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Nagoya AirportNagoya Airport (Japanese: 名古屋空港) is an airport located near Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, in the cities of Komaki and Kasugai. It is sometimes referred to as Komaki International Airport. Prior to the opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport, its IATA Airport Code was NGO, and its ICAO Airport Code is RJNN. Under Japanese law it is classified as a second class airport. Nagoya Airport was the main airport for Nagoya when it was replaced by Chubu Centrair International Airport on February 17, 2005. The Japan Self-Defense Forces also use the airport. It was actually opened in 1944 as a military airport. During the 1980s and early 1990s, NGO was a busy international airport because of overflow from Japan's other international airports, New Tokyo International Airport (now Narita International Airport) near Tokyo and Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport) near Osaka. Since the opening of Kansai International Airport in 1994, the airport's main traffic source has been the nearby automotive industry, causing carriers such as United Airlines and Delta Air Lines to stop flying to Nagoya. Some discount holiday flights still operated from Nagoya, drawing passengers from the Kansai region. In addition to its lack of traffic, the airport is also hampered by its location in a residential area of Aichi Prefecture, limiting the number of flights that can use the airport, as well as the hours in which they can fly. Because of this, a new airport, Chubu Centrair International Airport, was built on an island south of Nagoya. All of Nagoya Airport's commercial flights (except for flights operated by J-AIR) moved to Chubu on February 17, 2005, and the old airport then became a general aviation facility. http://www.pref.aichi.jp/kouku/bj.htm Events On April 26, 1994, an Airbus A300B4-622R jet operating as China Airlines flight 140 (B-1816) from Taipei to Nagoya crashed onto a runway while trying to land, killing 264 of the 271 people on board, making it the second deadliest crash on Japanese soil. Airlines and destinations Domestic J-AIR- (Akita, Kouchi, Matsuyama, Niigata, Obihiro, Yamagata) International no destinations served, all flights moved to Chubu Centrair International Airport on February 17, 2005. External link
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