971 as a replacement for the old Oita Airport within Oita City. In 2018, the airport had 2.1 million passengers.

The airport is accessible by bus but not by train.[3] Hovercraft service to Oita City was available[4] until it was suspended in 2009, the last hovercraft service to operate in Japan. However, in 2020, Oita Prefecture announced it would reintroduce hovercraft service to Oita city with three new hovercraft.[5] These new hovercraft are scheduled to being service in fall of 2024.[6]

Hovercraft to be reintroduced at Oita Airport

In 2021, Virgin Orbit announced plans to use Oita Airport for its launch site.[7] However, the company went bankrupt in 2023. Oita Prefecture plans to continue developing Oita Airport as Japan's first spaceport.[8]

  1. ^ "Oita Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Arquivo.pt". arquivo.pt.
  3. ^ "マップ＆各地へのアクセス". 大分空港 Welcome to Oita Airport.
  4. ^ "ホーバー継承の会". oita-hover.main.jp.
  5. ^ "Oita To Reintroduce Hovercraft Service". fukuoka-now.com.
  6. ^ "Hovercraft to Return to Oita, Ferrying Passengers to Airport" The Japan News  September 3, 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Oita Prefecture to Foster Local NewSpace Industry Following Collaboration with Virgin Orbit". Virgin Orbit. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  8. ^ "宇宙港を目指す大分、協定先の米企業が事業終了　県「方針変わらず」". Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 18 June 2024.