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Aircraft at Terminal 3 of Fukuoka Airport

This is a list of airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location. As of February 2012, the country has a total of 98 airports, of which 28 are operated by the central government and 67 by local governments.[1]

Airport classifications

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In Japan, airports serving civil aviation routes are governed by the Aeronautical Law for safety purposes, by the Noise Prevention Law for noise prevention purposes and by the Airport Act for economic development purposes.[2] The latter law groups such airports into four legal classifications:[3]

  • Hub/First Class airports (拠点空港) serve a hub role in domestic or international transportation. They are subdivided into privately managed airports (the three largest international airports), national airports (run by the central government) and special regional airports (hubs run by prefectural or municipal governments).
  • Regional/Second Class airports (地方管理空港) are other prefectural/municipal airports that the central government deems important to national aviation.
  • Joint-use/Third Class airports (共用空港) are those shared between civil aviation and the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
  • Other airports (その他の空港) fall outside the above categories.

Some airports in Japan do not fall under the scope of the Japanese airport statutes. These include the three major U.S. military air bases in Japan (Kadena Air Base, MCAS Iwakuni and Yokota Air Base) and certain smaller aerodromes for firefighting, corporate or other special purposes.[2] In 2001, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which receives 20% of the public-works construction budget, commenced a scheme to build airfields predominantly for airlifting vegetables. Kasaoka Airfield was one of nine airfields constructed; however it was later determined that flying vegetables to Okayama from Kasaoka took just as long due to loading and unloading, and cost approximately six times as much as road transport.[citation needed]


| Narita International Airport | Narita | Chiba | Honshu | RJAA | NRT |First-class |Also known as Tokyo Narita Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°45′53″N 140°23′11″E / 35.76472°N 140.38639°E / 35.76472; 140.38639 (Narita International Airport) |- | Chubu Centrair International Airport | Tokoname | Aichi | Honshu | RJGG | NGO |First-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°51′30″N 136°48′19″E / 34.85833°N 136.80528°E / 34.85833; 136.80528 (Chubu Centrair International Airport) |- | Tokyo International Airport | Ōta | Tokyo | Honshu | RJTT | HND |First-class |Also known as Tokyo Kashiwa Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°33′12″N 139°46′52″E / 35.55333°N 139.78111°E / 35.55333; 139.78111 (Tokyo International Airport) |- | Osaka International Airport | Toyonaka / Ikeda / Itami | Osaka / Hyōgo | Honshu | RJOO | ITM |First-class |Also known as Sanda Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°47′04″N 135°26′21″E / 34.78444°N 135.43917°E / 34.78444; 135.43917 (Osaka International Airport) |- | Akita Airport | Akita | Akita | Honshu | RJSK | AXT |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 39°36′56″N 140°13′07″E / 39.61556°N 140.21861°E / 39.61556; 140.21861 (Akita Airport) |- | Asahikawa Airport | Asahikawa | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJEC | AKJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 43°40′15″N 142°26′51″E / 43.67083°N 142.44750°E / 43.67083; 142.44750 (Asahikawa Airport) |- | New Chitose Airport | Chitose | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCC | CTS |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 42°46′31″N 141°41′33″E / 42.77528°N 141.69250°E / 42.77528; 141.69250 (New Chitose Airport) |- | Fukuoka Airport | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | Kyushu | RJFF | FUK |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°35′04″N 130°27′06″E / 33.58444°N 130.45167°E / 33.58444; 130.45167 (Fukuoka Airport) |- | Hakodate Airport | Hakodate | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCH | HKD |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 41°46′12″N 140°49′19″E / 41.77000°N 140.82194°E / 41.77000; 140.82194 (Hakodate Airport) |- | Hiroshima Airport | Mihara | Hiroshima | Honshu | RJOA | HIJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°26′10″N 132°55′10″E / 34.43611°N 132.91944°E / 34.43611; 132.91944 (Hiroshima Airport) |- | Kagoshima Airport | Kirishima | Kagoshima | Kyushu | RJFK | KOJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 31°48′12″N 130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E / 31.80333; 130.71694 (Kagoshima Airport) |- | Kitakyushu Airport | Kitakyushu | Fukuoka | Kyushu | RJFR | KKJ |Second-class |Also known as Kokuraminami Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°50′44″N 131°02′06″E / 33.84556°N 131.03500°E / 33.84556; 131.03500 (Kitakyushu Airport) |- | Kōchi Airport | Nankoku | Kōchi | Shikoku | RJOK | KCZ |Second-class |Also known as Kōchi Ryōma Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°32′46″N 133°40′10″E / 33.54611°N 133.66944°E / 33.54611; 133.66944 (Kōchi Airport) |- | Kushiro Airport | Kushiro | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCK | KUH |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 43°02′27″N 144°11′35″E / 43.04083°N 144.19306°E / 43.04083; 144.19306 (Kushiro Airport) |- | Kumamoto Airport | Mashiki | Kumamoto | Kyushu | RJFT | KMJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 32°50′14″N 130°51′19″E / 32.83722°N 130.85528°E / 32.83722; 130.85528 (Kumamoto Airport) |- | Matsuyama Airport | Matsuyama | Ehime | Shikoku | RJOM | MYJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°49′38″N 132°41′59″E / 33.82722°N 132.69972°E / 33.82722; 132.69972 (Matsuyama Airport) |- | Miyazaki Airport | Miyazaki | Miyazaki | Kyushu | RJFM | KMI |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 31°52′38″N 131°26′55″E / 31.87722°N 131.44861°E / 31.87722; 131.44861 (Miyazaki Airport) |- | Nagasaki Airport | Ōmura | Nagasaki | Kyushu | RJFU | NGS |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 32°55′01″N 129°54′49″E / 32.91694°N 129.91361°E / 32.91694; 129.91361 (Nagasaki Airport) |- | Naha Airport/Naha Air Base | Naha | Okinawa | Okinawa | ROAH | OKA |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 26°11′45″N 127°38′45″E / 26.19583°N 127.64583°E / 26.19583; 127.64583 (Naha Airport) |- | Niigata Airport | Niigata | Niigata | Honshu | RJSN | KIJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 37°57′21″N 139°06′42″E / 37.95583°N 139.11167°E / 37.95583; 139.11167 (Niigata Airport) |- | Oita Airport | Kunisaki | Ōita | Kyushu | RJFO | OIT |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°28′46″N 131°44′14″E / 33.47944°N 131.73722°E / 33.47944; 131.73722 (Oita Airport) |- | Sendai Airport | Natori | Miyagi | Honshu | RJSS | SDJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 38°08′23″N 140°55′01″E / 38.13972°N 140.91694°E / 38.13972; 140.91694 (Sendai Airport) |- | Takamatsu Airport | Takamatsu | Kagawa | Shikoku | RJOT | TAK |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°12′51″N 134°00′56″E / 34.21417°N 134.01556°E / 34.21417; 134.01556 (Takamatsu Airport) |- | Tokachi–Obihiro Airport | Obihiro | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCB | OBO |Second-class |Also known as Obihiro Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 42°44′00″N 143°13′02″E / 42.73333°N 143.21722°E / 42.73333; 143.21722 (Tokachi–Obihiro Airport) |- | Wakkanai Airport | Wakkanai | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCW | WKJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 45°24′15″N 141°48′03″E / 45.40417°N 141.80083°E / 45.40417; 141.80083 (Wakkanai Airport) |- | Yamaguchi Ube Airport | Ube | Yamaguchi | Honshu | RJDC | UBJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°55′48″N 131°16′43″E / 33.93000°N 131.27861°E / 33.93000; 131.27861 (Yamaguchi Ube Airport) |- | Yao Airport | Yao | Osaka | Honshu | RJOY | |Second-class | | 34°35′48″N 135°36′02″E / 34.59667°N 135.60056°E / 34.59667; 135.60056 (Yao Airport) |- | Yamagata Airport | Higashine | Yamagata | Honshu | RJSC | GAJ |Second-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 38°24′43″N 140°22′16″E / 38.41194°N 140.37111°E / 38.41194; 140.37111 (Yamagata Airport) |- | Aguni Airport | Aguni | Okinawa | Aguni | RORA | AGJ |Third-class | | 26°35′34″N 127°14′25″E / 26.59278°N 127.24028°E / 26.59278; 127.24028 (Aguni Airport) |- | Amami Airport | Amami | Kagoshima | Amami Ōshima | RJKA | ASJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 28°25′51″N 129°42′45″E / 28.43083°N 129.71250°E / 28.43083; 129.71250 (Amami Airport) |- | Aomori Airport | Aomori | Aomori | Honshu | RJSA | AOJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 40°44′00″N 140°41′19″E / 40.73333°N 140.68861°E / 40.73333; 140.68861 (Aomori Airport) |- | Fukue Airport | Gotō | Nagasaki | Fukue | RJFE | FUJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 32°39′58″N 128°49′58″E / 32.66611°N 128.83278°E / 32.66611; 128.83278 (Fukue Airport) |- | Fukui Airport | Sakai | Fukui | Honshu | RJNF | FKJ |Third-class | | 36°08′34″N 136°13′26″E / 36.14278°N 136.22389°E / 36.14278; 136.22389 (Fukui Airport) |- | Fukushima Airport | Tamakawa | Fukushima | Honshu | RJSF | FKS |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 37°13′39″N 140°25′41″E / 37.22750°N 140.42806°E / 37.22750; 140.42806 (Fukushima Airport) |- | Hachijojima Airport | Hachijō | Tokyo | Hachijōjima | RJTH | HAC |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°06′54″N 139°47′09″E / 33.11500°N 139.78583°E / 33.11500; 139.78583 (Hachijojima Airport) |- | Hanamaki Airport | Hanamaki | Iwate | Honshu | RJSI | HNA |Third-class |Also known as Iwate Hanamaki Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 39°25′43″N 141°08′07″E / 39.42861°N 141.13528°E / 39.42861; 141.13528 (Hanamaki Airport) |- | Hateruma Airport | Taketomi | Okinawa | Hateruma | RORH | HTR |Third-class | | 24°03′30″N 123°48′14″E / 24.05833°N 123.80389°E / 24.05833; 123.80389 (Hateruma Airport) |- | Iejima Airport | Ie | Okinawa | Iejima | RORE | IEJ |Third-class | | 26°43′21″N 127°47′13″E / 26.72250°N 127.78694°E / 26.72250; 127.78694 (Iejima Airport) |- | Iki Airport | Iki | Nagasaki | Iki | RJDB | IKI |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°44′57″N 129°47′09″E / 33.74917°N 129.78583°E / 33.74917; 129.78583 (Iki Airport) |- | New Ishigaki Airport | Ishigaki | Okinawa | Ishigaki | ROIG | ISG |Third-class |Also known as Painushima Ishigaki Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 24°23′47″N 124°14′42″E / 24.39639°N 124.24500°E / 24.39639; 124.24500 (New Ishigaki Airport) |- | Iwami Airport | Masuda | Shimane | Honshu | RJOW | IWJ |Third-class |Also known as Hagi-Iwami Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°40′35″N 131°47′25″E / 34.67639°N 131.79028°E / 34.67639; 131.79028 (Iwami Airport) |- | Izumo Airport | Izumo | Shimane | Honshu | RJOC | IZO |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°24′49″N 132°53′24″E / 35.41361°N 132.89000°E / 35.41361; 132.89000 (Izumo Airport) |- | Kamigotō Airport | Shin-Kamigotō | Nagasaki | Kyushu | RJDK | |Third-class | | 33°00′49″N 129°11′33″E / 33.01361°N 129.19250°E / 33.01361; 129.19250 (Kamigotō Airport) |- | Kerama Airport | Zamami | Okinawa | Fukaji | ROKR | KJP |Third-class | | 26°10′06″N 127°17′36″E / 26.16833°N 127.29333°E / 26.16833; 127.29333 (Kerama Airport) |- | Kikai Airport | Kikai | Kagoshima | Kikaijima | RJKI | KKX |Third-class |Also known as Kikaiga Shima Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 28°19′17″N 129°55′41″E / 28.32139°N 129.92806°E / 28.32139; 129.92806 (Kikai Airport) |- | Kitadaito Airport | Kitadaitō | Okinawa | Kitadaitōjima | RORK | KTD |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 25°56′41″N 131°19′37″E / 25.94472°N 131.32694°E / 25.94472; 131.32694 (Kitadaito Airport) |- | Kobe Airport | Kobe | Hyōgo | Honshu | RJBE | UKB |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°37′58″N 135°13′26″E / 34.63278°N 135.22389°E / 34.63278; 135.22389 (Kobe Airport) |- | Kōzushima Airport | Kōzushima | Tokyo | Kōzushima | RJAZ | |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°11′22″N 139°08′01″E / 34.18944°N 139.13361°E / 34.18944; 139.13361 (Kōzushima Airport) |- | Kumejima Airport | Kumejima | Okinawa | Kume | ROKJ | UEO |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 26°21′49″N 126°42′50″E / 26.36361°N 126.71389°E / 26.36361; 126.71389 (Kumejima Airport) |- | Matsumoto Airport | Matsumoto | Nagano | Honshu | RJAF | MMJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 36°10′00″N 137°55′22″E / 36.16667°N 137.92278°E / 36.16667; 137.92278 (Matsumoto Airport) |- | Memanbetsu Airport | Ōzora | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCM | MMB |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 43°52′50″N 144°09′51″E / 43.88056°N 144.16417°E / 43.88056; 144.16417 (Memanbetsu Airport) |- | Minamidaito Airport | Minamidaitō | Okinawa | Minamidaitōjima | ROMD | MMD |Third-class |Also known as New Minamidaito Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 25°50′48″N 131°15′49″E / 25.84667°N 131.26361°E / 25.84667; 131.26361 (Minamidaito Airport) |- | Miyakejima Airport | Miyake | Tokyo | Miyakejima | RJTQ | MYE |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°04′25″N 139°33′37″E / 34.07361°N 139.56028°E / 34.07361; 139.56028 (Miyakejima Airport) |- | Miyako Airport | Miyakojima | Okinawa | Miyakojima | ROMY | MMY |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 24°46′58″N 125°17′42″E / 24.78278°N 125.29500°E / 24.78278; 125.29500 (Miyako Airport) |- | Monbetsu Airport | Monbetsu | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJEB | MBE |Third-class |Also known as Okhotsk-Monbetsu Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 44°18′15″N 143°24′15″E / 44.30417°N 143.40417°E / 44.30417; 143.40417 (Monbetsu Airport) |- | Nemuro Nakashibetsu Airport | Nakashibetsu | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCN | SHB |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 43°34′39″N 144°57′36″E / 43.57750°N 144.96000°E / 43.57750; 144.96000 (Nemuro Nakashibetsu Airport) |- | Nanki–Shirahama Airport | Shirahama | Wakayama | Honshu | RJBD | SHM |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°39′44″N 135°21′52″E / 33.66222°N 135.36444°E / 33.66222; 135.36444 (Nanki–Shirahama Airport) |- | Niijima Airport | Niijima | Tokyo | Niijima | RJAN | |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°22′01″N 139°16′07″E / 34.36694°N 139.26861°E / 34.36694; 139.26861 (Niijima Airport) |- | Noto Airport | Wajima | Ishikawa | Honshu | RJNW | NTQ |Third-class |Also known as Noto Satoyama Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 37°17′36″N 136°57′44″E / 37.29333°N 136.96222°E / 37.29333; 136.96222 (Noto Airport) |- | Odate–Noshiro Airport | Kitaakita | Akita | Honshu | RJSR | ONJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 40°11′31″N 140°22′18″E / 40.19194°N 140.37167°E / 40.19194; 140.37167 (Odate–Noshiro Airport) |- | Ojika Airport | Ojika | Nagasaki | Ojika | RJDO | |Third-class |Also known as Nagasaki Ojika Airport | 33°11′27″N 129°05′25″E / 33.19083°N 129.09028°E / 33.19083; 129.09028 (Ojika Airport) |- | Okayama Airport | Okayama | Okayama | Honshu | RJOB | OKJ |Third-class |Also known as Okayama Momotaro Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°45′25″N 133°51′19″E / 34.75694°N 133.85528°E / 34.75694; 133.85528 (Okayama Airport) |- | Oki Airport | Okinoshima | Shimane | Dōgojima | RJNO | OKI |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 36°10′42″N 133°19′24″E / 36.17833°N 133.32333°E / 36.17833; 133.32333 (Oki Airport) |- | Okinoerabu Airport | Wadomari | Kagoshima | Okinoerabujima | RJKB | OKE |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 27°25′54″N 128°42′20″E / 27.43167°N 128.70556°E / 27.43167; 128.70556 (Okinoerabu Airport) |- | Okushiri Airport | Okushiri | Hokkaido | Okushiri | RJEO | OIR |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 42°04′18″N 139°25′58″E / 42.07167°N 139.43278°E / 42.07167; 139.43278 (Okushiri Airport) |- | Oshima Airport | Ōshima | Tokyo | Izu Ōshima | RJTO | OIM |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°46′55″N 139°21′37″E / 34.78194°N 139.36028°E / 34.78194; 139.36028 (Oshima Airport) |- | Rebun Airport (closed) | Rebun | Hokkaido | Rebun | RJCR | RBJ |Third-class | | 45°27′18″N 141°02′21″E / 45.45500°N 141.03917°E / 45.45500; 141.03917 (Rebun Airport) |- | Rishiri Airport | Rishirifuji | Hokkaido | Rishiri | RJER | RIS |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 45°14′31″N 141°11′15″E / 45.24194°N 141.18750°E / 45.24194; 141.18750 (Rishiri Airport) |- | Sado Airport | Sado | Niigata | Sado | RJSD | SDS |Third-class | | 38°03′40″N 138°24′51″E / 38.06111°N 138.41417°E / 38.06111; 138.41417 (Sado Airport) |- | Saga Airport | Saga | Saga | Kyushu | RJFS | HSG |Third-class |Also known as Kyushu Saga International Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 33°08′59″N 130°18′08″E / 33.14972°N 130.30222°E / 33.14972; 130.30222 (Saga Airport) |- | Shizuoka Airport | Makinohara / Shimada | Shizuoka | Honshu | RJNS | FSZ |Third-class |Also known as Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°47′46″N 138°11′22″E / 34.79611°N 138.18944°E / 34.79611; 138.18944 (Shizuoka Airport) |- | Shimojishima Airport | Miyakojima | Okinawa | Shimojishima | RORS | SHI |Third-class | Airport has scheduled airline services | 24°49′36″N 125°08′41″E / 24.82667°N 125.14472°E / 24.82667; 125.14472 (Shimojishima Airport) |- | Shonai Airport | Sakata | Yamagata | Honshu | RJSY | SYO |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 38°48′44″N 139°47′14″E / 38.81222°N 139.78722°E / 38.81222; 139.78722 (Shonai Airport) |- | New Tanegashima Airport | Nakatane | Kagoshima | Tanegashima | RJFG | TNE |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 30°36′18″N 130°59′30″E / 30.60500°N 130.99167°E / 30.60500; 130.99167 (New Tanegashima Airport) |- | Tarama Airport | Tarama | Okinawa | Tarama | RORT | TRA |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 24°39′14″N 124°40′31″E / 24.65389°N 124.67528°E / 24.65389; 124.67528 (Tarama Airport) |- | Tokunoshima Airport | Tokunoshima | Kagoshima | Tokunoshima | RJKN | TKN |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 27°50′11″N 128°52′53″E / 27.83639°N 128.88139°E / 27.83639; 128.88139 (Tokunoshima Airport) |- | Tottori Airport | Tottori | Tottori | Honshu | RJOR | TTJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°31′48″N 134°09′45″E / 35.53000°N 134.16250°E / 35.53000; 134.16250 (Tottori Airport) |- | Toyama Airport | Toyama | Toyama | Honshu | RJNT | TOY |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 36°38′54″N 137°11′15″E / 36.64833°N 137.18750°E / 36.64833; 137.18750 (Toyama Airport) |- | Tsushima Airport | Tsushima | Nagasaki | Tsushima | RJDT | TSJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°17′06″N 129°19′50″E / 34.28500°N 129.33056°E / 34.28500; 129.33056 (Tsushima Airport) |- | Yakushima Airport | Yakushima | Kagoshima | Yakushima | RJFC | KUM |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 30°23′08″N 130°39′33″E / 30.38556°N 130.65917°E / 30.38556; 130.65917 (Yakushima Airport) |- | Yonaguni Airport | Yonaguni | Okinawa | Yonaguni | ROYN | OGN |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 24°28′03″N 122°58′47″E / 24.46750°N 122.97972°E / 24.46750; 122.97972 (Yonaguni Airport) |- | Yoron Airport | Yoron | Kagoshima | Yoronjima | RORY | RNJ |Third-class |Airport has scheduled airline services | 27°02′38″N 128°24′06″E / 27.04389°N 128.40167°E / 27.04389; 128.40167 (Yoron Airport) |- | Amakusa Airfield | Amakusa | Kumamoto | Kyushu | RJDA |AXJ |Other |Airport has scheduled airline services | 32°28′56″N 130°09′32″E / 32.48222°N 130.15889°E / 32.48222; 130.15889 (Amakusa Airfield) |- | Chōfu Airport | Chōfu | Tokyo | Honshu | RJTF | |Other |Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°40′18″N 139°31′41″E / 35.67167°N 139.52806°E / 35.67167; 139.52806 (Chōfu Airport) |- | Hiroshima–Nishi Airport | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Honshu | RJBH | HIW |Other | | 34°22′01″N 132°24′50″E / 34.36694°N 132.41389°E / 34.36694; 132.41389 (Hiroshima–Nishi Airport) |- | Honda Airport | Okegawa | Saitama | Honshu | | |Other |Private airport
Also known as Okegawa Airport | 35°58′21″N 139°31′42″E / 35.97250°N 139.52833°E / 35.97250; 139.52833 (Honda Airport) |- | Komatsu Airport | Komatsu | Ishikawa | Honshu | RJNK | KMQ |Other |Airport has scheduled airline services | 36°23′38″N 136°24′27″E / 36.39389°N 136.40750°E / 36.39389; 136.40750 (Komatsu Airport) |- | Kōnan Airport | Okayama | Okayama | Honshu | RJBK | |Other |Also known as Kounan Airport | 34°35′29″N 133°56′00″E / 34.59139°N 133.93333°E / 34.59139; 133.93333 (Kōnan Airport) |- | Makurazaki Airfield | Makurazaki | Kagoshima | Kyushu | | |Other | | 31°15′45″N 130°21′31″E / 31.26250°N 130.35861°E / 31.26250; 130.35861 (Makurazaki Airfield) |- | Minami Torishima Airport | Ogasawara | Tokyo | Minamitorishima | RJAM | MUS |Other | | 24°17′23″N 153°58′45″E / 24.28972°N 153.97917°E / 24.28972; 153.97917 (Minami Torishima Airport) |- | Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base | Misawa | Aomori | Honshu | RJSM | MSJ |Other |Combined civil airport and USAF base
Airport has scheduled airline services | 40°42′19″N 141°22′19″E / 40.70528°N 141.37194°E / 40.70528; 141.37194 (Misawa Airport/Air Base) |- | Nagoya Airfield | Nagoya | Aichi | Honshu | RJNA | NKM |Other |Combined civil airport and JASDF base
Also known as Komaki Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°15′18″N 136°55′28″E / 35.25500°N 136.92444°E / 35.25500; 136.92444 (Nagoya Airfield) |- | Oitakenou Airport | Bungo-Ōno | Ōita | Kyushu | ROIT | |Other | | 33°1′34″N 131°30′20″E / 33.02611°N 131.50556°E / 33.02611; 131.50556 (Oitakenou Airport) |- | Okadama Airport | Sapporo | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCO | OKD |Other |Also known as Sapporo Okadama Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 43°07′03″N 141°22′53″E / 43.11750°N 141.38139°E / 43.11750; 141.38139 (Okadama Airport) |- | Tajima Airport | Toyooka | Hyōgo | Honshu | RJBT | TJH |Other |Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°30′46″N 134°47′13″E / 35.51278°N 134.78694°E / 35.51278; 134.78694 (Tajima Airport) |- | Tokushima Awaodori Airport | Matsushige | Tokushima | Shikoku | RJOS | TKS |Other |Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°07′58″N 134°36′24″E / 34.13278°N 134.60667°E / 34.13278; 134.60667 (Tokushima Airport) |- | Yonago Kitaro Airport | Yonago | Tottori | Honshu | RJOH | YGJ |Other |Airport has scheduled airline services | 35°29′32″N 133°14′11″E / 35.49222°N 133.23639°E / 35.49222; 133.23639 (Yonago Kitaro Airport) |- | Asahikawa Air Field | Asahikawa | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCA | |Military |JGSDF base | 43°47′40″N 142°21′54″E / 43.79444°N 142.36500°E / 43.79444; 142.36500 (Asahikawa Air Field) |- | Ashiya Air Field | Ashiya | Fukuoka | Kyushu | RJFA | |Military |JASDF base | 33°52′53″N 130°39′06″E / 33.88139°N 130.65167°E / 33.88139; 130.65167 (Ashiya Air Field) |- | Chitose Air Base | Chitose | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCJ | |Military |JASDF base | 42°47′40″N 141°39′59″E / 42.79444°N 141.66639°E / 42.79444; 141.66639 (Chitose Air Base) |- | Gifu Air Field | Gifu | Gifu | Honshu | RJNG | |Military |JASDF base | 35°23′40″N 136°52′10″E / 35.39444°N 136.86944°E / 35.39444; 136.86944 (Gifu Air Field) |- | NAF Atsugi | Ayase | Kanagawa | Honshu | RJTA | NJA |Military |Shared US Navy / JMSDF base | 35°27′17″N 139°27′00″E / 35.45472°N 139.45000°E / 35.45472; 139.45000 (Naval Air Facility Atsugi) |- | Yokota Air Base | Fussa | Tokyo | Honshu | RJTY | OKO |Military |US Air Force base | 35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E / 35.74861°N 139.34861°E / 35.74861; 139.34861 (Yokota Air Base) |- | MCAS Futenma | Ginowan | Okinawa | Okinawa | ROTM | |Military |US Marine Corps base | 26°16′15″N 127°44′53″E / 26.27083°N 127.74806°E / 26.27083; 127.74806 (Marine Corps Air Station Futenma) |- | Hachinohe Air Base | Hachinohe | Aomori | Honshu | RJSH | |Military |JMSDF base | 40°33′07″N 141°28′02″E / 40.55194°N 141.46722°E / 40.55194; 141.46722 (Hachinohe Air Base) |- | Hamamatsu Air Base | Hamamatsu | Shizuoka | Honshu | RJNH | |Military |JASDF base | 34°45′01″N 137°42′11″E / 34.75028°N 137.70306°E / 34.75028; 137.70306 (Hamamatsu Air Base) |- | Hōfu Air Field | Hōfu | Yamaguchi | Honshu | RJOF | |Military |JASDF base | 34°02′04″N 131°32′47″E / 34.03444°N 131.54639°E / 34.03444; 131.54639 (Hōfu Air Field) |- | Iruma Air Base | Iruma | Saitama | Honshu | RJTJ | |Military |JASDF base | 35°50′31″N 139°24′38″E / 35.84194°N 139.41056°E / 35.84194; 139.41056 (Iruma Air Base) |- | Akeno Air Field | Ise | Mie | Honshu | RJOE | |Military |JGSDF base | 34°32′00″N 136°40′20″E / 34.53333°N 136.67222°E / 34.53333; 136.67222 (Akeno Air Field) |- | MCAS Iwakuni | Iwakuni | Yamaguchi | Honshu | RJOI | IWK |Military |US Marine Corps base
Civil airport known as Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
Airport has scheduled airline services | 34°08′38″N 132°14′08″E / 34.14389°N 132.23556°E / 34.14389; 132.23556 (Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni) |- | Metabaru Air Field | Kamimine | Saga | Kyushu | RJDM | |Military |JGSDF base | 33°19′31″N 130°24′49″E / 33.32528°N 130.41361°E / 33.32528; 130.41361 (Metabaru Air Field) |- | Kanoya Air Field | Kanoya | Kagoshima | Kyushu | RJFY | |Military |JMSDF base | 31°22′05″N 130°50′17″E / 31.36806°N 130.83806°E / 31.36806; 130.83806 (Kanoya Air Field) |- | Kasaoka Airfield | Kasaoka | Okayama | Honshu | | |Military | | 34°28′33″N 133°29′20″E / 34.47583°N 133.48889°E / 34.47583; 133.48889 (Kasaoka Airfield) |- | Kasumigaura Air Field | Kasumigaura | Ibaraki | Honshu | RJAK | |Military |JGSDF base | 36°02′05″N 140°11′34″E / 36.03472°N 140.19278°E / 36.03472; 140.19278 (Kasumigaura Air Field) |- | Kisarazu Air Field | Kisarazu | Chiba | Honshu | RJTK | |Military |JGSDF base | 35°23′42″N 139°54′47″E / 35.39500°N 139.91306°E / 35.39500; 139.91306 (Kisarazu Air Field) |- | Matsushima Air Field | Matsushima | Miyagi | Honshu | RJST | |Military |JASDF base | 38°24′11″N 141°12′43″E / 38.40306°N 141.21194°E / 38.40306; 141.21194 (Matsushima Air Field) |- | JMSDF Ōminato Base | Mutsu | Aomori | Honshu | RJSO | |Military |JMSDF base | 41°13′58″N 141°07′56″E / 41.23278°N 141.13222°E / 41.23278; 141.13222 (Ōminato Air Field) |- | Tokachi Airfield | Obihiro | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | RJCT | |Military |JGSF base
Formerly Obihiro Airport, renamed on opening of Tokachi–Obihiro Airport[4] | 42°53′25″N 143°09′30″E / 42.89028°N 143.15833°E / 42.89028; 143.15833 (Tokachi Airfield) |- | Central Field | Ogasawara | Tokyo | Iwo Jima | RJAW | IWO |Military |Also known as Iwo Jima Air Base
JMSDF base | 24°47′03″N 141°19′21″E / 24.78417°N 141.32250°E / 24.78417; 141.32250 (Iwo Jima Air Base) |- | Kadena Air Base | Okinawa | Okinawa | Okinawa | RODN | DNA |Military |USAF base | 26°21′06″N 127°46′10″E / 26.35167°N 127.76944°E / 26.35167; 127.76944 (Kadena Air Base) |- | Ibaraki Airport | Omitama | Ibaraki | Honshu | RJAH | IBR |Military |Also known as Hyakuri Airfield
JASDF base
Airport has scheduled airline services | 36°10′54″N 140°24′53″E / 36.18167°N 140.41472°E / 36.18167; 140.41472 (Ibaraki Airport) |- | Kasuminome Air Field | Sendai | Miyagi | Honshu | RJSU | |Military |JGSDF base | 38°14′08″N 140°55′23″E / 38.23556°N 140.92306°E / 38.23556; 140.92306 (Kasuminome Air Field) |- | Shimofusa Air Base | Narita | Chiba | Honshu | RJTL | |Military |JMSDF base | 35°47′56″N 140°00′44″E / 35.79889°N 140.01222°E / 35.79889; 140.01222 (Shimofusa Air Field) |- | Ozuki Air Field | Shimonoseki | Yamaguchi | Honshu | RJOZ | |Military |JMSDF base | 34°02′49″N 131°03′08″E / 34.04694°N 131.05222°E / 34.04694; 131.05222 (Ozuki Air Field) |- | Nyutabaru Air Base | Shintomi | Miyazaki | Kyushu | RJFN | |Military |JASDF base | 32°05′01″N 131°27′05″E / 32.08361°N 131.45139°E / 32.08361; 131.45139 (Nyutabaru Air Base) |- | Tachikawa Airfield | Tachikawa | Tokyo | Honshu | RJTC | |Military | | 35°42′39″N 139°24′11″E / 35.71083°N 139.40306°E / 35.71083; 139.40306 (Tachikawa Airfield) |- | Tateyama Air Field | Tateyama | Chiba | Honshu | RJTE | |Military |JMSDF base | 34°59′15″N 139°49′55″E / 34.98750°N 139.83194°E / 34.98750; 139.83194 (Tateyama Air Field) |- | Tsuiki Air Field | Chikujō | Fukuoka | Kyushu | RJFZ | |Military |JASDF base | 33°41′06″N 131°02′25″E / 33.68500°N 131.04028°E / 33.68500; 131.04028 (Tsuiki Air Field) |- | Utsunomiya Air Field | Utsunomiya | Tochigi | Honshu | RJTU | |Military |JGSDF base | 36°30′52″N 139°52′15″E / 36.51444°N 139.87083°E / 36.51444; 139.87083 (Utsunomiya Air Field) |- | Shizuhama Air Base | Yaizu | Shizuoka | Honshu | RJNY | |Military |JASDF base | 34°48′46″N 138°17′53″E / 34.81278°N 138.29806°E / 34.81278; 138.29806 (Shizuhama Air Base) |- | Ishigaki Airport | Ishigaki | Okinawa | Ishigaki | ROIG | ISG |Closed |Airport codes were reassigned, now used by New Ishigaki Airport | 24°20′41″N 124°11′13″E / 24.34472°N 124.18694°E / 24.34472; 124.18694 (Ishigaki Airport) |- | Kokura Airport | Kitakyushu | Fukuoka | Kyushu | RJFR | KKJ |Closed |Airport codes were reassigned, now used by Kitakyushu Airport | 33°50′11″N 130°56′49″E / 33.83639°N 130.94694°E / 33.83639; 130.94694 (Kokura Airport) |- | Kizugawa Airport | Osaka | Osaka | Honshu | | | Closed | Osaka's first airport began as seaplane base around 1923 and became a full airport in 1929.[5] At the peak in 1938 handled 8,800 departures and arrivals and 10,000 passengers.[6] Closed in 1938 when Itami Airport opened. Now airfield is in Funamachi industrial area and site of airport is simply marked with brief acknowledgement the former airfield in a park located under the ramps connected to Shin Kizugawa Bridge.[7] | 34°37′44.30″N 135°27′49.92″E / 34.6289722°N 135.4638667°E / 34.6289722; 135.4638667 (Osaka Kizugawa Airport) |- | Teshikaga Airfield | Teshikaga | Hokkaido | Hokkaido | | |Closed | | 43°28′45″N 144°26′9″E / 43.47917°N 144.43583°E / 43.47917; 144.43583 (Teshikaga Airfield) |- |Yokosuka Naval Airfield | Yokosuka | Kanagawa | Honshu | | |Closed | | 35°19′27″N 139°38′53″E / 35.32417°N 139.64806°E / 35.32417; 139.64806 (Yokosuka Naval Airfield) |}

Heliports

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Heliport name City served Prefecture Island ICAO Operator Pad data Coordinates
Komatsushima Heliport Komatsushima Tokushima Shikoku RJOP JMSDF 85 ft (26 m) AMSL, 250 m × 45 m (820 ft × 148 ft), asphalt concrete 34°00′19″N 134°37′35″E / 34.00528°N 134.62639°E / 34.00528; 134.62639 (Komatsushima Heliport)
Tokyo Heliport Kōtō Tokyo Honshu RJTI Tokyo Metropolitan Government 16 ft (5 m) AMSL, 90 m × 30 m (295 ft × 98 ft), asphalt concrete 35°38′10″N 139°50′22″E / 35.63611°N 139.83944°E / 35.63611; 139.83944 (Tokyo Heliport)
Soumagahara Heliport Maebashi Gunma Honshu RJTS JSDF-G 1,306 ft (398 m) AMSL, 500 m × 30 m (1,640 ft × 98 ft), asphalt concrete 36°26′05″N 138°57′11″E / 36.43472°N 138.95306°E / 36.43472; 138.95306 (Soumagahara Heliport)
Maizuru Heliport Maizuru Kyoto Honshu RJBM JMSDF 19 ft (6 m) AMSL, 400 m × 45 m (1,312 ft × 148 ft), asphalt concrete 35°29′25″N 135°22′38″E / 35.49028°N 135.37722°E / 35.49028; 135.37722 (Maizuru Heliport)
Camp Zama Kastner Army Heliport Zama Kanagawa Honshu RJTR US Army 367 ft (112 m) AMSL, 457 m × 16 m (1,499 ft × 52 ft), asphalt 35°30′49″N 139°23′37″E / 35.51361°N 139.39361°E / 35.51361; 139.39361 (Camp Zama Kastner Army Heliport)

See also

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References

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  • Civil Aviation Bureau: Airports in Japan (map with English text)
  • "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  • "UN Location Codes: Japan". UN/LOCODE 2009-1. UNECE. 2009-09-23. - includes IATA codes
  • Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Japan - IATA and ICAO codes, coordinates
  • World Aero Data: Airports in Japan[usurped] - ICAO codes, coordinates

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Aoki, Mizuho, "Bubble era's aviation legacy: Too many airports, all ailing", The Japan Times, 7 February 2012, p. 3.
  2. ^ a b Isaku Shibata, "Japanese Laws Related to Airport Development and the Need to Revise Them," Journal of Air Law and Commerce vol. 65 (winter 1999), p. 125.
  3. ^ "航空:空港一覧 - 国土交通省".
  4. ^ Japanese AIP at AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
  5. ^ Black, John Andrew (18 March 2022). A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 9781800643598.
  6. ^ Black, John Andrew (2022). A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present. doi:10.11647/obp.0281. ISBN 978-1-80064-356-7. S2CID 247534031.
  7. ^ "Panoramio - Photo of 木津川飛行場跡 Ex-Kizugawa airport monument". Archived from the original on 2016-10-25.