Komatsu Airport

Komatsu Airport is an airport in the city of Komatsu in Ishikawa Prefecture. It has only one runway, and civilian airliners and the fighter jets of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force share it. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is the branch that takes charge of the air within the Self-Defense Forces, the organization responsible for Japan's defense.

Kanazawa Station is about 40 minutes away on the limousine bus run by Hokutetsu, the Hokuriku Railroad. Buses also leave here for the Kaga Onsen hot spring resorts and for Fukui Station.

Airliners and Self-Defense Force Aircraft from the Observation Deck

The third floor of the terminal building has a free observation deck. It is open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (as of September 2026). Along with the airliners and cargo planes coming down onto the runway, Self-Defense Force aircraft can be seen up close from here. After seeing an airliner off, you can wait on the same deck for a Self-Defense Force plane to take off.

In front of the terminal stand statues of Benkei and Togashi, the two figures known from the kabuki play Kanjincho. Kabuki is a classical theater that has been performed since the Edo period, and the Ataka Barrier, the setting of this play, lies on the coast within the same city of Komatsu.

Routes Served

Domestic flights go in four directions, to Haneda, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Naha. ANA and JAL operate most of them, with Oriental Air Bridge also flying the Sapporo route and Japan Transocean Air the Naha route.

International flights reach five cities, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong. Korean Air, China Eastern Airlines, EVA Air, Tigerair Taiwan and HK Express serve the airport. The routes listed here follow the official guide as of 2025. Destinations change from season to season and year to year, so the current list is posted on the official website.

Getting to Kanazawa and Kaga Onsen

The address is Ukiyanagi-machi, Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Hokutetsu runs a limousine bus to Kanazawa Station. It leaves about 15 minutes after a plane lands. The ride takes about 40 minutes, and the fare is 1,400 yen for adults and 700 yen for children (as of September 2026).

The bus arrives on the west side of Kanazawa Station, at the Kanazawa Port exit. The name of the Hokutetsu bus stop is still Kanazawa Station West Exit. Getting off at a stop in town such as Korinbo or Musashigatsuji costs the same fare.

Hokutetsu also runs a bus to Komatsu Station. The fare is 310 yen for adults and 160 yen for children (as of September 2026).

Keifuku Bus runs toward Fukui. Its times are set around the arrivals and departures of the Haneda flights, and it heads for Fukui Station. Toward Kaga Onsen there is a bus called the CANBUS, operated by Machizukuri Kaga.

For dropping someone off or picking them up by car, Parking Lot 1 and Parking Lot 2 are available. The first 30 minutes are free. Up to 90 minutes costs 200 yen and up to 120 minutes costs 300 yen, and after that 150 yen is added for each hour (as of September 2026).

The cap for every 24 hours is 500 yen at Parking Lot 2 and 400 yen at Parking Lot 1. Showing a disability certificate halves the charge.

Appears in Nippon Sangoku

In Nippon Sangoku, a manga in which three nations fight over a future Japan where civilization has regressed, Komatsu Airport appears as the place where Mitsuhide Ryumon of Yamato and his group make camp.

It is also one of the checkpoints in the official Nippon Sangoku Four Cities Tour stamp rally through December 31, 2026, and the prize is an Ishikawa original wallpaper of Mitsuhide Ryumon.