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{{Short description|Airport of Sapporo city}}
{{For|the main airport serving Sapporo|New Chitose Airport}}
{{confuse|Okayama Airport}}
{{Infobox airport
| name                = Sapporo Airfield <br /> Okadama Airport
| nativename          = {{nobold|{{Nihongo2|札幌飛行場}}<br />{{transliteration|ja|Sapporo Hikōjo}}<br />{{Nihongo2|丘珠空港}}<br />{{transliteration|ja|Okadama Kūkō}}}}
| nativename-a        = 
| nativename-r        = 
| image               = Okadama airport01.JPG
| image-width         = 300
| caption             = 
| IATA                = OKD
| ICAO                = RJCO
| type                = Public / Dual-use
| owner               = [[Ministry of Defense (Japan)|Ministry of Defense]]
| opened              = {{start date|df=y|1944}}
| operator            = [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force]]
| city-served         = [[Sapporo]]
| hub                 = [[Hokkaido Air System]]
| location            = [[Higashi-ku, Sapporo]]
| elevation-f         = 26
| coordinates         = {{coord|43|07|03|N|141|22|53|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = Japan Hokkaido#Japan
| pushpin_label       = '''OKD'''/RJCO
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hokkaidō##Location in Japan
| website             = {{URL|www.okadama-airport.co.jp/eng/index.html}}
| metric-rwy          = yes
| r1-number           = 14/32
| r1-length-m         = 1,500
| r1-surface          = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| stat-year           = 2015
| stat1-header        = Passengers
| stat1-data          = 175,846
| stat2-header        = Cargo (metric tonnes)
| stat2-data          = 4
| stat3-header        = Aircraft movement
| stat3-data          = 15,397
| footnotes           = Source: Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Okadama Airport|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|publisher=Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016}}</ref>
}}

{{nihongo|'''Sapporo Airfield'''|札幌飛行場|Sapporo Hikōjo|lead=yes}} {{airport codes|OKD|RJCO}}, commonly known as {{nihongo|'''Okadama Airport'''|丘珠空港|Okadama Kūkō|lead=yes}}, is a dual-use [[airport]] located in {{Ill|Okadama-chō|ja|丘珠町}}, [[Higashi-ku, Sapporo|Higashi-ku]], [[Sapporo]], [[Hokkaido]], {{convert|4|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} north<ref name="AIP">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110722105350/https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ AIS Japan]</ref> of the city center of Sapporo. Its scheduled airline service is limited to [[turboprop]] flights to other cities in [[Hokkaidō]]; larger aircraft use [[New Chitose Airport]], {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} south of the city. The airport is also used by Camp Okadama of the [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force]] and by corporate and [[general aviation]] operators: an adjacent facility houses the [[air traffic control]] center for Hokkaido and the [[Tohoku region]]. The airport houses the headquarters of [[Hokkaido Air System]].<ref name="HQ">{{cite web |url=http://www.info.hac-air.co.jp/company/aboutus.html |script-title=ja:会社概要 |publisher=[[Hokkaido Air System]] |access-date=August 30, 2011 |quote="{{Nihongo2|〒007-0880　札幌市東区丘珠町 丘珠空港内}}" |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822013710/https://www.info.hac-air.co.jp/company/aboutus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:札幌飛行場空港全景.jpg|thumb|Sapporo Airfield in 2021]]
Okadama was constructed between 1942 and 1944 as an airfield for the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. Following Japan's surrender to the United States in 1945, ending [[World War II]], the [[United States Army Air Forces]] took over the airfield, using it as a training base until the end of the US occupation in 1952. Following the occupation, the field reverted to the [[Japan Self-Defense Forces]].<ref name="history">{{cite web|title=空港概要|url=http://www.okadama-airport.co.jp/airport/|publisher=Sapporo Okadama Airport Bld. Co., Ltd.|access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref>

Scheduled civilian passenger operations began in June 1956 when North Japan Airlines (later [[Japan Domestic Airlines]], [[Toa Domestic Airlines]] and [[Japan Air System]]) began service to [[Memanbetsu,_Hokkaido|Memanbetsu]]. [[All Nippon Airways]] began service to Okadama in 1966.<ref name="history" /> These airlines operated propeller service at the airport through the mid-1970s, chiefly using [[NAMC YS-11]] turboprops. Although the airport's main runway was extended from 1,000 to 1,500 m in 1967, most scheduled traffic migrated to [[New Chitose Airport]] which was better equipped to handle larger jet aircraft.<ref name="hokkaidoshimbun">{{cite news|title=歓迎と騒音不安の声が交錯 札幌・丘珠空港に初のジェット旅客機|url=http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/donai/504716.html|access-date=18 November 2013|newspaper=北海道新聞|date=17 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131118050923/http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/donai/504716.html|archive-date=18 November 2013}}</ref>  In 1974, Toa ceased operations at Okadama and ANA established a new subsidiary, [[Air Nippon]], to handle YS-11 flights at the airport. ANA later replaced its YS-11s with quieter [[Bombardier Dash 8]] turboprops.

In 1995, the city of Sapporo proposed extending the runway to 2,000 m in order to allow jet service at Okadama. This plan met protests from neighboring residents, and was abandoned in 1996. In 1998, local residents agreed to an extension of the runway to 1,500 m in exchange for a cap of 44 daily takeoffs and landings.<ref name="hokkaidoshimbun" />

ANA, which accounted for 80% of passenger traffic at Okadama, ceased Okadama operations in 2010 and relocated its operations to the nearby and larger New Chitose Airport. This leaves JAL affiliate [[Hokkaido Air System]] as the airport's only scheduled carrier.<ref name="hokkaidoshimbun" /> The airport terminal (operated by a company 26% owned by the Sapporo government) operated at a slight profit until fiscal year 2009, but the departure of ANA group traffic drove its finances into a net loss.<ref>{{cite news|title=丘珠空港ビル、経営なお厳しく|url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFC3000R_Q0A330C1L41000/|access-date=10 September 2013|newspaper=日本経済新聞|date=31 March 2010}}</ref> HAC continues to serve the airport using [[Saab 340]] turboprops which have since been replaced by the [[ATR 42]].

In November 2013, [[Fuji Dream Airlines]] operated a regional jet charter to Okadama from [[Komaki Airport]] in Nagoya, the first passenger jet service in the airport's history.<ref name="hokkaidoshimbun" />

In July 2023, Sapporo City officially announced that it would extend the runway to 1,800 meters, with the understanding of local residents.

==Airlines and destinations==
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{{Airport-dest-list
| [[Fuji Dream Airlines]] | [[Nagoya Airfield|Nagoya–Komaki]] 
| {{nowrap|[[Hokkaido Air System]]}} | [[Akita Airport|Akita]],<ref>{{cite web |title=JAL Group Sapporo – Akita NW23 Service Changes |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231013-jlnw23okdaxt |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> [[Hakodate Airport|Hakodate]], [[Kushiro Airport|Kushiro]], [[Memanbetsu Airport|Memanbetsu]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Hokkaido Air Commuter W20 operation changes |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/293230/hokkaido-air-commuter-w20-operation-changes/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=20 August 2020}}</ref> [[Misawa Airport|Misawa]], [[Nemuro_Nakashibetsu_Airport|Nakashibetsu]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.info.hac-air.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/%E3%80%90HACPRESSRELEASE%E3%80%9123010.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2023-08-23 |archive-date=2023-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111103520/https://www.info.hac-air.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/%E3%80%90HACPRESSRELEASE%E3%80%9123010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Okushiri Airport|Okushiri]], [[Rishiri Airport|Rishiri]]
| [[Toki Air]] | [[Chubu Centrair International Airport|Nagoya–Centrair]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Toki Air Adds Nagoya – Sapporo Okadama Service in NW25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250822-bvnw25ngookd |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=23 August 2025}}</ref> [[Niigata Airport|Niigata]]<ref>{{cite web |title=TOKI AIR SCHEDULES SERVICE DEBUT IN LATE-JAN 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240126-bvjan24|website=Aeroroutes |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
}}

==JGSDF units==
*Northern Air Corps Headquarters ([[Beechcraft Super King Air|Beechcraft King Air 350]])
*Northern Helicopter Corps ([[Hughes H-6|H-6]], [[UH-1]])
*No. 7 Division Airborne
*No. 11 Division Airborne

==Ground transportation==
===Buses===
Source:<ref name="okadama-airport.co.jp">{{Cite web|url=https://www.okadama-airport.co.jp/access/info/|title=バスのりば|date=September 30, 2016}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!Name!!Via!!Destination!!Company!!Note
|-
|Airport Bus||[[Sakaemachi Station (Hokkaido)]]||[[Sapporo Station]]||Hokuto Kotsu Bus||There isn't any service between [[Sapporo Station]] and [[Sakaemachi Station (Hokkaido)]] during winter due to increasing delay by snow．
|-
|rowspan="3"|麻26||[[Sakaemachi Station (Hokkaido)]]||Asabu Bus Terminal ([[Asabu Station]]・[[Shin-Kotoni Station]])||rowspan="3"|[[Hokkaido Chuo Bus]]||
|-
|||Toyohatake||
|-
|Toyohatake||[[Moerenuma Park]]||Runs only during summer
|}

'''北37条東21丁目（旧・丘珠空港入口）- Kita 37-Jō Higashi 21-chome''' bus stop

It takes about 5 minutes on foot from Airport Terminal to this bus stop and the distance is about 200m.
{|class="wikitable"
!Name!!Via!!Destination!!Company!!Note
|-
|rowspan="2"|栄21||||[[Sakaemachi Station (Hokkaido)]]||rowspan="2"|[[Hokkaido Chuo Bus]]||
|-
|[[Shinoro Station]]||Shinoro 10-jō 4-chome||
|}

'''北36条東27丁目 – Kita 36-Jō Higashi 27-chome''' bus stop

It takes about 10 minutes on foot from Airport Terminal to this bus stop and distance is about 700m.

{|class="wikitable"
!Name!!Via!!Destination!!Company!!Note
|-
|ビ61||[[Kanjō-Dōri-Higashi Station]]・[[Higashi-Kuyakusho-Mae Station]]||[[Sapporo Beer Museum]] ([[Naebo Station]])||rowspan="5"|[[Hokkaido Chuo Bus]]||
|-
|東61||rowspan="2"| ||rowspan="2"|[[Kanjō-Dōri-Higashi Station]]||
|-
|東79||
|-
|東76||[[Shindō-Higashi Station]]||[[Kita-Sanjūyo-Jō Station]]||
|-
|東61・ビ61・東76・東79||Toyohatake||[[Moerenuma Park]]||Partly services are operated to Nakanuma Elementary School
|}

===Trains===

It takes 15 minutes on foot from the Airport Terminal to [[Sakaemachi Station (Hokkaido)|Sakaemachi Station]] on the [[Sapporo Municipal Subway]] [[Tōhō Line]].<ref name="okadama-airport.co.jp"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.okadama-airport.co.jp/eng/index.html Okadama Airport, official homepage] {{in lang|en}}

{{Japanese airports}}
{{Hokkaidō transit}}
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[[Category:Higashi-ku, Sapporo]]
[[Category:Airports in Hokkaido]]
[[Category:Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bases]]
[[Category:Military airbases established in 1944]]
[[Category:1944 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Sapporo]]