Kagoshima Airport

Kagoshima Airport 鹿児島空港 Kagoshima Kūkō
IATA: KOJ ICAO: RJFK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (airfield) Kagoshima Airport Building Co., Ltd. (terminal)
Serves	Kagoshima, Japan
Location	Kirishima
Hub for	Japan Air Commuter
Elevation AMSL	892 ft / 272 m
Coordinates	31°48′12″N 130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E / 31.80333; 130.71694Coordinates: 31°48′12″N 130°43′01″E / 31.80333°N 130.71694°E / 31.80333; 130.71694
Website	http://koj-ab.co.jp/en/
Map
KOJ Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 5,171,676 Cargo (metric tonnes) 31,607
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau

Kagoshima Airport (鹿児島空港, Kagoshima Kūkō^?) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is an airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29.6 km (18.4 mi) northeast of Kagoshima-Chūō Station in Kagoshima City. It is the second-busiest airport in Kyushu after Fukuoka Airport.

Japan Air Commuter, a regional affiliate of Japan Airlines, has its headquarters at the airport.

The airport opened in 1972, replacing a former Imperial Japanese Navy airfield in the Kamoike area near the city center, which had served as the city's main airport since 1957. The site of the former airport was re-developed as a "new town" with office buildings and high-density housing projects, and is now the site of the Kagoshima Prefecture government office, among other buildings.

The airport's runway had an initial length of 2,500 m, which was extended to 3,000 m in 1980. An international terminal opened in 1982 and a cargo terminal opened in 1987.

Air Niugini, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Airlines and Nauru Airlines provided international service to Kagoshima from the 1970s to the 1980s, and JAL operated a route to Singapore via Hong Kong and Bangkok during the 1980s. Kagoshima served as the destination of the final scheduled NAMC YS-11 flight in 2006.