List of airports in Japan
List of airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location.
- For a list sorted by airport name, see Category:Airports in Japan
- For a list sorted by ICAO code, see List of airports by ICAO code: RJ
In Japan, airports are grouped into three legal classifications.
According to the Airport Development Law (空港整備法), the government pays any budget for building airports and maintains them. However, passenger terminals are generally given to private corporate operators.
In 2001, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, which receives 20% of the public-works construction budget, commenced a scheme to build airfields predominantly for airlifting vegetables. Kasaoka Airfield was one of nine airfields constructed; however it was later determined that flying vegetables to Okayama City from Kasaoka took just as long due to loading and unloading, and cost approximately six times as much as road transport.
First class airports
These can handle intercontinental flights. There are currently five. Note that, after the completion of Narita and Kansai, Tokyo (Haneda) and Osaka stopped handling intercontinental flights. However, the legal classification is still important in some circumstances. For instance, following the ANA flight 61 hijacking in July of 1999, the family of a killed pilot were able to sue the Japanese government for compensation because Haneda was classified as a first class airport.
| City | Prefecture | ICAO | IATA | Airport Name | Web Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itami | Hyogo | RJOO | ITM | Osaka International Airport (Itami) | {web} {pdf} |
| Nagoya | Aichi | RJGG | NGO | Chubu Centrair International Airport (Central Japan) | {web} {pdf} |
| Narita | Chiba | RJAA | NRT | Narita International Airport (New Tokyo) | {web} {pdf} |
| Osaka | Osaka | RJBB | KIX | Kansai International Airport | {web} {pdf} |
| Ota | Tokyo | RJTT | HND | Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) | {web} {pdf} |
Second class airports
These handle regional and some international flights. There are currently twenty-four, with another under construction (New Kitakyushu Airport).
Third class airports
These handle domestic feeder flights. There are currently fifty-five, with three more under construction (New Ishigaki Airport, New Tarama Airport, and Shizuoka Airport). Many third-class airports are small airstrips serving isolated islands of the archipelago.
Other airports
Airports that offer civil transport services but are not classified under this system include:
| City | Prefecture | ICAO | IATA | Airport Name | Web Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amakusa | Kumamoto | RJDA | Amakusa Airport | {web} {pdf} | |
| Chitose | Hokkaido | RJCC | Chitose Air Base | ||
| Chofu | Tokyo | RJTF | Chofu Airport | {web} {pdf} | |
| Hiroshima | Hiroshima | RJBH | HIW | Hiroshima-Nishi Airport | {web} {pdf} |
| Kasaoka | Okayama | Kasaoka Airfield | |||
| Komatsu | Ishikawa | RJNK | KMQ | Komatsu Airport | {web} {pdf} |
| Makurazaki | Kagoshima | Makurazaki Airport | {web} {pdf} | ||
| Matsusige | Tokushima | RJOS | TKS | Tokushima Airport | {web} {pdf} |
| Misawa | Aomori | RJSM | MSJ | Misawa Air Base / Misawa Airport | {web} {pdf} |
| Ogawa | Ibaraki | RJAH | Hyakuri Airport (under construction) | {pdf} | |
| Oitakenou | Oita | ROIT | Oitakenou Airport | {pdf} | |
| Okanan | Okayama | Okanan Airport | {pdf} | ||
| Sapporo | Hokkaido | RJCO | OKD | Okadama Airport (Sapporo Okadama) | {web} {pdf} |
| Tajima | Hyogo | RJBT | TJH | Tajima Airport | {web} {pdf} |
| Teshikaga | Hokkaido | Teshikaga Airport | {pdf} | ||
| Yonago | Tottori | RJOH | YGJ | Miho-Yonago Airport | {web} {pdf} |