# Wakkanai Airport (WKJ / RJCW)

**Wakkanai Airport** (IATA: WKJ, ICAO: RJCW) is a medium airport in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,560 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 183 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WKJ / RJCW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wakkanai, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1960
- Elevation: 9 m / 30 ft
- Coordinates: 45.4042, 141.8010
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,560 ft
- Passengers: 183,403 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Website: https://www.hokkaido-airports.com/ja/wakkanai/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakkanai_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1368344
- Weather station: RJCW · WMO 47441
- Ident: RJCW

## Timeline

- 1960: Wakkanai Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,000 m / 6,560 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 069° / 249° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 177,369 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 181,805 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 184,799 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 190,076 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 199,401 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 195,460 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 203,654 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 67,266 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 77,172 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 147,713 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 172,929 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 183,403 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · Japan · 293 km / 182 mi · ANA Wings
- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 1,109 km / 689 mi · All Nippon Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from WKJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- NH [All Nippon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/all-nippon-airways) · 1
- EH [ANA Wings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ana-wings) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 183K (2024) | #1,568 of 3,974 | #516 in Asia | #60 in JP |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,560 ft | =3,997 of 29,858 | =1,111 in Asia | =69 in JP |
| Elevation | 9 m / 30 ft | =40,463 of 43,403 | =2,780 in Asia | =143 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1960 | =4,584 of 15,079 | =265 in Asia | =36 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 118.300 |
| ACC | SAPPORO CON | 127.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [JP-1186](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-1186.md) Sarobetsu Flight Club Airfield · 34 km / 21 mi
- [RIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjer.md) Rishiri Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [RBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcr.md) Rebun Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [JP-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-0039.md) JGSDF Camp Nayoro Airfield and Heliport · 124 km / 77 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: “Wakkanai Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wakkanai_Airport&oldid=1373621047), revision of 6 Sep 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/rjcw/data