Kobe Airport

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Kobe Airport 神戸空港 Kōbe Kūkō
IATA: UKB ICAO: RJBE
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Kansai Airports (Orix-Vinci SA consortium)
Serves	Keihanshin
Location	Chuo-ku, Kobe
Opened	February 16, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-02-16)
Operating base for	Fuji Dream Airlines Skymark Airlines
Elevation AMSL	22 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	34°37′58″N 135°13′26″E / 34.63278°N 135.22389°E / 34.63278; 135.22389
Website	www.kairport.co.jp/eng/
Map
RJBE Location in Kobe Show map of Kobe RJBE Location in Hyōgo Prefecture Show map of Hyōgo Prefecture RJBE Location in Japan Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 2,500 8,202 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2021)
Passengers 1,752,629 Cargo (metric tonnes) 0 Aircraft movement 15,019
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Kobe Airport (神戸空港, Kōbe Kūkō) (IATA: UKB, ICAO: RJBE) is a domestic airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Sannomiya Station^[2] Japan. Opened on February 16, 2006, it primarily handles domestic flights, but can also accommodate international charter flights. In the first year of operation (2006), the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with an average load factor of 61.1%. In 2017, it handled 3,071,974 passengers with an average load factor of 79.4%.^[3] In the fiscal year covering April 2022 - March 2023, UKB had a passenger throughput of 3,109,151. The island airport covers just 156 hectares (385 acres) of land.^[4]