AirportsMisawa Airport / Misawa Air Base is a medium-sized airport serving Misawa, in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MSJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MSJ
- ICAO code
- RJSM
- City
- Misawa
- State or region
- Aomori Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 40.7032° N, 141.3680° E
- Elevation
- 36 m (119 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MSJ means Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RJSM. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.7032° N, 141.3680° E. It stands 36 metres (119 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Tokyo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 83 airports of Japan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,048 m 10,000 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aomori AirportAomori | AOJ | 57 km |
| Odate Noshiro AirportKitaakita | ONJ | 102 km |
| Hakodate AirportHakodate | HKD | 127 km |
| Iwate Hanamaki AirportHanamaki | HNA | 143 km |
| Akita AirportAkita | AXT | 155 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,902 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,848 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,892 km | 10 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,120 km | 11 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,298 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,381 km | 10 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,766 km | 7 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 589 km | 1 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,361 km | 10 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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