Kagoshima Airport

Kagoshima Airport

鹿児島空港

Kagoshima Kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (airfield)
Kagoshima Airport Building Co., Ltd. (terminal)
ServesKagoshima
LocationKirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Hub forJapan Air Commuter
New Japan Aviation
Elevation AMSL892 ft / 272 m
Coordinates31°48′12″N 130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E / 31.80333; 130.71694
Websitehttp://koj-ab.co.jp/en/
Map
KOJ/RJFK is located in Kagoshima Prefecture
KOJ/RJFK
KOJ/RJFK
Location in Japan
KOJ/RJFK is located in Japan
KOJ/RJFK
KOJ/RJFK
KOJ/RJFK (Japan)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers5,220,710
Cargo (metric tonnes)30,402
Aircraft movement66,645
Apron

Kagoshima Airport (鹿児島空港, Kagoshima Kūkō) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is an international airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29.6 km (18.4 mi) northeast of Kagoshima-Chūō Station[2] in Kagoshima City. It is the second-busiest airport in Kyushu after Fukuoka Airport, serving 6.1 million passengers in 2018.

The airport covers 187.7 hectares (464 acres) and has one 3000m runway.[3]

Japan Air Commuter, a regional affiliate of Japan Airlines, and New Japan Aviation have their headquarters at the airport.[4]

Kagoshima Airport serves as the gateway to the Satsunan Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture. As a result, the route between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Kagoshima Airport is the fifth busiest route in Japan. It was ranked seventh in the world in Skytrax’s World's Best Domestic Airports 2024.

  1. ^ "Kagoshima Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ AIS Japan Archived 17 May 2016 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  3. ^ "About Kagoshima Airport". airport-technology.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. ^ 会社概要. Japan Air Commuter. Retrieved 22 May 2015.