# Asahikawa Airport (AKJ / RJEC)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AKJ / RJEC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Asahikawa
- Serves: Higashikagura, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1 Jul 1966
- Elevation: 220 m / 721 ft
- Coordinates: 43.6708, 142.4470
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,499 m / 8,200 ft
- Passengers: 1,125,378 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Website: https://www.hokkaido-airports.com/ja/asahikawa/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asahikawa_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q387048
- Weather station: RJEC · WMO 47476
- Ident: RJEC

## Timeline

- 1 Jul 1966: Asahikawa Airport opens.
- 1 Oct 2020: Hokkaido Airports becomes the operator.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 154° / 334° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 1,067,812 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,098,230 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,148,825 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,140,822 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,122,505 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,124,071 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,158,948 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 438,171 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 388,978 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 766,453 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 993,771 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,125,378 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [NRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjaa.md) Narita International Airport · Japan · 896 km / 557 mi · Jetstar Japan
- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 931 km / 578 mi · Japan Airlines, Air Do
- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taiwan · 2,823 km / 1,754 mi · Tigerair Taiwan

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- HD [Air Do](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-do) · 1
- JL [Japan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-airlines) · 1
- GK [Jetstar Japan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetstar-japan) · 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 | 1.1M (2024) | #775 of 3,974 | #232 in Asia | #28 in JP |
| Longest runway | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | =2,557 of 29,858 | =830 in Asia | =41 in JP |
| Elevation | 220 m / 721 ft | =22,982 of 43,403 | =1,304 in Asia | #26 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | SAPPORO CON | 127.500 |
| TWR | DAISETSU TWR | 118.550 |

## Nearby airports

- [MBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjeb.md) Monbetsu Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [RJCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjct.md) Tokachi Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [OKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjco.md) Sapporo Okadama Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [RJCJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcj.md) JASDF Chitose Air Base · 116 km / 72 mi
- [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · 117 km / 73 mi
- [OBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcb.md) Tokachi-Obihiro Airport · 121 km / 75 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: “Asahikawa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asahikawa_Airport&oldid=1375002780), revision of 15 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/rjec/data