Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world
KOJ

Kagoshima Airport

Kagoshima, Japan

Kagoshima Airport (, Kagoshima Kūkō) (IATA: KOJ, ICAO: RJFK) is an international airport located in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, 29.6 km (18.4 mi) northeast of Kagoshima-Chūō Station in Kagoshima City. It is the second-busiest airport in Kyushu after Fukuoka Airport, serving 6.1 million passengers in 2018. The airport covers 187.7 hectares (464 acres) and has one 3000m runway. Japan Air Commuter, a regional affiliate of Japan Airlines, and New Japan Aviation have their headquarters at the airport. Kagoshima Airport serves as the gateway to the Satsunan Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture. As a result, the route between Tokyo Haneda Airport and Kagoshima Airport is the fifth busiest route in Japan. It was ranked seventh in the world in Skytrax’s World's Best Domestic Airports 2024.

Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.

More airports in Japan