KIJ

Niigata Airport

ICAO RJSN37.9542°N 139.1122°E9 m / 29 ftLarge airport
On the map

Niigata Airport (IATA: KIJ, ICAO: RJSN) is a large airport in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1930. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,499 m (8,200 ft). It is operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In 2024 it handled 1.1 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1930–1930
1930
OpenedNiigata Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
新潟空港
10/28093° / 273° · LIT
LENGTH2,499 m8,200 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
04/22032° / 212° · LIT
LENGTH1,311 m4,300 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
998K
1.0M
985K
993K
1.0M
1.1M
1.2M
442K
348K
698K
1.0M
1.1M
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Routes

11 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsToki Air 4Fuji Dream Airlines 3Ibex Airlines 2ANA Wings 2J-Air 1Peach 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KIJ. From the Wikipedia article “Niigata Airport” (revision of 15 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.1M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#778of 3,974 · #234 Asia · #29 JPLongest runway2,499 m8,200 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,556of 29,823 · =833 Asia · =41 JPElevation9 m29 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,584of 43,341 · =2,810 Asia · #147 JPAgeOpened 19302026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=406of 15,079 · =31 Asia · =4 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

4 channels
APPAPP121.400
ATISATIS128.450
DEPDEP119.050
TWRTWR118.000