# Hakodate Airport (HKD / RJCH) **Hakodate Airport** (IATA: HKD, ICAO: RJCH) is a large airport in Hakodate, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1961. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,842 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In 2024 it handled 1.8 million passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjch ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: HKD / RJCH - Type: Large airport - Operator: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism - Serves: Hakodate, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan - Opened: 1961 - Elevation: 46 m / 151 ft - Coordinates: 41.7700, 140.8220 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,842 ft - Passengers: 1,796,905 (2024) - Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo - Website: https://www.hokkaido-airports.com/ja/hakodate/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakodate_Airport (27 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1155685 - Weather station: RJCH · WMO 47488 - Ident: RJCH ## Timeline - 1961: Hakodate Airport opens. - 21 Jan 2002: All Nippon Airways Flight 391. No deaths. - 1 Mar 2021: Hokkaido Airports becomes the operator. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 12/30 | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | yes | ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2013 | 1,629,527 | Wikidata | | 2014 | 1,686,747 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 1,772,052 | Wikidata | | 2016 | 1,744,682 | Wikidata | | 2017 | 1,791,083 | Wikidata | | 2018 | 1,763,567 | Wikidata | | 2019 | 1,800,577 | Wikidata | | 2020 | 765,948 | Wikidata | | 2021 | 689,395 | Wikidata | | 2022 | 1,252,568 | Wikidata | | 2023 | 1,599,940 | Wikidata | | 2024 | 1,796,905 | Wikidata | ## Routes 8 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (8) - [OIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjeo.md) Okushiri Airport · Japan · 120 km / 75 mi · Hokkaido Air System - [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · Japan · 133 km / 83 mi · ANA Wings - [OKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjco.md) Sapporo Okadama Airport · Japan · 157 km / 98 mi · Hokkaido Air System - [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 697 km / 433 mi · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Air Do - [NGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjgg.md) Chubu Centrair International Airport · Japan · 844 km / 524 mi · All Nippon Airways, Air Do - [ITM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjoo.md) Osaka Itami International Airport · Japan · 908 km / 564 mi · J-Air, All Nippon Airways - [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 1,319 km / 820 mi · Jeju Air - [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taiwan · 2,586 km / 1,607 mi · Tigerair Taiwan, Starlux Airlines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HKD, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Hub airlines (1) - TSQ [airtransse](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airtransse) ### Passenger (9) - NH [All Nippon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/all-nippon-airways) · 3 - HD [Air Do](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-do) · 2 - 6L [Hokkaido Air System](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hokkaido-air-system) · 2 - EH [ANA Wings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ana-wings) · 1 - XM [J-Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/j-air) · 1 - JL [Japan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-airlines) · 1 - 7C [Jeju Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jeju-air) · 1 - JX [Starlux Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/starlux-airlines) · 1 - [Tigerair Taiwan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tigerair-taiwan) · 1 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 1.8M (2024) | #606 of 3,974 | #181 in Asia | #21 in JP | | Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,842 ft | =1,325 of 29,858 | =389 in Asia | =12 in JP | | Elevation | 46 m / 151 ft | =35,226 of 43,403 | =2,107 in Asia | #76 in JP | | Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =273 in Asia | =38 in JP | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | RDR | Shirakami Approach | 120.850 | | ATIS | ATIS | 126.600 | | TWR | TWR | 118.350 | ## Nearby airports - [AOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsa.md) Aomori Airport · 116 km / 72 mi - [OIR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjeo.md) Okushiri Airport · 120 km / 74 mi - [MSJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsm.md) Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base · 127 km / 79 mi - [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · 133 km / 82 mi - [RJCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcj.md) JASDF Chitose Air Base · 133 km / 83 mi - [HHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsh.md) JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base / Hachinohe Airport · 146 km / 91 mi ## Sources - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Hakodate Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hakodate_Airport&oldid=1363085826), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjch/data