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12-592: AKJ may refer to: Asahikawa Airport , Hokkaido, Japan (IATA code AKJ) Akhand Keertani Jatha , Sikh organization Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title AKJ . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AKJ&oldid=1249888617 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

24-506: A seal aquarium which includes a vertical tube through which the seals can swim. In August 2004, the monthly number of visitors exceeded 320,000, which surpassed Ueno Zoo in Tokyo . In 2006, the annual number of visitors reached 2 million, and the following year, the number was 3 million, which was surpassed only by the Ueno Zoo (about 3.5 million people in the same year). Over the years,

36-436: A decline in the number of visitors. Since 1997, the zoo has undertaken the construction of unique interactive animal viewing facilities, initiated by chief manager Masao Kosuge. After "Totori no Mura" (Totori's Village), which enables visitors to see birds flying freely in a huge cage, the zoo continued to install new facilities including Polar Bear Aquatic Park, a "walk- through" penguin aquarium, an orangutan trapeze, and

48-417: A decline in visitors, the park erected a steel roller coaster which was dismantled in 2006. As the population of Asahikawa has increased, the number of visitors rose to a peak of 597,000 in 1983. In 1994, when a western lowland gorilla and a ring-tailed lemur in the zoo died of an echinococcus infection, the zoo was closed before the regular season to prevent the disease from spreading. This resulted in

60-855: Is a municipal zoo that opened in July 1967 in Asahikawa , Hokkaidō , Japan , and is the northernmost zoo in the country. In August 2004, over 320,000 people had visited the zoo, the second highest number of visitors among all the zoos in Japan. Located in Higashi Asahikawa, on the outskirts of Asahikawa, the Asahiyama Zoo is accredited by the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA). The Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo , and

72-485: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Asahikawa Airport Planning of the airport began in the late 1950s. The site was chosen in November 1960 and received government approval in 1963. Japan Domestic Airlines began the first scheduled flight to Asahikawa on July 1, 1966, a NAMC YS-11 service to Haneda Airport via Okadama Airport . Scheduled service

84-577: The COVID-19 pandemic ended all international service at the airport and cut domestic traffic by 82%, as of September 2020. Asahikawa Airport is accessible by bus from Asahikawa Station , Asahiyama Zoo , and Furano Station . From Asahikawa Station it is about 15 km (35 minutes by bus) while from Furano Station it is about 40 km (1 hour by bus). [REDACTED] Media related to Asahikawa Airport at Wikimedia Commons Asahiyama Zoo The Asahiyama Zoo ( 旭山動物園 , Asahiyama dōbutsuen )

96-593: The MD-80 aircraft followed by widebody Airbus A300s beginning in December 1983. ANA operated the first international charter flight from Asahikawa in 1987. Another runway extension, to 2,500 m, was completed in 1997, and the parallel taxiway opened in 1998. Hokkaido Air System operated intra-island flights from Asahikawa to Hakodate (1998 to 2013) and Kushiro (1998 to 2008). Scheduled international service to Seoul began in 2006, using new international facilities in

108-636: The Obihiro Zoo predate the construction of the Asahiyama Zoo. In 1964, the mayor at the time, Kōzō Igarashi , budgeted for the Asahiyama Zoo project, and chose Mount Asahi as the building site due to its geology and traffic convenience. Construction of the Asahiyama Zoo began in April 1966, and was completed in June 1967, at a total expense of 250 million yen. The zoo was inaugurated on July 1, 1967, with 75 species of animals including 200 common carp . Driven by

120-839: The Shanghai route in 2017. Tigerair Taiwan served the Taipei route from 2018 to 2020, and Korean Air served Seoul in the summer of 2019 with five flights per week. In 2016, plans were finalized to build a new 5,700 m international terminal to the south of the existing terminal, with a target of 500,000 international passengers per year by 2030. The new terminal opened in November 2018. An international lounge opened in January 2019. The operating rights to Asahikawa Airport, along with six other airports in Hokkaido, were acquired by Hokkaido Airports Co., Ltd. in January 2020. Later that year,

132-534: The airport terminal. Asiana Airlines operated this route intermittently until 2011, when international service at Asahikawa was suspended in the wake of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami . Thereafter, TransAsia Airways served Taipei from 2012 to 2016, and EVA Air served the same route from 2013 to 2015. China Eastern Airlines began service to Beijing and Shanghai in 2014, but ended the Beijing route in 2016 and

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144-414: Was seasonal (May through October) until 1970, when year-round flights to Tokyo began. The airport was closed for expansion work from May 1981 until February 1982, during which time the main runway was extended and widened, from 1,200 x 30 m to 1,640 m x 45 m. A further extension to 2,000 m was completed in November 1982. Following these expansions, jet service began at the airport, beginning with DC-9 and

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