KKXRJKI

Kikai Airport

Kikai, Japan · Asia

Asia Asia/Tokyo

2direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

1,313 mLongest runway

1931opened

Kikai Airport (????, Kikai K?k?) (IATA: KKX, ICAO: RJKI), also known as Kikaijima Airport or Kikaiga Shima Airport, is located in Kikai, a town on Kikaijima (also known as Kikai Island, Kikaishima, Kikaigashima, etc.), one of the Amami Islands in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.

Location

28.321°N, 129.928°E · 6 m s. n. m. (21 ft)

General data

CountryJapan

CityKikai

IATA codeKKX

ICAO codeRJKI

Coordinates28.321°N, 129.928°E

Elevation6 m s. n. m. (21 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Tokyo

Runways1

Longest runway1,313 m

Opened1931

Direct destinations2

Runways · 1

07/25

Length1,313 m4,308 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Flight information

118.000REMOTE

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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

An airstrip was opened on the island of Kikaijima in 1931 by the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was attacked by the United States Navy repeatedly during the Battle of Okinawa in the final stages of World War II. One of the pilots on these raids was Samuel Hynes, later a well-known author and university professor. He flew a single-engine Avenger aircraft. In May 1968, the old airstrip was re-opened for commercial use with a 1200-meter runway. The airport was closed from August to December 1968 to permit strengthening of the runway. In April 1971, it was designated as a third-class airport by the Japanese government.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Japan Air Commuter

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). Kikai Airport (KKX). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KKX

MLA

“Kikai Airport (KKX).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KKX. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Kikai Airport (KKX). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KKX (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_kkx,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Kikai Airport (KKX)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KKX},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KKX}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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