WKJ — Wakkanai Airport
Medium-sized airport in Wakkanai, Japan.
- IATA code
- WKJ
- ICAO code
- RJCW
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 187,273
- 2025 · +2.1% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+9
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 9 m
- 30 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 1,999 m
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About WKJ
Wakkanai Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Wakkanai, Japan. It opened in 1960. 187,273 passengers used it in 2025.
Wikidata (CC0) · MLIT 空港管理状況調書 (PDL1.0). Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| RIS | Rishiri Airport | 51 km |
| MBE | Monbetsu Airport | 176 km |
| UUS | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport | 179 km |
| AKJ | Asahikawa Airport | 199 km |
| MMB | Memanbetsu Airport | 252 km |
Distance from WKJ to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,999 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Wakkanai, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan · 45.4042, 141.8010
Questions
Wakkanai Airport has the IATA code WKJ and the ICAO code RJCW. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
WKJ is a medium-sized airport in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan, at 45.4042, 141.8010, 9 m above sea level.
WKJ is in the Asia/Tokyo time zone, UTC+9.
187,273 passengers in 2025, according to Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau (MLIT, 空港管理状況調書).
Wakkanai Airport opened in 1960.
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