# Kikai Airport (KKX / RJKI)

**Kikai Airport** (IATA: KKX, ICAO: RJKI) is a medium airport in Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1931. It has one runway, 1,313 m (4,307 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 87 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KKX / RJKI
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1931
- Elevation: 6 m / 21 ft
- Coordinates: 28.3213, 129.9280
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,313 m / 4,307 ft
- Passengers: 87,226 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikai_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1927346
- Weather station: RJKI
- Ident: RJKI

## Timeline

- 1931: Kikai Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,313 m / 4,307 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 066° / 246° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 68,525 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 73,470 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 79,892 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 81,064 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 83,613 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 87,852 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 89,729 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 53,977 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 57,595 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 69,106 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 80,391 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 87,226 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [ASJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjka.md) Amami Airport · Japan · 24 km / 15 mi · Japan Air Commuter
- [KOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjfk.md) Kagoshima Airport · Japan · 395 km / 245 mi · Japan Air Commuter

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- JC [Japan Air Commuter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-air-commuter) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 87K (2024) | #1,865 of 3,974 | #606 in Asia | #68 in JP |
| Longest runway | 1,313 m / 4,307 ft | =8,557 of 29,858 | #1,495 in Asia | #106 in JP |
| Elevation | 6 m / 21 ft | =41,225 of 43,403 | =2,903 in Asia | =159 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1931 | =452 of 15,079 | =41 in Asia | #6 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| RDO | REMOTE | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [ASJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjka.md) Amami Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [TKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjkn.md) Tokunoshima Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [JP-0461](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jp-0461.md) Suwanose-jima Airport · 145 km / 90 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: “Kikai Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kikai_Airport&oldid=1363048990), revision of 7 Jul 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/rjki/data