AXTRJSK

Akita Airport

Akita, Japan · Asia

Asia Asia/Tokyo

6direct destinations

7airlines

1runway

2,499 mLongest runway

1961opened

Akita Airport (????, Akita K?k?) (IATA: AXT, ICAO: RJSK) is an airport located 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Akita Station, in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Location

39.616°N, 140.219°E · 95 m s. n. m. (313 ft)

General data

CountryJapan

CityAkita

IATA codeAXT

ICAO codeRJSK

Coordinates39.616°N, 140.219°E

Elevation95 m s. n. m. (313 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Tokyo

Runways1

Longest runway2,499 m

OperatorPrefectura de Akita

Opened1961

Direct destinations6

Runways · 1

10/28

Length2,499 m8,199 ft

Width61 m200 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2

Tower

118.600

Common traffic (CTAF)

127.100SAPPORO INFO

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The first Akita Airport was opened on October 1, 1961, on the Omonogawa coast of the Sea of Japan approximately 20 kilometers southeast of the center of Akita City. The airport originally had a 1,200-meter runway, which was extended to 1,500 meters in 1967 and 1,625 meters in 1969, but was adversely affected by crosswinds, and by the television transmission antennas of 123-meter Mount Omoriyama adjacent to the site. The current Akita Airport was opened at its present location (in the former town of Y?wa in Kawabe District) on June 26, 1981, and was the first civilian airport in the T?hoku region of Japan to have a 2,500-meter runway. In 1985, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force established a search and rescue unit based at Akita Airport. As of 2016 it is equipped with UH-60J and U-125A aircraft. An international terminal was established on July 5, 1993, beginning scheduled flights to South Korea.

Airlines operating here · 7

Other airlines with direct routes

ANA Wings All Nippon Airways Hokkaido Air System J-Air Japan Airlines Oriental Air Bridge Tigerair Taiwan

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Akita Airport (AXT). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXT

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_axt,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Akita Airport (AXT)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXT},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AXT}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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