Kitakyushu Airport

ICAO RJFR33.8459°N 131.0350°E6 m / 21 ftLarge airport

Kitakyushu Airport (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR) is a large airport in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 16 Mar 2006. It has one runway, 2,500 m (8,202 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In 2024 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2006–2006

16 MAR 2006

OpenedKitakyushu Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

18/36170° / 350° · LIT

LENGTH2,500 m8,202 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024

1.4M

1.3M

1.6M

1.7M

1.8M

560K

437K

737K

1.1M

1.2M

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Routes

7 destinations · 4 countries

Year-round4

CJJCheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)South Korea · Aero K452 km281 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Jin Air578 km359 mi HNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · StarFlyer, Japan Airlines822 km511 mi TPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · StarFlyer1,359 km844 mi

Cargo4

ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air578 km359 mi NRTNarita International AirportJapan · Yamato Transport880 km547 mi OKANaha International AirportJapan · Yamato Transport911 km566 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Korean Air9,567 km5,945 mi

Most destinationsStarFlyer 2Korean Air 2Yamato Transport 2Aero K 1Jin Air 1Japan Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KKJ. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Kitakyushu Airport” (revision of 13 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers1.2M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#752of 3,974 · #223 Asia · #27 JP Longest runway2,500 m8,202 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,332of 29,823 · =737 Asia · =33 JP Elevation6 m21 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,165of 43,341 · =2,908 Asia · =159 JP AgeOpened 20062026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,221of 15,079 · =612 Asia · =85 JP Runways11 · 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

1 channels

RDORDO118.850