Oita Airport

Oita Airport
OITRJFO

Oita Airport

Oita, Japan · Asia
Asia Asia/Tokyo
6direct destinations
10airlines
1runway
2,999 mLongest runway
1957opened

Oita Airport (????, ?ita K?k?) (IATA: OIT, ICAO: RJFO) is an international airport in Kunisaki City, ?ita Prefecture, Japan, 16 NM (30 km; 18 mi) northeast of ?ita City. Oita Airport is an offshore airport built on reclaimed coastal waters off the Kunisaki Peninsula. It opened as New Oita Airport in 1971 as a replacement for the old Oita Airport within Oita City. In 2018, the airport had 2.1 million passengers. In 2021, Virgin Orbit announced plans to use Oita Airport for its launch site. However, the company went bankrupt in 2023. Oita Prefecture plans to continue developing Oita Airport as Japan's first spaceport. On March 17, 2025, it was announced that Oita Airport would be temporarily renamed "Oita Hello Kitty Airport" during the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.

Location

Mapa

33.479°N, 131.737°E · 6 m s. n. m. (19 ft)

General data

CountryJapan
CityOita
Coordinates33.479°N, 131.737°E
Elevation6 m s. n. m. (19 ft)
Time zoneAsia/Tokyo
Longest runway2,999 m
OperatorMinisterio de Tierra, Infraestructura, Transporte y Turismo de Japón
Opened1957
Direct destinations6

Runways · 1

01/19
Length2,999 m9,839 ft
Width46 m151 ft
SurfaceAsphalt
Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 5

Tower

118.800

Ground

121.600

ATIS (automatic information)

127.800

Approach

120.600

Departure

119.050
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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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

Airlines operating here · 10

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: Oita trip · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Oita Airport (OIT). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OIT

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_oit,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Oita Airport (OIT)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OIT},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/OIT}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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