Kitakyushu Airport

Kitakyushu Airport

北九州空港
Kitakyūshū-kūkō
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorMinistry of Transport (airfield)
Kitakyushu Air Terminal Co. (terminal)
ServesKitakyushu
LocationKokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
OpenedMarch 16, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-03-16)
Operating base forStarFlyer
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates33°50′44″N 131°02′06″E / 33.84556°N 131.03500°E / 33.84556; 131.03500
Map
KKJ/RJFR is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
KKJ/RJFR
KKJ/RJFR
Location in Fukuoka Prefecture
KKJ/RJFR is located in Japan
KKJ/RJFR
KKJ/RJFR
Location in Japan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,500 8,202 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers1,317,504
Cargo (metric tonnes)7,922
Aircraft movement17,461

Kitakyushu Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū-kūkō) (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR), sometimes called Kokuraminami Airport, is an airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is built on an artificial island in the western Seto Inland Sea, 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the city's downtown. It opened on 16 March 2006, as New Kitakyushu Airport (新北九州空港, Shin-kitakyūshū-kūkō) but was renamed in 2008. It has some international charter flights.

It is the fourth airport in Japan to begin operating 24 hours a day, after New Chitose Airport (Sapporo), Kansai International Airport (Osaka), and Chubu Centrair International Airport (Nagoya).

  1. ^ "Kitakyushu Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.