Kagoshima Airport
Kagoshima Airport
Kagoshima Airport (?????, Kagoshima K?k?) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is an international airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29.6 km (18.4 mi) northeast of Kagoshima-Ch?? Station in Kagoshima City. It is the second-busiest airport in Kyushu after Fukuoka Airport, serving 6.1 million passengers in 2018. The airport covers 187.7 hectares (464 acres) and has one 3000m runway. Japan Air Commuter, a regional affiliate of Japan Airlines, and New Japan Aviation have their headquarters at the airport. Kagoshima Airport serves as the gateway to the Satsunan Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture. As a result, the route between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Kagoshima Airport is the fifth busiest route in Japan.
Location
31.803°N, 130.719°E · 276 m s. n. m. (906 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 7
Tower
Ground
Clearance delivery
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 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 as a "new town" with office buildings and high-density housing projects, and is now the site of the Kagoshima Prefecture government office, among other buildings. The airport's runway had an initial length of 2,500 m, which was extended to 3,000 m in 1980. An international terminal opened in 1982, and a cargo terminal opened in 1987. Air Niugini, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines and Nauru Airlines provided international service to Kagoshima from the 1970s to the 1980s, and JAL operated a route to Singapore via Hong Kong and Bangkok during the 1980s. Kagoshima served as the destination of the final scheduled NAMC YS-11 flight in 2006.
Airlines operating here · 12
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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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Kagoshima Airport (KOJ). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KOJ
MLA
“Kagoshima Airport (KOJ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KOJ. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Kagoshima Airport (KOJ)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KOJ},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KOJ}},
urldate = {2026-10-16},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}Wikipedia
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