Kokura Airport

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Kokura Airport 小倉空港 Kokura Kūkō
IATA: KKJ ICAO: RJFR
Summary
Airport type	Defunct
Serves	Kitakyushu
Location	Kokura
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	33°50′11″N 130°56′49″E / 33.83639°N 130.94694°E / 33.83639; 130.94694
Map
RJFR Location in Fukuoka Prefecture Show map of Fukuoka Prefecture RJFR Location in Japan Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 11/29 1,600 5,249 Asphalt (Closed)

Kokura Airport (小倉空港, Kokura Kūkō), previously called Kitakyūshū Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū Kūkō) until 2005, was a small airport in Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Japan.

There used to be four flights to and from Tokyo Haneda every day. The runway was 1,600 m (5,249 ft) long, so only mid-sized aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 could use this airport, albeit with a reduced payload. ^{[citation needed]}

It is now commonly referred to as Kokura, its location, to distinguish it from the New Kitakyushu Airport (renamed Kitakyushu Airport in 2008), an offshore airport built on a man-made island in Suo nada, the most westerly part of the Seto Inland Sea. The new airport opened in March 2006, taking over the old airport codes (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR). The final scheduled flight from the airport was an MD-87 to Haneda Airport with the final flight was the CRJ-200 to Komaki Airport left before midnight of 16 March 2006.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2013, the former airport is one of the potential sites for new JASDF facilities as part of an ongoing defense buildup. ^{[citation needed]}