Niigata Airport
Niigata Airport
Niigata Airport (????, Niigata K?k?) (IATA: KIJ, ICAO: RJSN) is an international airport located 6.7 km (4.2 mi) northeast of Niigata Station in Niigata, Japan.
Location
37.954°N, 139.112°E · 9 m s. n. m. (29 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 4
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Departure
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 airport on the Sea of Japan coast of Japan was opened on an island in the Shinano River in 1929. This airport was moved to what was then the village of Matsugazakahama in 1930, and was renamed Niigata Airport. It was requisitioned for use by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force in 1941, and came under the control of the USAAF after the end of World War II. It was returned to Japanese civilian control on March 31, 1958, on which date commercial flight operations were resumed. International services were started in 1973, with scheduled service to Khabarovsk and Niigata Airport became historically an important gateway for traffic to and from Russia, which among other purposes were used to export Niigata-area agricultural products to Russia; however, flights were reduced from winter 2010 as more slots became available for Russia service at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.
The airport saw several major service expansions in the spring of 2012, when China Eastern Airlines, Fuji Dream Airlines and All Nippon Airways announced service to Shanghai, Nagoya and Narita respectively.
Airlines operating here · 8
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: 国土交通省 · Attribution · view original
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Niigata Airport (KIJ). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIJ
MLA
“Niigata Airport (KIJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIJ. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Niigata Airport (KIJ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIJ.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Niigata Airport (KIJ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIJ (Accessed: 17 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Niigata Airport (KIJ)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KIJ}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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