Kagoshima Airport

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Coordinates: 31°48′12″N 130°43′09″E / 31.80333, 130.71917

Kagoshima Airport 鹿児島空港 Kagoshima Kūkō
IATA: KOJ – ICAO: RJFK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (airfield) Kagoshima Airport Building Co., Ltd. (terminal)
Serves		Kagoshima, Japan
Location		Kirishima
Elevation AMSL		906 ft / 276 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
16/34	2,999	9,840	Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Kagoshima Airport (鹿児島空港, Kagoshima Kūkō^?) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is a second class airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, near the city of Kagoshima. The runways opened in 1944, though regular flights from the airport did not commence until 1962. 2000 is the first year in which more than 2.5 million passengers landed or departed from the airport.^[3]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are served from Kagoshima (as of May2008)

^[4]

• All Nippon Airways (Nagoya-Centrair, Okinawa, Osaka-Itami, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda)
• China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
• Hong Kong Express(Hong Kong)
• Japan Airlines (Amami Oshima, Kobe, Osaka-Itami, Tokunoshima, Tokyo-Haneda)
  • JAL Express (Nagoya-Centrair)
  • Japan Air Commuter (Hiroshima-nishi, Kikaijima, Okayama, Okierabu, Takamatsu, Tanegashima, Yakushima, Yoron)
• Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport information for RJFK at World Aero Data. Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for KOJ at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF.
3. ^ History of Komatsu Airport
4. ^ Destinations from Kagoshima

[edit] External links

• Airport website
• Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
• Current weather for RJFK at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for KOJ at Aviation Safety Network