# Kumejima Airport (UEO / ROKJ)

**Kumejima Airport** (IATA: UEO, ICAO: ROKJ) is a medium airport in Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 18 Feb 1997. It has one runway, 2,000 m (6,562 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Okinawa Prefecture. In 2024 it handled 221 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UEO / ROKJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Okinawa Prefecture
- Serves: Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Opened: 18 Feb 1997
- Elevation: 7 m / 23 ft
- Coordinates: 26.3634, 126.7138
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 m / 6,562 ft
- Passengers: 221,325 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Tokyo
- Website: http://kumejima-airport.co.jp/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumejima_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3235075
- Weather station: ROKJ · WMO 47929
- Ident: ROKJ

## Timeline

- 18 Feb 1997: Kumejima Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 231,811 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 243,349 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 239,741 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 254,949 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 259,837 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 263,278 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 264,524 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 159,041 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 138,065 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 187,189 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 219,277 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 221,325 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [OKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roah.md) Naha International Airport · Japan · 94 km / 58 mi · Ryukyu Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air

### Seasonal (1)

- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 1,609 km / 1,000 mi · Japan Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- JL [Japan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- NU [Japan Transocean Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-transocean-air) · 1
- RAC [Ryukyu Air Commuter](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryukyu-air-commuter) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 221K (2024) | #1,491 of 3,974 | #487 in Asia | #54 in JP |
| Longest runway | 2,000 m / 6,562 ft | =3,840 of 29,858 | =1,072 in Asia | =56 in JP |
| Elevation | 7 m / 23 ft | =41,032 of 43,403 | =2,867 in Asia | =154 in JP |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =518 in Asia | #81 in JP |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =24 in JP |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | REMOTE | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [OKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roah.md) Naha International Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [ROTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rotm.md) Futenma Marine Corps Air Station · 104 km / 65 mi
- [DNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rodn.md) Kadena Air Base · 105 km / 65 mi
- [IEJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rore.md) Iejima Airport · 114 km / 71 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: “Kumejima Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kumejima_Airport&oldid=1363050645), 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/rokj/data