The large Iwakuni military base also shares its area with a very small civilian national airport.

The terminal is located 2.5 km from Iwakuni city centre and 43 km from Hiroshima.

Iwakuni is the nearest airport to the touristically popular Miyajima island with its "floating" torii gate 22 km away.

Regular services to Iwakuni are operated only by All Nippon Airways from Haneda HND Airport in Tokyo, through which you can also buy connecting flights abroad. The other scheduled service is to Okinawa OKA.

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The airport terminal is very small and you can walk through the entire terminal in 1 minute. The check-in process after arrival and before departure is very quick and you will only need to arrive at the airport 60-75 minutes before your flight.