Miyazaki Airport

Miyazaki Airport

宮崎空港

*Miyazaki Kūkō*
Miyazaki Airport; 宮崎空港; Miyazaki Kūkō
	IATA: KMI; ICAO: RJFM;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Serves	Miyazaki Prefecture
Hub for	Solaseed Air
Elevation AMSL	19 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	31°52′38″N 131°26′55″E / 31.87722°N 131.44861°E
Map
	KMI/RJFM Location in Miyazaki Prefecture KMI/RJFM Location in Japan
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Passengers
Passengers	2,976,563
Cargo (metric tonnes)	8,516
Aircraft movement	42,045
	Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Miyazaki Airport (宮崎空港, Miyazaki Kūkō) (IATA: KMI, ICAO: RJFM), also known as Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport, is an international airport located 3.2 km (2.0 mi) south southeast^[2] of Miyazaki city, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The second floor has the head office of Solaseed Air.^[3]

History

The airport opened in 1943 as an Imperial Japanese Navy base during World War II, and was a major base for kamikaze units beginning in February 1945, sending a total of 47 aircraft on suicide missions during operations such as the Battle of Okinawa.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Osaka–Itami, Tokyo–Haneda
ANA Wings	Fukuoka, Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon^[5]
J-Air	Fukuoka, Osaka–Itami
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Haneda
Jetstar Japan	Tokyo–Narita
Oriental Air Bridge	Fukuoka, Nagoya–Centrair^[6]
Peach Aviation	Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita^[7]
Solaseed Air	Nagoya–Centrair, Naha, Tokyo–Haneda
Tigerair Taiwan	Taipei–Taoyuan^[8]

Access

The airport is connected to various locations by bus and taxi. There is also a railway line, the Miyazaki Kūkō Line, which connects the airport with the city center of Miyazaki and northern cities of the prefecture.

Accidents and incidents

On 10 October 1969, All Nippon Airways Flight 104 [ja] overran the runway. All four crew and 49 passengers survived.^[9]
On 2 October 2024, a bomb that was dropped by US Forces during World War II exploded under a taxiway, damaging the surface and causing the cancellation of more than 80 flights.^[10]^[11]