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Kōchi Airport (高知空港) , also known as Kōchi Ryōma Airport (高知龍馬空港), is a regional airport in Nankoku, a city in Kōchi Prefecture of Japan. It is located on the southeastern coast, east〔 of the city of Kōchi. The airport has a single runway handling small to medium size aircraft. The two story terminal building is located to the north side of the runway. The arrivals level is on the first floor and departures on the second. There are 14 retail stores in the small terminal building. There is an observation deck on the third floor of the building. Transportation from the airport is by car, taxi or bus. ==History== Kōchi Airport was originally built in 1944 as Kōchi Airfield for the Imperial Japanese Navy and from 1945 to 1952 the airport was under command of US forces. The airfield became a civilian airport in 1952 and first flights started operating in 1954. The runway was expanded in 1960 and 1980 and later to to handle larger aircraft. In November 2003 it the became the first airport to Japan to be nicknamed after a person: Bakumatsu period leader Sakamoto Ryōma.〔("Japan's Kochi airport named after samurai with six-shooter" ), ''ThingsAsian.com'', 2003-11-16.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kōchi Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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