# Yakushima Airport (KUM / RJFC)

**Yakushima Airport** (IATA: KUM, ICAO: RJFC) is a medium airport in Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1963. It has one runway, 1,500 m (4,921 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 207 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KUM / RJFC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1963
- Elevation: 38 m / 124 ft
- Coordinates: 30.3856, 130.6590
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 m / 4,921 ft
- Passengers: 206,984 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakushima_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433247
- Weather station: RJFC · WMO 47836
- Ident: RJFC

## Timeline

- 1963: Yakushima Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 162,946 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 173,891 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 164,980 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 168,020 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 185,912 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 179,052 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 145,973 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 108,177 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 115,833 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 176,692 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 197,145 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 206,984 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [KOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfk.md) Kagoshima Airport · Japan · 158 km / 98 mi · Japan Air Commuter
- [FUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjff.md) Fukuoka Airport · Japan · 356 km / 221 mi · Japan Air Commuter
- [ITM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjoo.md) Osaka Itami International Airport · Japan · 663 km / 412 mi · Japan Air Commuter

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- JC [Japan Air Commuter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-air-commuter) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 207K (2024) | #1,523 of 3,974 | #498 in Asia | #57 in JP |
| Longest runway | 1,500 m / 4,921 ft | =6,995 of 29,858 | =1,368 in Asia | =87 in JP |
| Elevation | 38 m / 124 ft | =36,103 of 43,403 | =2,206 in Asia | #87 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =293 in Asia | =44 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | REMOTE | 118.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [TNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfg.md) New Tanegashima Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [JP-1131](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-1131.md) Mageshima Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [JP-3600](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-3600.md) Satsuma Iōjima Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [RJFY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfy.md) JMSDF Kanoya Air Base · 110 km / 69 mi
- [JP-0461](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-0461.md) Suwanose-jima Airport · 126 km / 79 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: “Yakushima Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yakushima_Airport&oldid=1376648730), revision of 25 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/rjfc/data