AJA

Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport

ICAO LFKJ41.9236°N 8.8029°E6 m / 18 ftMedium airport
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Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport (IATA: AJA, ICAO: LFKJ) is a medium airport in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. It opened in 1940. It has one runway, 2,407 m (7,897 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 1.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
1940
OpenedAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20025° / 205° · LIT
LENGTH2,407 m7,897 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.4M
1.4M
1.4M
1.6M
1.7M
1.6M
939K
1.4M
1.7M
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
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Routes

30 destinations · 7 countries
500 km1,000 km250 mi500 mi750 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 232 km / 144 miMRS · Marseille Provence Airport · 338 km / 210 miLYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · 517 km / 321 miTLS · Toulouse-Blagnac Airport · 636 km / 395 miORY · Paris-Orly Airport · 908 km / 564 miTLN · Toulon-Hyères Airport · 254 km / 158 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 286 km / 178 miMPL · Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport · 436 km / 271 miVCE · Venice Marco Polo Airport · 490 km / 304 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 526 km / 327 miDCM · Castres Mazamet Airport · 562 km / 349 miRDZ · Rodez–Aveyron Airport · 582 km / 362 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 616 km / 383 miCFE · Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport · 623 km / 387 miDLE · Dole Tavaux Airport · 629 km / 391 miBSL · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg · 639 km / 397 miBVE · Brive Souillac airport · 684 km / 425 miSXB · Strasbourg Airport · 741 km / 460 miMUC · Munich Airport · 752 km / 467 miBOD · Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport · 834 km / 518 miPIS · Poitiers-Biard Airport · 852 km / 529 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 880 km / 547 miCDG · Charles de Gaulle International Airport · 926 km / 575 miCRL · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · 1,006 km / 625 miNTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport · 1,008 km / 626 miLIL · Lille Airport · 1,056 km / 656 miRNS · Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport · 1,072 km / 666 miCFR · Caen Carpiquet airport · 1,080 km / 671 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 1,233 km / 766 miBES · Brest Bretagne airport · 1,262 km / 784 miBESLGWCFRRNSLILNTECDGLUXPISBODMUCSXBBVEBSLTLSDLECFERDZGVAVCEMPLFCOTLNCRLZRHDCMLYSMRSNCEORYAJA
Seasonal27
TLNToulon-Hyères AirportFrance · Air Corsica254 km158 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Air Corsica286 km178 miMPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · Volotea436 km271 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Air Corsica490 km304 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet, Volotea +1517 km321 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet526 km327 miDCMCastres Mazamet AirportFrance · Air France562 km349 miRDZRodez–Aveyron AirportFrance · Volotea582 km362 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Air Corsica616 km383 miCFEClermont-Ferrand Auvergne airportFrance · Air Corsica623 km387 miDLEDole Tavaux AirportFrance · Air Corsica629 km391 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Volotea636 km395 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet639 km397 miBVEBrive Souillac airportFrance · Air France, Chalair Aviation684 km425 miSXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Volotea741 km460 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Air Corsica752 km467 miBODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet, Volotea834 km518 miPISPoitiers-Biard AirportFrance · Air France852 km529 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair880 km547 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet926 km575 miCRLBrussels South Charleroi AirportBelgium · Air Corsica1,006 km625 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet, Volotea +11,008 km626 miLILLille AirportFrance · Volotea1,056 km656 miRNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · Transavia, Air Corsica1,072 km666 miCFRCaen Carpiquet airportFrance · Air France, Volotea1,080 km671 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet1,233 km766 miBESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · Volotea1,262 km784 mi
Most destinationsAir Corsica 14Volotea 10Air France 8easyJet 7Transavia 3Chalair Aviation 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AJA. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#656of 3,974 · #169 Europe · #13 FRLongest runway2,407 m7,897 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,820of 29,823 · #539 Europe · #42 FRElevation6 m18 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,536of 43,341 · =5,596 Europe · #1,136 FRAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =538 Europe · =79 FRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =121 FR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
AFISAFIS119.825
APPAJACCIO APP121.050
ATISAJACCIO ATIS126.925
GNDAJACCIO GND121.700
TWRAJACCIO TWR118.075