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Kumamoto Airport

ICAO RJFT32.8373°N 130.8550°E196 m / 642 ftLarge airport
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En-Kumamoto Airport 2007
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Kumamoto Airport (IATA: KMJ, ICAO: RJFT) is a large airport in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 2,999 m (9,840 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Kyushu Kumamoto International Airport. In 2024 it handled 3.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1960–2020
1960
OpenedKumamoto Airport opens.
01 APR 2020
MilestoneKyushu Kumamoto International Airport becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
熊本空港国際線ターミナル熊本空港国内線ターミナル（暫定）
07/25065° / 245° · LIT
LENGTH2,999 m9,840 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
3.0M
3.1M
3.2M
3.0M
3.3M
3.4M
3.5M
1.3M
1.2M
2.3M
3.2M
3.5M
131415161718192021222324

Routes

14 destinations · 3 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miAXJ · Amakusa Airport · 76 km / 47 miPUS · Gimhae International Airport · 315 km / 196 miKIX · Kansai International Airport · 443 km / 275 miITM · Osaka Itami International Airport · 476 km / 296 miNGO · Chubu Centrair International Airport · 594 km / 369 miNKM · Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base · 620 km / 385 miICN · Incheon International Airport · 652 km / 405 miOKA · Naha International Airport · 802 km / 498 miHND · Tokyo Haneda International Airport · 875 km / 544 miNRT · Narita International Airport · 934 km / 580 miTPE · Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 1,272 km / 790 miRMQ · Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · 1,380 km / 857 miTNN · Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base · 1,516 km / 942 miKHH · Kaohsiung International Airport · 1,538 km / 956 miKHHRMQTPENRTOKAICNNKMITMPUSAXJTNNNGOKIXHNDKMJ
Year-round14
AXJAmakusa AirportJapan · Amakusa Airlines76 km47 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Eastar Jet315 km196 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan443 km275 miITMOsaka Itami International AirportJapan · J-Air, All Nippon Airways, ANA Wings +1476 km296 miNGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Ibex Airlines594 km369 miNKMNagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air BaseJapan · Fuji Dream Airlines620 km385 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air, Trinity Airways652 km405 miOKANaha International AirportJapan · ANA Wings802 km498 miHNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · Solaseed Air, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines875 km544 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan934 km580 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Starlux Airlines, China Airlines1,272 km790 miRMQTaichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air BaseTaiwan · Starlux Airlines1,380 km857 miTNNTainan International Airport / Tainan Air BaseTaiwan · Tigerair Taiwan1,516 km942 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · Tigerair Taiwan, China Airlines1,538 km956 mi
Most destinationsAmakusa Airlines 2Jetstar Japan 2All Nippon Airways 2ANA Wings 2Starlux Airlines 2China Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KMJ. From the Wikipedia article “Kumamoto Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.5M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#419of 3,974 · #125 Asia · #12 JPLongest runway2,999 m9,840 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,385of 29,823 · =412 Asia · =16 JPElevation196 m642 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,548of 43,341 · #1,372 Asia · #30 JPAgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · =266 Asia · =36 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

9 channels
APPAPP119.000
APPFUKUOKA CON118.900
ATISATIS128.800
DEPDEP122.900
GNDGND121.800
RCOKAGOSHIMA FSC118.700
RDRRAD122.900
TCATCA123.850
TWRTWR118.700