Kagoshima Airport

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.

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″N 130°43′01″E
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 m ft 16/34 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 5,220,710 Cargo (metric tonnes) 30,402 Aircraft movement 66,645
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Apron

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.

Overview

The airport is located 30km northeast of Kagoshima City. Although access by train is poor, access via expressway is good because it is close to the E3 Kyushu Expressway Mizobe Kagoshima Airport Interchange.

History

The airport opened in 1972, replacing a former Imperial 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 the Kagoshima 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 and Nauru 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 scheduled NAMC YS-11 flight in 2006.^[7]

Facilities

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

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
Ibex Airlines	Nagoya–Centrair[13]
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[14]
Jetstar Japan	Nagoya–Centrair, Tokyo–Narita
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon[15]
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

Annual passenger traffic at KOJ airport. See Wikidata query.