Noto Airport

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.

Noto Airport 能登空港 Noto Kūkō
IATA: NTQ ICAO: RJNW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ministry of Transport
Location	Wajima, Ishikawa
Elevation AMSL	718 ft / 219 m
Coordinates	37°17′36″N 136°57′44″E
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 2,000 6,562 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 156,374 Cargo (metric tonnes) 7 Aircraft movement 3,299
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

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:

Year	Plane	Target occupancy	Actual occupancy	Excess	Reference
2003–2004	Boeing 737-500, 126 seats	70%	79.5%	+¥97.3 million	[4]
2004–2005	Boeing 737, 170 seats	63%	64.6%	+¥15.9 million
2005–2006	Boeing 737, 166 seats	64%	66.5%	+¥20.0 million	[5]
2006–2007	Airbus A320, 166 seats	62%	65.1%	?	[6]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda
ANA Wings	Tokyo–Haneda