Sendai, Hanamaki and Ibaraki Airports are closed as of now by the severe earthquake on Friday. Sendai airport view was observed by fly over airplane, showing its tarmac and runway was completely washed by tsunami and covered by brown muddy soil while some light airplanes still standing although they are out of order.
Narita International Airport is operative and the author of this blog had landed there on Saturday afternoon; inside the airport terminal, some moving escalators were inoperative showing power failure's damage to the system.
Local and land transportation is largely disturbed while ANA, JAL are operating special flights to airports of Tohoku (north eastern region) such as Aomori, Yamagata and Fukushima. Yamagata Airport is now designated as 24-hour operation emergency base for rescue missions.
This report is compiled as of 5 pm JST (+9 UTC) from various reporting.
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