TKN

Tokunoshima Airport

ICAO RJKN27.8364°N 128.8814°E5 m / 17 ftMedium airport
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Tokunoshima Airport (IATA: TKN, ICAO: RJKN) is a medium airport in Amagi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 23 Feb 1962. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,561 ft) long, asphalt. In 2024 it handled 203 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1962–2004
23 FEB 1962
OpenedTokunoshima Airport opens.
01 JAN 2004
DisasterJapan Air System Flight 979.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
旅客ターミナルビル貨物ビル
01/19006° / 186° · LIT
LENGTH2,000 m6,561 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
153K
157K
169K
170K
173K
193K
208K
123K
142K
172K
201K
203K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsJapan Air Commuter 3J-Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TKN. From the Wikipedia article “Tokunoshima Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers203K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,527of 3,974 · #501 Asia · #58 JPLongest runway2,000 m6,561 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,972of 29,823 · =1,111 Asia · =67 JPElevation5 m17 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,613of 43,341 · =2,976 Asia · #169 JPAgeOpened 19622026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,898of 15,079 · =284 Asia · =42 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

1 channels
A/GREMOTE122.700