Okadama

Okadama is a place name in Hokkaido, Japan. The term is most commonly associated with Sapporo Okadama Airport, a small civil airfield located in the Okadama area of Sapporo. The airport serves general aviation, flight training, and emergency medical services, and historically hosted limited domestic passenger service. In the period after the opening of New Chitose Airport, scheduled commercial traffic at Okadama declined, and the facility has since prioritized non-scheduled traffic and training activities. The Okadama name also appears in local geography as the namesake of the area surrounding the airport and in street and land-use designations. The origin of the name is not clearly documented in widely available sources; it is thought to derive from a historical place name or family name in the region.