# Yamagata Airport (GAJ / RJSC)

**Yamagata Airport** (IATA: GAJ, ICAO: RJSC) is a medium airport in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1964. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,560 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Yamagata Prefecture. In 2024 it handled 361 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GAJ / RJSC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Yamagata Prefecture
- Serves: Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1964
- Elevation: 108 m / 353 ft
- Coordinates: 38.4119, 140.3710
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,560 ft
- Passengers: 361,128 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Website: https://www.yamagata-airport.co.jp/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamagata_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176187
- Weather station: RJSC · WMO 47553
- Ident: RJSC

## Timeline

- 1964: Yamagata Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,000 m / 6,560 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 007° / 187° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 117,941 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 187,743 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 223,111 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 262,474 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 305,577 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 339,738 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 366,678 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 133,422 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 135,151 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 265,657 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 351,250 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 361,128 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 322 km / 200 mi · Japan Airlines
- [NKM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjna.md) Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base · Japan · 466 km / 290 mi · Fuji Dream Airlines
- [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · Japan · 498 km / 309 mi · Fuji Dream Airlines
- [ITM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjoo.md) Osaka Itami International Airport · Japan · 597 km / 371 mi · J-Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- JH [Fuji Dream Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fuji-dream-airlines) · 2
- XM [J-Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/j-air) · 1
- JL [Japan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 361K (2024) | #1,262 of 3,974 | #417 in Asia | #48 in JP |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,560 ft | =3,997 of 29,858 | =1,111 in Asia | =69 in JP |
| Elevation | 108 m / 353 ft | =30,082 of 43,403 | #1,669 in Asia | #43 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =299 in Asia | #46 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | TOKYO CON | 118.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [SDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjss.md) Sendai Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [SYO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsy.md) Shonai Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [RJST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjst.md) JASDF Matsushima Air Base · 74 km / 46 mi
- [KIJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsn.md) Niigata Airport · 121 km / 75 mi
- [HNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsi.md) Iwate Hanamaki Airport · 131 km / 81 mi
- [FKS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsf.md) Fukushima Airport · 132 km / 82 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: “Yamagata Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yamagata_Airport&oldid=1363088255), 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/rjsc/data