Aircraft at Terminal 3 of Fukuoka Airport This is a list of airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location. Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, Japan lies to the east of China, North Korea, South Korea, Russia, and the Sea of Japan, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands, accounting for 97% of the land area, are Honsh, Hokkaid, Kysh and Shikoku. The capital of Japan is Tokyo. As of February 2012, Japan had 98 total airports, with 28 operated by the central government, and 67 by local governments. [1]
Contents [hide] 1 Airport classifications 2 Airports 3 Heliports 4 See also 5 References o 5.1 Footnotes Airport classifications[edit] 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 Development Law for economic development purposes. [2] The latter law groups such airports into four legal classifications: [3]
Hub/First Class airports () 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 () are other prefectural/municipal airports that the central government deems important to national aviation. Joint-use/Third Class airports () are those shared between civil aviation and the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Other airports () 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]
Airports[edit] Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines. Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Izumisano / Tajiri / Sen nan Osaka Honsh RJBB KIX Kansai International Airport 342603N 135135 8E Narita Chiba Honsh RJAA NRT Narita International Airport 354553N 140231 1E Tokoname Aichi Honsh RJGG NGO Chbu International Airport (Centrair) 345130N 136481 9E ta Tokyo Honsh RJTT HND Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) 353312N 139465 2E Toyonaka / Ikeda / Ita mi Osaka / Hy go Honsh RJOO ITM Osaka International Airport (Itami) 344704N 135262 1E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS SECOND CLASS AIRPORTS Akita Akita Honsh RJSK AXT Akita Airport 393656N 140130 7E Asahikawa Hokkaid Hokkaid RJEC AKJ Asahikawa Airport 434015N 142265 1E Chitose Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCC CTS New Chitose Airport 424631N 141413 3E Fukuoka Fukuoka Kysh RJFF FUK Fukuoka Airport 333504N 130270 6E Hakodate Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCH HKD Hakodate Airport 414612N 140491 9E Higashine Yamagata Honsh RJSC GAJ Yamagata Airport 382443N 140221 6E Kirishima Kagoshima Kysh RJFK KOJ Kagoshima Airport 314812N 130430 1E Kitakysh Fukuoka Kysh RJFR KKJ Kitakysh Airport 335044N 131020 6E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Kunisaki ita Kysh RJFO OIT Oita Airport 332846N 131441 4E Kushiro Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCK KUH Kushiro Airport 430227N 144113 5E Mashiki Kumamoto Kysh RJFT KMJ Kumamoto Airport 325014N 130511 9E Matsuyama Ehime Shikoku RJOM MYJ Matsuyama Airport 334938N 132415 9E Mihara Hiroshima Honsh RJOA HIJ Hiroshima Airport 342610N 132551 0E Miyazaki Miyazaki Kysh RJFM KMI Miyazaki Airport 315238N 131265 5E Naha Okinawa Okinawa ROAH OKA Naha Airport/Naha Air Base 261145N 127384 5E Nankoku Kchi Shikoku RJOK KCZ Kchi Airport 333246N 133401 0E Natori Miyagi Honsh RJSS SDJ Sendai Airport 380823N 140550 1E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Niigata Niigata Honsh RJSN KIJ Niigata Airport 375721N 139064 2E Obihiro Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCB OBO Tokachi-Obihiro Airport (Obihiro) 424400N 143130 2E mura Nagasaki Kysh RJFU NGS Nagasaki Airport 325501N 129544 9E Takamatsu Kagawa Shikoku RJOT TAK Takamatsu Airport 341251N 134005 6E Ube Yamaguchi Honsh RJDC UBJ Yamaguchi Ube Airport 335548N 131164 3E Wakkanai Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCW WKJ Wakkanai Airport 452415N 141480 3E Yao Osaka Honsh RJOY
Yao Airport 343548N 135360 2E THIRD CLASS AIRPORTS Aguni Okinawa Aguni RORA AGJ Aguni Airport 263534N 127142 5E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Amami Kagoshima Amami shima RJKA ASJ Amami Airport 282551N 129424 5E Aomori Aomori Honsh RJSA AOJ Aomori Airport 404400N 140411 9E Got / Fukue Nagasaki Fukue RJFE FUJ Fukue Airport 323958N 128495 8E Hachij Tokyo Hachijjima RJTH HAC Hachijojima Airport 330654N 139470 9E Hanamaki Iwate Honsh RJSI HNA Hanamaki Airport 392543N 141080 7E Harue Fukui Honsh RJNF FKJ Fukui Airport 360834N 136132 6E Hikawa Shimane Honsh RJOC IZO Izumo Airport 352449N 132532 4E Ie Okinawa Iejima RORE IEJ Iejima Airport 264321N 127471 3E Iki Nagasaki Iki RJDB IKI Iki Airport 334457N 129470 9E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Ishigaki Okinawa Ishigaki ROIG ISG Ishigaki Airport 242041N 124111 3E Ishigaki Okinawa Ishigaki
New Ishigaki Airport (under construction)
Izu shima Tokyo Izu shima RJTO OIM Oshima Airport 344655N 139213 7E Kawasoe Saga Kysh RJFS HSG Saga Airport 330859N 130180 8E Kikai Kagoshima Kysh RJKI KKX Kikai Airport 281917N 129554 1E Kita Akita Akita Honsh RJSR ONJ Odate-Noshiro Airport 401131N 140221 8E Kitadait Okinawa Kitadait RORK KTD Kitadaito Airport 255641N 131193 7E Kobe Hygo Honsh RJBE UKB Kobe Airport 343758N 135132 6E Kzushima Tokyo Kzushima RJAZ
Kzushima Airport 341122N 139080 1E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Kumejima Okinawa Kumejima ROKJ UEO Kumejima Airport 262149N 126425 0E Makinohara / Shimada Shizuoka Honsh RJNS FSZ Shizuoka Airport 344746N 138112 2E Masuda Shimane Honsh RJOW IWJ Iwami Airport 344035N 131472 5E Matsumoto Nagano Honsh RJAF MMJ Matsumoto Airport 361000N 137552 2E Memanbetsu Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCM MMB Memanbetsu Airport 435250N 144095 1E Minamidait Okinawa Minamidait
ROMD MMD Minami-Daito Airport (New Minamidaito) 255048N 131154 9E Miyakojima Okinawa Shimojishi ma RORS SHI Shimojishima Airport 244936N 125084 1E Miyakojima Okinawa Miyakojima ROMY MMY Miyako Airport 244658N 125174 2E Miyakejima Tokyo Miyakejima RJTQ MYE Miyakejima Airport 340425N 139333 7E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Monbetsu Hokkaid Hokkaid RJEB MBE Monbetsu Airport (Okhotsk-Monbetsu) 441815N 143241 5E Nakashibetsu Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCN SHB Nakashibetsu Airport 433439N 144573 6E Niijima Tokyo Niijima RJAN
Niijima Airport 342201N 139160 7E Ojika Nagasaki Ojika RJDO
Ojika Airport (Nagasaki Ojika) 331127N 129052 5E Okayama Okayama Honsh RJOB OKJ Okayama Airport 344525N 133511 9E Okinoshima Shimane Dgo RJNO OKI Oki Airport 361042N 133192 4E Okushiri Hokkaid Okushiri RJEO OIR Okushiri Airport 420418N 139255 8E Rebun Hokkaid Rebun RJCR RBJ Rebun Airport 452718N 141022 1E Rishirifuji Hokkaid Rishiri RJER RIS Rishiri Airport 451431N 141111 5E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Sado Niigata Sado RJSD SDS Sado Airport 380340N 138245 1E Sakata Yamagata Honsh RJSY SYO Shonai Airport 384844N 139471 4E Shinkamigoto Nagasaki Kysh RJDK
Kamigoto Airport 330049N 129113 3E Shirahama Wakayama Honsh RJBD SHM Nanki-Shirahama Airport 333944N 135215 2E Taketomi Okinawa Hateruma RORH HTR Hateruma Airport 240330N 123481 4E Tamakawa Fukushima Honsh RJSF FKS Fukushima Airport 371339N 140254 1E Tanegashima Kagoshima Kysh RJFG TNE New Tanegashima Airport 303618N 130593 0E Tarama Okinawa Tarama RORT TRA Tarama Airport 243914N 124403 1E Tokunoshima Kagoshima Kysh RJKN TKN Tokunoshima Airport 275011N 128525 3E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Tottori Tottori Honsh RJOR TTJ Tottori Airport 353148N 134094 5E Toyama Toyama Honsh RJNT TOY Toyama Airport 363854N 137111 5E Tsushima Nagasaki Tsushima RJDT TSJ Tsushima Airport 341706N 129195 0E Wadomari Kagoshima Kysh RJKB OKE Okinoerabu Airport 272554N 128422 0E Wajima Ishikawa Honsh RJNW NTQ Noto Airport 371736N 136574 4E Yakushima Kagoshima Yakushima RJFC KUM Yakushima Airport 302308N 130393 3E Yonaguni Okinawa Yonaguni ROYN OGN Yonaguni Airport 242803N 122584 7E Yoron Kagoshima Yoronjima RORY RNJ Yoron Airport 270238N 128240 6E Zamami Okinawa Fukaji ROKR KJP Kerama Airport 261006N 127173 6E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS OTHER AIRPORTS Amakusa Kumamoto Kysh RJDA
Amakusa Airfield 322856N 130093 2E Bungo-no ita Kysh ROIT
Oitakenou Airfield 33134N 1313020 E Chfu Tokyo Honsh RJTF
Makurazaki Airfield 311545N 130213 1E Matsushige Tokushima Shikoku RJOS TKS Tokushima Airport 340758N 134362 4E Minami Torishima Tokyo Honsh RJAM MUS Minami Torishima Airport 241723N 153584 5E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Misawa Aomori Honsh RJSM MSJ Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base (USAF) 404219N 141221 9E Nagoya Aichi Honsh RJNA NKM Nagoya Airfield / Komaki Air Base (JASDF) 351518N 136552 8E Okayama Okayama Honsh RJBK
Honda Airport 355821N 139314 2E Sapporo Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCO OKD Okadama Airport (Sapporo Okadama) 430703N 141225 3E Teshikaga Hokkaid Hokkaid
Teshikaga Airfield 432845N 144269 E Toyooka Hygo Honsh RJBT TJH Tajima Airport 353046N 134471 3E Yonago Tottori Honsh RJOH YGJ Miho-Yonago Airport 352932N 133141 1E Military Airports Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Asahikawa Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCA
Asahikawa Air Field (JGSDF) 434740N 142215 4E Ashiya Fukuoka Kysh RJFA
Ashiya Air Field (JASDF) 335253N 130390 6E Ayase Kanagawa Honsh RJTA NJA NAF Atsugi (US Navy / JMSDF) 352717N 139270 0E Chitose Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCJ
Chitose Air Base (JASDF) 424740N 141395 9E Fussa Tokyo Honsh RJTY OKO Yokota Air Base (US Air Force) 354455N 139205 5E Gifu Gifu Honsh RJNG
Gifu Air Field (JASDF) 352340N 136521 0E Ginowan Okinawa Okinawa ROTM
Hachinohe Air Base (JMSDF) 403307N 141280 2E Hamamatsu Shizuoka Honsh RJNH
Hamamatsu Air Base (JASDF) 344501N 137421 1E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Hfu Yamaguchi Honsh RJOF
Hfu Air Field (JASDF) 340204N 131324 7E Iruma Saitama Honsh RJTJ
Iruma Air Base (JASDF) 355031N 139243 8E Ise Mie Honsh RJOE
Akeno Air Field (JGSDF) 343200N 136402 0E Iwakuni Yamaguchi Honsh RJOI
Metabaru Air Field (JGSDF) 331931N 130244 9E Kanoya Kagoshima Kysh RJFY
Kanoya Air Field (JMSDF) 312205N 130501 7E Kasaoka Okayama Honsh
Kasaoka Airfield
Kasumigaura Ibaraki Honsh RJAK
Kasumigaura Air Field (JGSDF) 360205N 140113 4E Kisarazu Chiba Honsh RJTK
Kisarazu Air Field (JGSDF) 352342N 139544 7E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Matsushima Miyagi Honsh RJST
Matsushima Air Field (JASDF) 382411N 141124 3E Mutsu Aomori Honsh RJSO
minato Air Field 411358N 141075 6E Obihiro Hokkaid Hokkaid RJCT
Tokachi Airfield (JGSDF) (formerly O bihiro Airport) [4]
425325N 143093 0E Ogasawara Tokyo Honsh RJAW IWO North Field (Iwo Jima Air Base) 244703N 141192 1E Okinawa Okinawa Okinawa RODN DNA Kadena Air Base (USAF) 262106N 127461 0E Omitama Ibaraki Honsh RJAH
Kasuminome Air Field (JGSDF) 381408N 140552 3E Shimofusa Chiba Honsh RJTL
Shimofusa Air Base (JMSDF) 354756N 140004 4E Shimonoseki Yamaguchi Honsh RJOZ
Ozuki Air Field (JMSDF) 340249N 131030 8E Municipality Prefectur e Island ICA O IAT A Airport name Coordinates FIRST CLASS AIRPORTS Shintomi Miyazaki Kysh RJFN
Nyutabaru Air Base (JASDF) 320501N 131270 5E Tachikawa Tokyo Honsh RJTC
Tachikawa Airfield 354239N 139241 1E Tateyama Chiba Honsh RJTE
Tateyama Air Field (JMSDF) 345915N 139495 5E Tsuiki Toyama Honsh RJFZ
Tsuiki Air Field (JASDF) 334106N 131022 5E Utsunomiya Tochigi Honsh RJTU
Utsunomiya Air Field (JGSDF) 363052N 139521 5E Yaizu Shizuoka Honsh RJNY
Shizuhama Air Base (JASDF) 344846N 138175 3E FORMER AIRPORTS Kokura Minami-ku Fukuoka Kysh RJFR KKJ Kokura Airport (codes now used by Kitakysh Airport) 335011N 130564 9E Natsu Island Tokyo Natsu
Yokosuka naval airfield 351927N 139385 3E Heliports[edit] City served Prefectur e Islan d ICA O Heliport name Operato r Pad data Coordinates Komatsushim a Tokushima Shikoku RJOP Komatsushim a Heliport JMSDF 85 ft (26 m) AMSL, 250 m 45 m (820 ft 148 ft), asphal t concrete 340019N 1343735 E Kt Tokyo Honsh RJTI Tokyo Heliport Tokyo Municipal Government 16 ft (5 m) AMSL, 90 m 30 m (295 ft 98 ft), asphalt concrete 353810N 1395022 E Maebashi Gunma Honsh RJTS Soumagahara Heliport JSDF-G 1,306 ft (398 m) AMSL, 500 m 30 m (1,640 ft 98 ft), asphalt concrete 362605N 1385711 E Maizuru Kyoto Honsh RJBM Maizuru Heliport JMSDF 19 ft (6 m) AMSL, 400 m 45 m (1,312 ft 148 ft), asphal t concrete 352925N 1352238 E Zama Kanagawa Honsh RJTR Camp Zama Kastner Army Heliport US Army 367 ft (112 m) AMSL, 457 m 16 m (1,499 ft 52 ft), asphalt 353049N 1392337 E See also[edit]