# Akita Airport (AXT / RJSK)

**Akita Airport** (IATA: AXT, ICAO: RJSK) is a medium airport in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 1 Oct 1961. It has one runway, 2,499 m (8,200 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Akita Prefecture. In 2024 it handled 1.2 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AXT / RJSK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Akita Prefecture
- Serves: Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 1 Oct 1961
- Elevation: 95 m / 313 ft
- Coordinates: 39.6156, 140.2190
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,499 m / 8,200 ft
- Passengers: 1,244,741 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1336514
- Weather station: RJSK · WMO 47545
- Ident: RJSK

## Timeline

- 1 Oct 1961: Akita Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | 61 m / 200 ft | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 1,197,689 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,219,815 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,238,082 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,233,827 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,322,221 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,339,494 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 1,380,863 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 449,086 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 367,178 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 840,619 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 1,180,100 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 1,244,741 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · Japan · 372 km / 231 mi · ANA Wings
- [OKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjco.md) Sapporo Okadama Airport · Japan · 401 km / 249 mi · Hokkaido Air System
- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 454 km / 282 mi · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines
- [NGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjgg.md) Chubu Centrair International Airport · Japan · 609 km / 378 mi · Oriental Air Bridge, ANA Wings
- [ITM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjoo.md) Osaka Itami International Airport · Japan · 684 km / 425 mi · J-Air, ANA Wings
- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taiwan · 2,398 km / 1,490 mi · Tigerair Taiwan

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (7)

- EH [ANA Wings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ana-wings) · 3
- NH [All Nippon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/all-nippon-airways) · 1
- 6L [Hokkaido Air System](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hokkaido-air-system) · 1
- XM [J-Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/j-air) · 1
- JL [Japan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-airlines) · 1
- OC [Oriental Air Bridge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oriental-air-bridge) · 1
- [Tigerair Taiwan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tigerair-taiwan) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.2M (2024) | #743 of 3,974 | #218 in Asia | #25 in JP |
| Longest runway | 2,499 m / 8,200 ft | =2,557 of 29,858 | =830 in Asia | =41 in JP |
| Elevation | 95 m / 313 ft | =31,016 of 43,403 | #1,735 in Asia | #49 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =273 in Asia | =38 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | SAPPORO INFO | 127.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [ONJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsr.md) Odate Noshiro Airport · 65 km / 41 mi
- [HNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsi.md) Iwate Hanamaki Airport · 81 km / 51 mi
- [SYO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsy.md) Shonai Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [AOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsa.md) Aomori Airport · 131 km / 81 mi
- [GAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsc.md) Yamagata Airport · 134 km / 84 mi
- [HHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjsh.md) JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base / Hachinohe Airport · 149 km / 92 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: “Akita Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akita_Airport&oldid=1369378580), revision of 14 Aug 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/rjsk/data