IWK

Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport

ICAO RJOI34.1463°N 132.2472°E2 m / 7 ftMedium airport
On the map
CVW-5 Aircraft fly in Formation during MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day (9014066)
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryre Arciaga · Public domain · Commons

Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IATA: IWK, ICAO: RJOI) is a medium airport in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,438 m (8,000 ft). In 2024 it handled 518 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
1940
OpenedIwakuni Kintaikyo Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N
02/20009° / 189° · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m8,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete
02R/20L009° / 189°
LENGTH366 m1,200 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2013–2024
356K
360K
364K
435K
483K
520K
514K
156K
110K
293K
460K
518K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsANA Wings 2All Nippon Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from IWK. From the Wikipedia article “Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni” (revision of 6 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers518K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,098of 3,974 · #350 Asia · #43 JPLongest runway2,438 m8,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,749of 29,823 · =871 Asia · =48 JPElevation2 m7 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,749of 43,341 · =3,157 Asia · =185 JPAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =111 Asia · =15 JPRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =3 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

10 channels
ACCFUKUOKA CON126.100
APPAPP128.000
ATISATIS128.400
CLDCLNC DEL135.700
DEPDEP128.000
GNDGND121.300
INFOFUKUOKA INFO IWAKUNI128.200
PMSVMETRO34.460
PTDPTD134.100
TWRTWR123.800