UKB — Kobe Airport
- IATA code
- UKB
- ICAO code
- RJBE
- City code
- OSA
- All Osaka airports
- Passengers
- 4,059,867
- 2025 · +13.5% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 1
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+9
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 7 m
- 23 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,500 m
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About UKB
Kobe Airport is a large airport serving Osaka, Japan. It opened in 2006. 4,059,867 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 1 nonstop route from UKB. On tickets, the city code OSA covers it together with the other Osaka airports.
Wikidata (CC0) · MLIT 空港管理状況調書 (PDL1.0). Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from UKB
| Route | Distance | Passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UKB → ICN | 850 km | 107,970 (6 mo) |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports, Incheon Airport (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026, 6 months) for routes from Incheon. Routes outside these are not counted.
Other airports in Osaka
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| KIX | Kansai International Airport | 23 km |
| ITM | Osaka Itami International Airport | 26 km |
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| TKS | Tokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air Base | 79 km |
| TJH | Konotori Tajima Airport | 106 km |
| SHM | Nanki Shirahama Airport | 109 km |
| TAK | Takamatsu Airport | 120 km |
| OKJ | Okayama Momotaro Airport | 126 km |
| TTJ | Tottori Sand Dunes Conan Airport | 139 km |
| NGO | Chubu Centrair International Airport | 147 km |
Distance from UKB to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,500 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan · 34.6328, 135.2240
Questions
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