Kagoshima Airport

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

Kagoshima Airport

鹿児島空港

Kagoshima Kūkō

IATA:KOJ
ICAO:RJFK

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (airfield)
Kagoshima Airport Building Co., Ltd. (terminal)

Serves

Kagoshima

Location

Kirishima,Kagoshima Prefecture

Operating base for

Japan Air Commuter
Skymark Airlines

Elevation AMSL

892 ft / 272 m

Coordinates

31°48′12″N130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E /31.80333; 130.71694

Website

http://koj-ab.co.jp/en/

Map

KOJ/RJFK

Location in Japan

Show map of Kagoshima Prefecture

KOJ/RJFK

KOJ/RJFK (Japan)

Show map of Japan

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
16/34	3,000	9,843	Asphalt/concrete

Statistics (2015)

Passengers	5,220,710
Cargo (metric tonnes)	30,402
Aircraft movement	66,645

Source: JapaneseMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism^[1]

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

Japan Air Commuter, a regional affiliate ofJapan Airlines, andNew Japan Aviation have their headquarters at the airport.^[4]

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

Overview

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The airport is located 30km northeast ofKagoshima City. Although access by train is poor, access via expressway is good because it is close to the E3Kyushu Expressway Mizobe Kagoshima Airport Interchange.

History

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The airport opened in 1972, replacing a formerImperial Japanese Navy airfield in the Kamoike area near the city center, which had served as the city's main airport since 1957.^[5] The site of the former airport was re-developed as a "new town" with office buildings and high-density housing projects, and is now the site of theKagoshima Prefecture government office, among other buildings.^[6]

The airport's runway had an initial length of 2,500 m, which was extended to 3,000 m in 1980. An international terminal opened in 1982, and a cargo terminal opened in 1987.^[5]

Air Niugini,Cathay Pacific,China Airlines andNauru Airlines provided international service to Kagoshima from the 1970s to the 1980s, and JAL operated a route to Singapore via Hong Kong and Bangkok during the 1980s. Kagoshima served as the destination of the final scheduledNAMC YS-11 flight in 2006.^[7]

Facilities

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Kagoshima's domestic terminal has nine gates. ANA and JAL both operate lounges in the terminal.^[8] The international terminal has a single gate.^[9]

Airlines and destinations

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Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Osaka–Itami,Tokyo–Haneda
ANA Wings	Osaka–Itami
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan^[10]
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong^[11]^[12]
Fuji Dream Airlines	Shizuoka
Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong^[13]
Ibex Airlines	Nagoya–Centrair^[14]
J-Air	Amami Ōshima,Osaka–Itami,Tokunoshima
Japan Air Commuter	Amami Ōshima,Fukuoka,Kikai,Matsuyama,Okinoerabu,Tanegashima,Yakushima,Yoron
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Haneda
Jeju Air	Seoul–Incheon^[15]
Jetstar Japan	Nagoya–Centrair,Tokyo–Narita
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon^[16]
Peach	Osaka–Kansai
Skymark Airlines	Amami Ōshima,Kobe,Nagoya–Centrair,Tokyo–Haneda
Solaseed Air	Nagoya–Centrair,Naha,Tokyo–Haneda
T'way Air	Seasonal:Seoul–Incheon^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at KOJ airport.SeeWikidata query.