Fukushima Airport
Fukushima Airport
Fukushima Airport (????, Fukushima K?k?) (IATA: FKS, ICAO: RJSF) is an airport in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The airport is located 19.4 km (12.1 mi) southeast of K?riyama Station. It has served as the regional airport hub since its opening in 1993, the closest alternative being Sendai International Airport. Fukushima Airport is also a popular tourist destination for fans of the tokusatsu franchise, Ultraman. Ultraman creator Eiji Tsuburaya was born and raised in Sukagawa City, which is commemorated by an array of Ultraman displays on the grounds of the airport, as well as the first Ultraman store within the T?hoku region.
Location
37.227°N, 140.431°E · 372 m s. n. m. (1.221 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Flight information
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
Fukushima Airport was conceived in the late 1970s, and planning at the prefectural level began in 1981. Construction occurred between 1988 and 1991, and the airport opened on March 20, 1993. The international terminal was opened in 1999.
The airport remained operational during and following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011, and temporarily saw increased domestic service during the closure of the Tōhoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line to Tokyo. The disasters caused minor damage to the airport itself but led to the suspension of scheduled international service by Asiana Airlines (to Seoul) and China Eastern Airlines (to Shanghai).
In November 2011, the airport terminal operator filed a claim against Tokyo Electric Power for 48 million yen in lost profits from the lost international service. As of June 2013 Asiana is considering resumption of scheduled service to Seoul due to the resurgent popularity of charter services with both Japanese and Korean tourists, but the Shanghai service appears much less likely to resume in the foreseeable future.
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Fukushima Airport (FKS). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FKS
MLA
“Fukushima Airport (FKS).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FKS. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Fukushima Airport (FKS)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FKS},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/FKS}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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