Monbetsu Airport
Monbetsu Airport
Monbetsu Airport (????, Monbetsu K?k?) or Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport (?????????, Oh?tsuku Monbetsu K?k?) (IATA: MBE, ICAO: RJEB), is a third class airport located 3.8 NM (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) southeast of Monbetsu, a city on the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaid?, Japan. The airport is 15 minutes from the city center and accessible by bus from the Monbetsu Bus Terminal.
Location
44.304°N, 143.404°E · 24 m s. n. m. (80 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Common traffic (CTAF)
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
MBE is the newest airport in Hokkaidō: it opened in November 1999. The airport was originally used for general aviation flights. It replaced the former Monbetsu Airport, which was located further from the city. Air Nippon inaugurated daily service to New Chitose Airport outside Sapporo that year, and added flights to Tokyo International Airport in 2000. The Sapporo service was moved to Okadama Airport in 2001 and discontinued entirely in 2003. For a short period between July and November 2011, Hokkaido Air System offered one daily service to Okadama Airport.
In fiscal year 2008, Monbetsu Airport recorded an operating loss of 273 million yen on total revenues (chiefly landing fees received from ANA) of only 26 million yen, making its operating losses the highest among the six airports operated by the Hokkaido government. In 2011, the Hokkaido government announced that landing fees would be waived for international charter flights using the airport in an attempt to lure more overseas tourists to the region.
In the winter of 2013, ANA again started services to Sapporo, flying a daily 737-700 flight to New Chitose Airport. By 2015, the flights from MBE to New Chitose Airport had ceased.
Airlines operating here · 1
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). Monbetsu Airport (MBE). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MBE
MLA
“Monbetsu Airport (MBE).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MBE. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Monbetsu Airport (MBE)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MBE},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MBE}},
urldate = {2026-10-18},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}Wikipedia
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