[3] The airport's single runway opened with a length of 2,500 m (700 m longer than Hiroshima-Nishi).

The runway was then extended to 3,000 m in 2001, and its ILS was upgraded to CAT-IIIa in 2008 and CAT-IIIb in 2009.

The international and domestic areas are separated landside by a central atrium.

The West Japan Railway Company, which operates both lines, has rejected proposals for connections because of the high cost involved and to maintain JR's competitiveness with commercial airlines for passenger traffic to and from Hiroshima.

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