Okayama Airport

Okayama Airport (岡山空港, Okayama Kūkō) (IATA: OKJ, ICAO: RJOB) is an airport in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as Okayama Momotaro Airport.

Okayama Airport 岡山空港 Okayama Kūkō
IATA: OKJ ICAO: RJOB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Okayama
Location	Okayama, Japan
Elevation AMSL	785 ft / 239 m
Coordinates	34°45′15″N 133°51′11″E
Website	www.okayama-airport.org
Map
OKJ/RJOB Location in Okayama Prefecture Show map of Okayama Prefecture OKJ/RJOB Location in Japan Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,000 9,843 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,391,723 Cargo (metric tonnes) 5,052 Aircraft movement 11,558
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

It is located 18 km (11 mi) northwest of central Okayama City and 11.5 km (7.1 mi) northwest^[2] or 30 minutes by bus from Okayama Station.^[3] It is about 10 minutes from the Okayama interchange, Sanyo Expressway.

History

The airport opened in March 1988 as a replacement for the former Okayama Airport located on the waterfront in Minami-ku, Okayama. Its runway, originally 2,000 m in length, was extended to 2,500 m in 1993 and to 3,000 m in 2001.^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
All Nippon Airways	Tokyo–Haneda
ANA Wings	Tokyo–Haneda Seasonal: Sapporo–Chitose
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong
Japan Airlines	Tokyo–Haneda
Japan Transocean Air	Naha
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon[4]
Tigerair Taiwan	Kaohsiung,[5] Taipei–Taoyuan[6]

A view of the Okayama Airport terminal and control tower from the parking lot

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at OKJ airport. See Wikidata query.

Transportation

Bus service to the airport from Okayama Station is provided by Okaden Bus and Chūtetsu Bus. Bus service to Kurashiki Station is provided by Chūtetsu Bus and Shimoden Bus.^[7] Bus times are coordinated with the flight times. Although the scheduled times are relatively close to the departure and arrivals times of flights, this is because the airport is small and it takes relatively little time to proceed through the airport.

See also

• List of airports in Japan

References

1. "Okayama Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
2. AIS Japan
3. "岡山空港". Osaka Civil Aviation Bureau. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
4. "Korean Air Resumes 3 Japanese Routes in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
5. "tigerair Taiwan Adds Kaohsiung – Okayama in NW24t". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
6. "Tigerair Taiwan NS23 Japan Operations – 10MAR23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
7. "Bus, Share-Ride Taxis Timetables". Okayama Airport. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

External links

• Okayama Airport (in Japanese)