Back Kitakyushu Airport CEB Flughafen Kitakyūshū German فرودگاه کیتاکیوشو Persian Aéroport de Kitakyushu French Bandar Udara Kitakyushu ID Aeroporto di Kitakyushu Italian 北九州空港 Japanese 기타큐슈 공항 Korean Lapangan Terbang Kitakyushu Malay Nowy port lotniczy Kitakiusiu Polish
Kitakyushu Airport 北九州空港 Kitakyūshū-kūkō | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ministry of Transport (airfield) Kitakyushu Air Terminal Co. (terminal) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| Location | Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||
| Opened | March 16, 2006 | ||||||||||
| Operating base for | StarFlyer | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°50′44″N 131°02′06″E / 33.84556°N 131.03500°E | ||||||||||
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  KKJ/RJFR Location in Fukuoka Prefecture  KKJ/RJFR Location in Japan | |||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1] | |||||||||||
Kitakyushu Airport (北九州空港, Kitakyūshū-kūkō) (IATA: KKJ, ICAO: RJFR), sometimes called Kokuraminami Airport, is an airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is built on an artificial island in the western Seto Inland Sea, 3 km (1.9 mi) away from the city's downtown. It opened on 16 March 2006, as New Kitakyushu Airport (新北九州空港, Shin-kitakyūshū-kūkō) but was renamed in 2008. It has some international charter flights.
It is the fourth airport in Japan to begin operating 24 hours a day, after New Chitose Airport (Sapporo), Kansai International Airport (Osaka), and Chūbu Centrair International Airport (Nagoya).
- ^ "Kitakyushu Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.