Kikai Airport

Kikai Airport Kikai/Kikaigashima Island Airport 喜界空港 Kikai Kūkō
IATA: KKX ICAO: RJKI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Location	Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	28°19′17″N 129°55′41″E / 28.32139°N 129.92806°E / 28.32139; 129.92806Coordinates: 28°19′17″N 129°55′41″E / 28.32139°N 129.92806°E / 28.32139; 129.92806
Map
RJKI Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 75,602 Cargo (metric tonnes) 193
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan Osaka Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau

Kikai Airport (喜界空港, Kikai Kūkō^?) (IATA: KKX, ICAO: RJKI), also known as Kikaijima Airport or Kikaiga Shima Airport, is located in Kikai, a town on Kikaijima (also known as Kikai Island, Kikaishima, Kikaigashima, etc.), one of the Amami Islands in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan.

An airstrip was opened on the island of Kikaijima in 1931 by the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was attacked by the United States Navy repeatedly during the Battle of Okinawa in the final stages of World War II. In May 1968, the old airstrip was re-opened for commercial use with a 1200-meter runway. The airport was closed from August to December 1968 to permit strengthening of the runway. In April 1971 it was designated as a third-class airport by the Japanese government.