Terminal building at Kumamoto International Airport （IATA: KMJ - ICAO: RJFT) has been closed since early morning of Saturday, April 16. A large-scale earthquake in the midnight of Saturday damaged the buildings by collapsing the ceilings. All flights at Kumamoto Airport are cancelled on April 16.
- The midnight earthquake was recorded 7 by Richter's scale and surpassed the previous one at 9:26 pm (JST) on April 14.
- Japan Airlines cancelled all of 24 flights while ANA cancelled all of its 32 flights on April 16. Solaseed Air, Kyushu-based low cost carrier, cancelled its 10 flights bound for Haneda-Tokyo. Other airlines include Jetstar Japan for two flights to Narita, Fuji Dream Airlines (6 flights to Komaki-Nagoya) and Amakusa Airline to remote Amakusa island.
- Reportedly, the runway of Kumamoto Airport is intact while the terminal building was damaged by earthquakes.
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