SDJ

Sendai Airport

ICAO RJSS38.1397°N 140.9170°E5 m / 15 ftLarge airport
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Sendai Airport (IATA: SDJ, ICAO: RJSS) is a large airport in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,842 ft). It is operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In 2024 it handled 3.7 million passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1940–2016
1940
OpenedSendai Airport opens.
10 MAY 1963
DisasterAll Nippon Airways Flight 802.
01 JUL 2016
MilestoneSendai International Airport Company becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
仙台空港ターミナルビル
09/27083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,842 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30118° / 298° · LIT
LENGTH1,201 m3,940 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2024
3.1M
3.2M
3.2M
3.1M
3.4M
3.6M
3.9M
1.6M
1.7M
2.5M
3.4M
3.7M
131415161718192021222324

Routes

12 destinations · 4 countries
Year-round12
NGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Ibex Airlines, Peach, All Nippon Airways518 km322 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · J-Air, Ibex Airlines, Peach +2520 km323 miITMOsaka Itami International AirportJapan · J-Air, Ibex Airlines, All Nippon Airways616 km383 miUKBKobe AirportJapan · Skymark Airlines641 km398 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Peach655 km407 miHIJHiroshima AirportJapan · Ibex Airlines826 km513 miFUKFukuoka AirportJapan · Fuji Dream Airlines, Ibex Airlines, StarFlyer1,070 km665 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Asiana Airlines1,272 km790 miOKANaha International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways1,820 km1,131 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Tigerair Taiwan, Starlux Airlines, EVA Air2,354 km1,463 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · Tigerair Taiwan2,613 km1,624 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · HK Express3,116 km1,936 mi
Most destinationsIbex Airlines 5All Nippon Airways 4Peach 3J-Air 2Tigerair Taiwan 2Air Do 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SDJ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Sendai Airport” (revision of 20 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.7M (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#406of 3,974 · #119 Asia · #10 JPLongest runway3,000 m9,842 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,324of 29,823 · =390 Asia · =12 JPElevation5 m15 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,827of 43,341 · =3,015 Asia · =172 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

6 channels
APPAPP120.400
ATISATIS126.450
DEPDEP120.000
GNDGND121.700
TCATCA121.025
TWRTWR118.700