# Rishiri Airport (RIS / RJER)

**Rishiri Airport** (IATA: RIS, ICAO: RJER) is a medium airport in Rishiri, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. It has one runway, 1,800 m (5,906 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 60 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RIS / RJER
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Rishiri, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation: 34 m / 112 ft
- Coordinates: 45.2420, 141.1860
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 m / 5,906 ft
- Passengers: 60,325 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishiri_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1049856
- Weather station: RJER
- Ident: RJER

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 057° / 237° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 37,111 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 37,244 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 38,183 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 41,932 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 46,022 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 44,771 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 45,183 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 24,324 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 29,435 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 45,732 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 55,029 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 60,325 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [OKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjco.md) Sapporo Okadama Airport · Japan · 237 km / 147 mi · Hokkaido Air System

### Seasonal (1)

- [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · Japan · 277 km / 172 mi · ANA Wings

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- EH [ANA Wings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ana-wings) · 1 · seasonal
- 6L [Hokkaido Air System](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hokkaido-air-system) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 60K (2024) | #2,013 of 3,974 | #635 in Asia | #71 in JP |
| Longest runway | 1,800 m / 5,906 ft | =4,819 of 29,858 | =1,222 in Asia | #82 in JP |
| Elevation | 34 m / 112 ft | =36,442 of 43,403 | =2,249 in Asia | #90 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | REMOTE | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [RBJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcr.md) Rebun Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [JP-1186](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-1186.md) Sarobetsu Flight Club Airfield · 39 km / 24 mi
- [WKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcw.md) Wakkanai Airport · 51 km / 32 mi
- [JP-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-0039.md) JGSDF Camp Nayoro Airfield and Heliport · 138 km / 85 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: “Rishiri Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rishiri_Airport&oldid=1373620636), 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/rjer/data