Rishiri Airport
Rishiri Airport
Rishiri Airport (????, Rishiri k?k?) (IATA: RIS, ICAO: RJER) is an airport in Rishirifuji, Hokkaid?, Japan, near the town of Rishiri on Rishiri Island.
Location
45.242°N, 141.186°E · 34 m s. n. m. (112 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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
Rishiri Airport opened in 1962 with a 600-meter runway, the airport underwent significant development over the years. In 1974, the runway was extended to 800 meters, enabling Nihon Kinkyori Airways (later Air Nippon, which merged into All Nippon Airways) to begin year-round service to Wakkanai Airport. By 1994, flight operations to Wakkanai were transferred to Air Hokkaido. In 1999, with the construction of a new 1,800-meter runway designed for larger jet aircraft, Air Nippon began seasonal summer flights to New Chitose Airport in Sapporo.
In 2003, flights to Wakkanai were discontinued, and flights to New Chitose became year-round services. However, in 2011, Hokkaido Air System opened flights to Sapporo Okadama Airport, leading to a shift in operations. As a result, flights to New Chitose Airport were reduced to a seasonal service, operating only during the summer months.
In current operations, the airport sees a year-round connection to Okadama Airport, operated by Hokkaido Air System ATR 42-600 turboprop aircraft. But also a seasonal connection to New Chitose Airport, operated by ANA Wings with Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
Airlines operating here · 2
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: しんかわな · CC BY 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). Rishiri Airport (RIS). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIS
MLA
“Rishiri Airport (RIS).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIS. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Rishiri Airport (RIS).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIS.
Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Rishiri Airport (RIS). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIS (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Rishiri Airport (RIS)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIS},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RIS}},
urldate = {2026-10-25},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}Wikipedia
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