thumb|right|Aircraft at Terminal 3 of [[Fukuoka Airport]]

This is a list of airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location. As of February 2012, the country has a total of 98 airports, of which 28 are operated by the central government and 67 by local governments.

Airport classifications

In Japan, airports serving civil aviation routes are governed by the Aeronautical Law for safety purposes, by the Noise Prevention Law for noise prevention purposes and by the Airport Act for economic development purposes. The latter law groups such airports into four legal classifications:

  • Hub/First Class airports () serve a hub role in domestic or international transportation. They are subdivided into privately managed airports (the three largest international airports), national airports (run by the central government) and special regional airports (hubs run by prefectural or municipal governments).
  • Regional/Second Class airports () are other prefectural/municipal airports that the central government deems important to national aviation.
  • Joint-use/Third Class airports () are those shared between civil aviation and the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
  • Other airports () fall outside the above categories.

Some airports in Japan do not fall under the scope of the Japanese airport statutes. These include the three major U.S. military air bases in Japan (Kadena Air Base, MCAS Iwakuni and Yokota Air Base) and certain smaller aerodromes for firefighting, corporate or other special purposes.

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| Central Field

| Ogasawara

| Tokyo

| Iwo Jima

| RJAW

| IWO

|Military

|Also known as Iwo Jima Air Base <br>JMSDF base

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| Kadena Air Base

| Okinawa

| Okinawa

| Okinawa

| RODN

| DNA

|Military

|USAF base

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| Ibaraki Airport

| Omitama

| Ibaraki

| Honshu

| RJAH

| IBR

|Military

|Also known as Hyakuri Airfield <br>JASDF base<br>Airport has scheduled airline services

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| Kasuminome Air Field

| Sendai

| Miyagi

| Honshu

| RJSU

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|Military

|JGSDF base

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| Shimofusa Air Base

| Narita

| Chiba

| Honshu

| RJTL

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|Military

|JMSDF base

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| Ozuki Air Field

| Shimonoseki

| Yamaguchi

| Honshu

| RJOZ

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|Military

|JMSDF base

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| Nyutabaru Air Base

| Shintomi

| Miyazaki

| Kyushu

| RJFN

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|Military

|JASDF base

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| Tachikawa Airfield

| Tachikawa

| Tokyo

| Honshu

| RJTC

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|Military

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| Tateyama Air Field

| Tateyama

| Chiba

| Honshu

| RJTE

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|Military

|JMSDF base

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| Tsuiki Air Field

| Chikujō

| Fukuoka

| Kyushu

| RJFZ

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|Military

|JASDF base

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| Utsunomiya Air Field

| Utsunomiya

| Tochigi

| Honshu

| RJTU

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|Military

|JGSDF base

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| Shizuhama Air Base

| Yaizu

| Shizuoka

| Honshu

| RJNY

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|Military

|JASDF base

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| Hiroshima–Nishi Airport

| Hiroshima

| Hiroshima

| Honshu

| <s>RJBH</s>

| <s>HIW</s>

|Closed

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| Ishigaki Airport

| Ishigaki

| Okinawa

| Ishigaki

| <s>ROIG</s>

| <s>ISG</s>

|Closed

|Airport codes were reassigned, now used by New Ishigaki Airport

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| Kokura Airport

| Kitakyushu

| Fukuoka

| Kyushu

| <s>RJFR</s>

| <s>KKJ</s>

|Closed

|Airport codes were reassigned, now used by Kitakyushu Airport

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| Kizugawa Airport

| Osaka

| Osaka

| Honshu

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| Closed

| Osaka's first airport began as seaplane base around 1923 and became a full airport in 1929. At the peak in 1938 handled 8,800 departures and arrivals and 10,000 passengers. Closed in 1938 when Itami Airport opened. Now airfield is in Funamachi industrial area and site of airport is simply marked with brief acknowledgement the former airfield in a park located under the ramps connected to Shin Kizugawa Bridge.

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| Teshikaga Airfield

| Teshikaga

| Hokkaido

| Hokkaido

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|Closed

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|Yokosuka Naval Airfield

| Yokosuka

| Kanagawa

| Honshu

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|Closed

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Heliports

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

! Heliport name

! City served

! Prefecture

! Island

! ICAO

! Operator

! Pad data

! Coordinates

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| Komatsushima Heliport

| Komatsushima

| Tokushima

| Shikoku

| RJOP

| JMSDF

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| Tokyo Heliport

| Kōtō

| Tokyo

| Honshu

| RJTI

| Tokyo Metropolitan Government

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| Soumagahara Heliport

| Maebashi

| Gunma

| Honshu

| RJTS

| JSDF-G

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| Maizuru Heliport

| Maizuru

| Kyoto

| Honshu

| RJBM

| JMSDF

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| Camp Zama Kastner Army Heliport

| Zama

| Kanagawa

| Honshu

| RJTR

| US Army

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See also

  • List of the busiest airports in Japan
  • Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)
  • Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)
  • Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
  • Transport in Japan
  • List of airports by ICAO code: R#RJ RO&nbsp;– Japan
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Japan

References

  • Civil Aviation Bureau: Airports in Japan (map with English text)
  • - includes IATA codes
  • Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Japan - IATA and ICAO codes, coordinates
  • - ICAO codes, coordinates

Footnotes