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List of airports in Japan

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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.
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
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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

Chofu Airport
354018N 139314
1E
Hiroshima Hiroshima Honsh RJBH HIW Hiroshima-Nishi Airport
342201N 132245
0E
Komatsu Ishikawa Honsh RJNK KMQ Komatsu Airport
362338N 136242
7E
Makurazaki Kagoshima Kysh

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

Knan Airport (Kounan)
343529N 133560
0E
Okegawa Saitama Honsh

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

MCAS Futenma (US Marine
Corps)
261615N 127445
3E
Hachinohe Aomori Honsh RJSH

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

MCAS Iwakuni (US Marine
Corps)
340838N 132140
8E
Kamimine Saga Kysh RJDM

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

Ibaraki Airport (Hyakuri
Airfield) (JASDF)
361054N 140245
3E
Sendai Miyagi Honsh RJSU

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]

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