AKJ — Asahikawa Airport
Medium-sized airport in Asahikawa, Japan.
- IATA code
- AKJ
- ICAO code
- RJEC
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 1,223,151
- 2025 · +8.7% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+9
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 220 m
- 722 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,499 m
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About AKJ
Asahikawa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Asahikawa, Japan. It opened in 1966 and is run by Hokkaido Airports. 1,223,151 passengers used it in 2025.
Wikidata (CC0) · MLIT 空港管理状況調書 (PDL1.0). Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| MBE | Monbetsu Airport | 104 km |
| OKD | Sapporo Okadama Airport | 106 km |
| CTS | New Chitose Airport | 117 km |
| OBO | Tokachi-Obihiro Airport | 121 km |
| MMB | Memanbetsu Airport | 140 km |
Distance from AKJ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,499 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Higashikagura, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan · 43.6708, 142.4470
Questions
Asahikawa Airport has the IATA code AKJ and the ICAO code RJEC. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
AKJ is a medium-sized airport in Higashikagura, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan, at 43.6708, 142.4470, 220 m above sea level. It serves Asahikawa.
AKJ is in the Asia/Tokyo time zone, UTC+9.
1,223,151 passengers in 2025, according to Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau (MLIT, 空港管理状況調書).
Asahikawa Airport opened in 1966.
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