Nagoya Airfield
commercial airport serving Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Nagoya Airfield (名古屋飛行場, Nagoya Hikōjō) (IATA: NKM, ICAO: RJNA), also known as Komaki Airport or Nagoya Airport, is an airport within the local government areas of Toyoyama, Komaki, Kasugai and Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture of the Chuubu region in Japan. Prior to 2005, the location operated as an international airport, when the newly-built Chūbu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname claimed the operations. The airfield now serves as a secondary airport and offers limited domestic service.
Nagoya Airfield is the main operating base for FDA (Fuji Dream Airlines), the only airline that offers scheduled air service from the airfield. It is also used for general aviation and by Japan Self-Defense Forces as an airbase.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation is headquartered in the airport's terminal building, and its parent company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produced the Mitsubishi Regional Jet aircraft at a factory adjacent to the airport.
Alternate names
"Nagoya Airfield" is the name as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of the national government, as of 2008, recognizes it as an "other airport".
The airfield was Nagoya Airport (名古屋空港, Nagoya Kūkō) until the opening of Centrair on February 17, 2005.
It has been conventionally called Komaki Airport (小牧空港, Komaki Kūkō).
Aichi Prefectural Government, the current owner of the airport, nicknames it Prefectural Nagoya Airport (県営名古屋空港, Ken-ei Nagoya Kūkō).
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1322497. Authority coordinates are 35.255, 136.924. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 2008.
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