AKJ

Asahikawa Airport

ICAO RJEC43.6708°N 142.4470°E220 m / 721 ftMedium airport
On the map

Asahikawa Airport (IATA: AKJ, ICAO: RJEC) is a medium airport in Higashikagura, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 1 Jul 1966. It has one runway, 2,499 m (8,200 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Asahikawa. In 2024 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1966–2020
01 JUL 1966
OpenedAsahikawa Airport opens.
01 OCT 2020
MilestoneHokkaido Airports becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
旭川空港
16/34154° / 334° · LIT
LENGTH2,499 m8,200 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
1.1M
1.1M
1.1M
1.1M
1.1M
1.1M
1.2M
438K
389K
766K
994K
1.1M
131415161718192021222324

Routes

3 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsJetstar Japan 1Japan Airlines 1Air Do 1Tigerair Taiwan 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AKJ. From the Wikipedia article “Asahikawa Airport” (revision of 15 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.1M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#775of 3,974 · #232 Asia · #28 JPLongest runway2,499 m8,200 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,556of 29,823 · =833 Asia · =41 JPElevation220 m721 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=22,963of 43,341 · =1,302 Asia · #26 JPAgeOpened 19662026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,607of 15,079 · =315 Asia · =48 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

2 channels
ACCSAPPORO CON127.500
TWRDAISETSU TWR118.550