Kagoshima Airport

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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		892 ft / 272 m
Coordinates		31°48′12″N 130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E / 31.80333; 130.71694Coordinates: 31°48′12″N 130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E / 31.80333; 130.71694
Map
KOJ Location in Japan
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
16/34	3,000	9,843	Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan^[1]

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Kagoshima Airport (鹿児島空港, Kagoshima Kūkō) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is an airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29.6 km (18.4 mi) northeast of Kagoshima-Chūō Station^[1] in Kagoshima City. It is the second-busiest airport in Kyushu after Fukuoka Airport.

History

The airport opened in 1972, replacing a former Imperial Japanese Navy airfield in the Kamoike area near the city center, which had served as the city's main airport since 1957. The site of the former airport was re-developed and is now the site of the Kagoshima Prefecture government office, among other buildings.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air New Zealand	Charter: Auckland
ANA	Osaka-Itami, Tokyo-Haneda
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Naha
China Airlines	Taipei-Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai-Pudong
Fuji Dream Airlines	Shizuoka
Hong Kong Express Airways	Charter: Hong Kong^[2]
Japan Airlines	Tokyo-Haneda
Japan Airlines operated by JAL Express	Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Itami
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter	Amami, Fukuoka, Kikai, Matsuyama, Okayama, Okinoerabu, Osaka-Itami, Tanegashima, Tokunoshima, Yakushima, Yoron
Jetstar Japan	Nagoya-Centrair, Tokyo-Narita
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon
Peach	Osaka-Kansai
Skymark Airlines	Kobe, Tokyo-Haneda Seasonal: Amami, Tokyo-Narita
Solaseed Air	Naha, Tokyo-Haneda

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 AIS Japan
↑ http://www.hongkongairport.com/flightinfo/eng/chkfltdep.html departure of UO, 3/4 times weekly

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v t e Airports in Japan

First class airports	Chūbu Centrair International Kansai International Narita International Osaka International (Itami) Tokyo International (Haneda)

Second class airports	Akita Asahikawa Fukuoka Hakodate Hiroshima Kagoshima Kitakyushu Kōchi Ryōma Kumamoto Kushiro Matsuyama Miyazaki Nagasaki Naha New Chitose Niigata Oita Sendai Takamatsu Tokachi-Obihiro Wakkanai Yamagata Yamaguchi Ube Yao

Third class airports	Aguni Amami Aomori Fukue Fukui Fukushima Hachijojima Hanamaki Hateruma Ibaraki (Hyakuri) Iejima Iki Iwami Izumo Kamigoto Kerama Kikai Kitadaito Kobe Kōzushima Kumejima Matsumoto Memanbetsu Minami-Daito Miyakejima Miyako Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Nanki-Shirahama New Ishigaki (International) New Tanegashima Niijima Noto Odate-Noshiro Ojika Okayama Oki Okinoerabu Okushiri Oshima Rebun Rishiri Sado Saga Shimojishima Shizuoka Shonai Tarama Tokunoshima Tottori Toyama Tsushima Yakushima Yonaguni Yoron

Other airports	Amakusa Chofu Hiroshima-Nishi Honda Kasaoka Kōnan Komatsu¹ Makurazaki Miho-Yonago¹ Misawa Air Base/Misawa Airport¹ Nagoya Oitakenou Okadama¹ Tajima Teshikaga Tokushima¹

Military only airfields	Akeno Asahikawa Ashiya Atsugi Chitose Futenma Gifu Hachinohe Hamamatsu Hōfu Hyakuri Iruma Iwakuni Kanoya Matsushima Metabaru Iwo Jima Kadena Kasumigaura Kasuminome Kisarazu Minami Torishima Nyutabaru Ōminato Ozuki Shimofusa Shizuhama Tachikawa Tateyama Tokachi Tsuiki Utsunomiya Yokota

Heliports	Camp Zama Kastner Komatsushima Maizuru Tokyo

Defunct airports	Ishigaki Kokura Yokosuka naval airfield

¹ Dual military/civilian use

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