# Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ / RJDC)

**Yamaguchi Ube Airport** (IATA: UBJ, ICAO: RJDC) is a medium airport in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 1 Jul 1966. It has one runway, 2,499 m (8,200 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Yamaguchi Prefecture. In 2024 it handled 874 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UBJ / RJDC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Serves: Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1 Jul 1966
- Elevation: 7 m / 23 ft
- Coordinates: 33.9300, 131.2790
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,499 m / 8,200 ft
- Passengers: 873,809 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Website: https://www.yamaguchiube-airport.jp/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaguchi_Ube_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1328906
- Weather station: RJDC · WMO 47786
- Ident: RJDC

## Timeline

- 1 Jul 1966: Yamaguchi Ube Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 839,068 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 863,421 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 918,238 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 945,021 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,008,048 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,039,282 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,028,166 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 385,218 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 326,545 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 610,168 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 848,636 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 873,809 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 798 km / 496 mi · J-Air, StarFlyer, All Nippon Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- NH [All Nippon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/all-nippon-airways) · 1
- XM [J-Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/j-air) · 1
- 7G [StarFlyer](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/starflyer) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 874K (2024) | #882 of 3,974 | #274 in Asia | #33 in JP |
| Longest runway | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | =2,557 of 29,858 | =830 in Asia | =41 in JP |
| Elevation | 7 m / 23 ft | =41,032 of 43,403 | =2,867 in Asia | =154 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1966 | =5,606 of 15,079 | =313 in Asia | =48 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | UBE RDO | 118.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [KKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfr.md) Kitakyushu Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [RJOF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjof.md) JASDF Hofu Airfield · 27 km / 17 mi
- [RJFZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfz.md) JASDF Tsuiki Air Base · 35 km / 22 mi
- [RJFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfa.md) JASDF Ashiya Air Base · 58 km / 36 mi
- [OIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfo.md) Oita Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [FUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjff.md) Fukuoka Airport · 86 km / 53 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: “Yamaguchi Ube Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yamaguchi_Ube_Airport&oldid=1372457563), revision of 31 Aug 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/rjdc/data