UKB

Kobe Airport

ICAO RJBE34.6328°N 135.2240°E7 m / 22 ftLarge airport
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Kobe Airport (IATA: UKB, ICAO: RJBE) is a large airport in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 16 Feb 2006. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 3.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2006–2006
16 FEB 2006
OpenedKobe Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
第1ターミナルビル第2ターミナルビル
09/27085° / 265° · LIT
LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
2.3M
2.5M
2.4M
2.7M
3.1M
3.2M
3.4M
1.6M
1.6M
2.7M
3.4M
3.6M
131415161718192021222324

Routes

14 destinations · 3 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miHND · Tokyo Haneda International Airport · 427 km / 265 miIBR · Ibaraki Airport · 501 km / 311 miKIJ · Niigata Airport · 508 km / 316 miKOJ · Kagoshima Airport · 524 km / 326 miNGS · Nagasaki Airport · 526 km / 327 miSDJ · Sendai Airport · 641 km / 398 miICN · Incheon International Airport · 849 km / 528 miCTS · New Chitose Airport · 1,064 km / 661 miOKA · Naha International Airport · 1,186 km / 737 miSHI · Shimojishima Airport · 1,460 km / 907 miTPE · Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 1,714 km / 1,065 miRMQ · Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · 1,821 km / 1,132 miKHH · Kaohsiung International Airport · 1,972 km / 1,225 miCJJ · Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) · 735 km / 457 miKHHRMQSHIOKACTSICNSDJNGSKOJIBRTPECJJKIJHNDUKB
Year-round13
HNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Skymark Airlines427 km265 miIBRIbaraki AirportJapan · Skymark Airlines501 km311 miKIJNiigata AirportJapan · Toki Air508 km316 miKOJKagoshima AirportJapan · Skymark Airlines524 km326 miNGSNagasaki AirportJapan · Skymark Airlines526 km327 miSDJSendai AirportJapan · Skymark Airlines641 km398 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Jeju Air +2849 km528 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Skymark Airlines, Air Do1,064 km661 miOKANaha International AirportJapan · Solaseed Air, Skymark Airlines1,186 km737 miSHIShimojishima AirportJapan · Skymark Airlines1,460 km907 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Starlux Airlines, EVA Air1,714 km1,065 miRMQTaichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air BaseTaiwan · Starlux Airlines1,821 km1,132 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · Starlux Airlines1,972 km1,225 mi
Most destinationsSkymark Airlines 8Starlux Airlines 3All Nippon Airways 2Toki Air 1Asiana Airlines 1Korean Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from UKB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kobe Airport” (revision of 18 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.6M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#415of 3,974 · #123 Asia · #11 JPLongest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =737 Asia · =33 JPElevation7 m22 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,097of 43,341 · =2,899 Asia · =157 JPAgeOpened 20062026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,221of 15,079 · =612 Asia · =85 JPRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =24 JP
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

4 channels
APPKANSAI RADAR121.150
ATISATIS128.075
TCAKANSAI TCA121.100
TWRTWR118.500