GAJ — Yamagata Airport
Medium-sized airport in Yamagata, Japan.
- IATA code
- GAJ
- ICAO code
- RJSC
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 368,401
- 2025 · +2.0% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+9
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 108 m
- 354 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 1,999 m
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About GAJ
Yamagata Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Yamagata, Japan. It opened in 1964 and is run by Yamagata Prefecture. 368,401 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SDJ | Sendai Airport | 56 km |
| SYO | Shonai Airport | 67 km |
| KIJ | Niigata Airport | 121 km |
| HNA | Iwate Hanamaki Airport | 131 km |
| FKS | Fukushima Airport | 132 km |
| AXT | Akita Airport | 134 km |
Distance from GAJ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,999 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan · 38.4119, 140.3710
Questions
Yamagata Airport has the IATA code GAJ and the ICAO code RJSC. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
GAJ is a medium-sized airport in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, at 38.4119, 140.3710, 108 m above sea level. It serves Yamagata.
GAJ is in the Asia/Tokyo time zone, UTC+9.
368,401 passengers in 2025, according to Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau (MLIT, 空港管理状況調書).
Yamagata Airport opened in 1964.
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