#125: Nagasaki Airport (Semiweekly-pedia of Japan)

#125: Nagasaki Airport (category: airport)

Nagasaki Airport is located in Nagasaki Prefecture of Kyushu (refer to #063) area. Despite its name, Nagasaki Airport does not belong to Nagasaki City, but to Ohmura City, which has the fourth largest population in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Originally, the place was a small island in Ohmura Bay. Later, it was expanded by land reclamation and started operation in 1975 as the first airport in the world history to be built on the sea.

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