Nagasaki Airport Webcam – Japan’s Airport Built on the Sea

The Nagasaki Airport Webcam looks out from the terminal at Nagasaki Airport, the island airfield in Omura Bay that serves Nagasaki Prefecture on Kyushu. Airliners stand nose-in at the jet bridges in the foreground, the concrete apron runs out to the runway, and low green hills close off the horizon, with a sliver of Omura Bay at the far left of the frame. The camera belongs to NCC Nagasaki Culture Broadcasting, the local TV station, which says it installed it at the airport with permission. Stay with it for a while and the apron goes through its routine: a jet rolls onto stand, the bridge swings out to meet the door, ground vehicles gather around the nose, and a little later the aircraft pushes back and taxis away toward the runway.

About Nagasaki Airport

Nagasaki Airport opened on May 1, 1975, on Mishima Island in Omura Bay. Land was reclaimed around the small island to make room for the airfield, and the airport describes itself as the first in the world built on the sea. The island’s 66 residents, in 13 households, agreed to move so that construction could go ahead. The Mishima Ohashi Bridge, 970 meters (3,182 feet) long, carries the access road across the water to the mainland at Omura, and the airport sits about 19 kilometers (12 miles) north-northeast of central Nagasaki in a straight line.

The single runway, 14/32, is 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) long and lies just 2.4 meters (8 feet) above sea level. It opened at 2,500 meters (8,202 feet) and was lengthened later. Part of the older Omura Airport on the mainland shore passed to the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 2011 and is now Omura Air Base.

The airport handled 3,065,040 passengers in 2024, up 7.1 percent on the year before. ANA, Japan Airlines and Solaseed Air fly to Tokyo Haneda, Jetstar Japan to Narita, Peach to Kansai, Skymark to Kobe, and ANA Wings and J-Air to Osaka Itami, with ANA Wings also serving Nagoya Centrair. Oriental Air Bridge links the airport with the outlying islands of Fukue, Iki and Tsushima, and Korean Air flies to Seoul Incheon. A China Eastern service to Shanghai was suspended in December 2025.

Weather and Climate at Nagasaki Airport

Figures from Omura, on the shore opposite the airport, give January highs of about 11°C (51°F) and lows near 3°C (37°F), so winter here is cool rather than cold. A clear winter morning can give the Nagasaki Airport Webcam its sharpest picture, with the hills behind the runway standing out against a pale sky. Spring warms quickly, with April highs around 20°C (69°F) and lows near 11°C (51°F), and the Omura cherry trees bloom in the city across the water.

Summer is hot and wet. July averages highs of about 31°C (87°F) and lows of 24°C (76°F), and August is hotter still at about 33°C (91°F) by day and 25°C (77°F) at night. June and July are the rainiest months, each averaging about 306 millimeters (12 inches), out of roughly 1,811 millimeters (71.3 inches) a year. In those weeks low cloud and rain can hide the hills and leave the wet apron shining under the parked jets. Autumn eases off, with October highs of about 25°C (76°F) and lows of about 16°C (61°F).

Things to Do Near Nagasaki Airport

For a closer look at the same apron, the terminal has an observation deck on its third floor, and the building is open from 6:15 am to 10:00 pm. Across the bridge, Omura Park lies about 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) southeast of the airport on the site of Kushima Castle. It is one of Japan’s top 100 cherry blossom spots, with around 2,000 Omura-zakura trees, a variety designated a national natural monument, and from late May to mid-June some 300,000 Japanese irises flower there. Boats leave the airport for Huis Ten Bosch, the theme park near Sasebo that bills itself as the largest in Japan, and buses run to Sasebo as well.

Central Nagasaki is about 45 minutes away on the Nagasaki Bus service to Nagasaki Ekimae, a six-minute walk from Nagasaki Station. Glover Garden keeps the Former Glover House, Japan’s oldest surviving wooden Western-style building, and Oura Cathedral, Japan’s oldest wooden-frame brick church, stands about two minutes’ walk away. Dejima was the only place where foreign trade was permitted during the roughly 200 years of the Edo period’s isolation policy. Peace Park, laid out in 1951, marks the site where the atomic bomb fell at 11:02 am on August 9, 1945, and the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum holds around 1,500 items. Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, sits uninhabited about 18 kilometers (11 miles) off Nagasaki Port, and the Mount Inasa Observatory looks over a night view that was re-certified in 2021 as one of the World’s New Top Three Night Views.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Nagasaki Airport located?

Nagasaki Airport stands on Mishima Island in Omura Bay, within the city of Omura in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It is about 19 kilometers (12 miles) north-northeast of central Nagasaki in a straight line, and the 970-meter (3,182-foot) Mishima Ohashi Bridge connects it to the mainland.

What can you see on the Nagasaki Airport Webcam?

The camera looks across the apron from the terminal: airliners at the jet bridges in the foreground, turboprops on the open apron, ground crews and vehicles working around them, the runway beyond, and green hills on the horizon with a glimpse of Omura Bay at the far left. Departures pushing back and taxiing out are the main action.

What is the weather like at Nagasaki Airport?

Winters are cool and summers are hot and wet. Nearby Omura averages highs of about 11°C (51°F) in January and 33°C (91°F) in August, and June and July are the wettest months at around 306 millimeters (12 inches) each.

Is Nagasaki Airport built on the sea?

Yes. It opened in 1975 on land reclaimed around Mishima Island in Omura Bay, and the airport calls itself the world’s first built on the sea. The 66 people who lived on the island moved away so that it could be built.

How do you get from Nagasaki Airport to Nagasaki city?

There is no rail link, so the bus is the way in. Nagasaki Bus services bound for Nagasaki Ekimae take about 45 minutes, and Nagasaki Station is a six-minute walk from that stop. Seats on these buses cannot be booked in advance.

Which airlines fly from Nagasaki Airport?

ANA, Japan Airlines, Solaseed Air, Jetstar Japan, Peach, Skymark, ANA Wings and J-Air cover Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and Nagoya. Oriental Air Bridge flies to Fukue, Iki and Tsushima, and Korean Air serves Seoul Incheon.

Does Nagasaki Airport have an observation deck?

Yes, on the third floor of the terminal. The airport building is open from 6:15 am to 10:00 pm, and the webcam gives a similar view of the apron from anywhere.

Source: NCC Nagasaki Culture Broadcasting