ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/21−IP/03 27/6−01/7/2011
International Civil Aviation Organization The Twenty-First Meeting of the APANPIRG ATM/AIS/SAR Sub-Group (ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/21) Bangkok, Thailand, 27 June – 01 July 2011
Agenda Item 6: Provision of ATM/AIS/SAR in the Asia/Pacific Region, including associated CNS matters
TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
(Presented by Japan)
SUMMARY
This paper presents a summary of Tohoku-Pacific earthquake and airport operations in that region. Strategic Objectives: A: Safety – Enhance global civil aviation safety
Global Plan Initiatives: GPI-6 Air traffic flow management GPI-14 Runway operations GPI-19 Meteorological Systems
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 A large earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32km (19.9NM), with its epicenter approximately 72km (45NM) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
1.2 The big earthquake caused a large tsunami which was observed flooding Sendai airport, which is located near the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, with waves sweeping away cars and planes and flooding various buildings.
2. ITEMS PROVIDED
2.1 The presentation at Attachment A contains summary information relating to the earthquake, tsunami and actions had been taken in Sendai airport and how airports in the Tohoku district played an important role during disaster-relief activities.
3. ACTION BY THE MEETING
3.1 The meeting is invited to note the presentation and its content.
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ATM/AIS/SAR/SG/21-IP/03 Attachment A
TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
THE TWNTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE APANPIRG ATM/AIS/SAR SUB -GROUP 27TH June-1st July 2011, Bangkok Yukinobu RYU Chief of Operations and Flight inspection division, ATS Dept. Japan Civil Aviation Bureau
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
Contents
１．Earthquake and Tsunami ２．Status of airports - around Tohoku district - Tokyo metropolitan area ３．The facts of Sendai airport ４．Airport as base for disaster-recovery activities ５．Lesson Learned and Challenge TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
１．Earthquake and Tsunami TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
1Eth1. Earthqua ke an dTd Tsunami 11 March 2011 at 14:46JST (05:45UTC)
Epicenter location : 380612N1425136E (APRX 130km ESE of SENDAI) SENDAI Depth : 24km TOKYO Magnitude : 9.0
Duration : 6 minutes in eastern Japan
The 4th biggest earthquake since1990 (Reported by United States Geological Survey)
Largely effected by tsunami in addition to earthquake
TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS 【Height of tsunami 】
7.6m+ area TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
２．SfiStatus of airports (around Tohoku district) TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
2. Status of airports - around Tohoku district Big earthquake observed at each airport Facilities inspection was conducted after the earthquake. Aomori, Akita, Odate - Noshiro, Yamagata, AOMORI Shonai were normal.
ODATE- A part of Passenger Terminal Bldg roof NOSHIRO collapsed at Hanamaki airport.
AKITA HANAMAKI Window glass of control tower was broken at Fukushima airport. At Sendai airport,
SHONAI ・window glass of control tower was broken,
YAMAGATA ・fence surround airport was broken, ・airport Bldgs were flooded by tsunami, SENDAI ・A/G and RADAR system were also flooded, ・aeronautical ground lights were swept away,
FUKUSHIMA etc,,,
7.6m+ tsunami area TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
2. Status of airports – Tokyo metropolitan area • Tokyo int’l airport • Narita int’l airport
9 No damage for airport facilities 9 No damage for airport facilities 9 Scheduled flights ： 715 9 Scheduled flights ： 439 9 Cancelled flights ： 158 9 Cancelled flights ： 182 9 Diverted to ： 6 9 Diverted to ： 70 9 Diverted from ： 4 → because of terminal bldg congestion, arrivals were temporally prohibited by airport authority. TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS ３．The f act s of S end ai ai rport TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
3. The facts of Sendai airport （PART1：Outline of Sendai airport ）
Administration ： Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Location ： Natori city, Iwanuma city, Miyagi Elevation ： 1.7m
RWY ： 1,200m×45m, 3,000m×45m
Radio Navigation and Landing Aids ： ILS, ASR, NDB, VOR/DME, etc,,
Ops hours ： 7:30 － 21:30 Local time
Network ： [National] Sapporo, Narita, Komatsu, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima , Fukuoka, Naha [International] Guam, Seoul, Dalian, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Changchun （90 flt par day）
Main airport in Tohoku district TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
3. The facts of Sendai airport （PART2：Earthquake →Tsunami arrival ） 14:46 Earthquake 14:49 Tsunami warning issued (by JMA) 14:50 Tsunami information issued (by JMA) 9 Estimated arrival time - 15:00 9 Estimated tsunami height - 6m 14:55 Started runway inspection 15:01 Tsunami warning delivered to JCSCAB Sendai 15:05 Suspended runway inspection 15:06 Airport closed Started evacuation 15:56 Tsunami arrival 0 death, 0 missing （Sendai airport） TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
【Sendai airport damages ①】 09 09
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【Sendai airport damages ②】 09 09
TERMINAL 27
【Sendai airport damages ③】 09 09
TERMINAL 27 TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
【Sendai airport damages ④】 09 09
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3. The facts of Sendai airport （PART3：Sweeping → Re-opening） 3/11 14:46 Earthquake 3/13 8:21 Road sweeper arrived from Tokyo int’l airport 8:45 Start airport damage surveys 3/14 5:15 Additional road sweeper arrived 17:50 Finish sweeppging for HEL use 3/15 7:00 Re-open airport operations for limited HEL use 3/16 17:30 Finish runway sweeping 1,500m×45m 3/17 6:00 Restart a part of air traffic services 3/21 22:40 Installed temporally REDL and RTHL 3/22 Expand airport opr hr for 24hr 3/29 8:00 Restart runway use in 3,000m×45m Installed temporally REDL and RTHL in full length 3/31 8:00 Start emergency control tower operation 4/11 7:30 Restart original control tower operation 4/13 0:00 Restart all of ATS except for RADAR service 7:58 Re-open airport operations except for int’l flt 4/15 7:30 Start terminal RADAR service with emergency RADAR system TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
3. Document at Sendai airport （PART4：Recovery program）
At Sendai Airport, domestic non-scheduled commercial flights were resumed on 13 April 2011. MLIT will further the restoration of the passenger terminal building of Sendai Airport through cooperation with the concerned parties as follows;
① Comp le te the overa ll recons truc tion work of passenger t ermi nal b uildi ng (including CIQ facilities) by around the end of September 2011 ② Increase the handling capacity of domestic passengers (from 1 flight / hour to 2 flights / hour) , and enable resumption of international scheduled commercial flights by around 25 July 2011 ③ Take tentative measures to enable resumption of international charter flights (within the limitation of facilities) in late June 2011
Visit our web site for details
http://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/flyjapan_en/index.html TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
４．Airport as base for disaster-recovery activities TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
4. Airport as base for disaster-recovery activities － Block of speedy land transportations
Railway Expressway （Shinkansen）
AOMORI
ODATE- NOSHIRO
AKITA HANAMAKI
Railwayygyq and Road damaged by earthquake
SYONAI
YAMAGATA Block of speedy land transportations
SENDAI
Airways play important role for disaster-relief FUKUSHIMA YAMAGATA HANAMAKI FUKUSHIMA TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
4. Airport as base for disaster-recovery activities - Yamagata airport
Traffic value (From 9 ‐ 31 Mar, 2011) 300
250 20 60 200 / day / day
150
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50
0 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/19 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/28 3/29 3/30 3/31 TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
4. Airport as base for disaster-recovery activities - Hanamaki airport
Traffic value (From 9 - 31 Mar, 2011) 300
250 20 100 / day / day 200
150
100
50
0 99 00 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 00 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 00 3/ 3/31 3/1 3/11 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/1 3/2 3/21 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/3 TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
4. Airport as base for disaster-recovery activities - Fukushima airport
Traffic value (From 9 - 31 Mar, 2011) 300
250 25 85 200 / day / day
150
100
50
0 /31 3/9 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14 /15 /16 /17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24 /25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
５．Lesson Learned and Challenge TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS
5. Lesson Learned and Challenge
z Risk management
－The imppgortance of the risk management should be addressed. －Risk control/mitigation should be reviewed.
z Get information quickly
－Important information should be captured and shared quickly to everyone who needed. －And it should be delivered automatically.
z Immediate decision -making TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS