AviatDataKagoshima Airport KOJ / RJFK
Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture · Japan · Government of Japan — MLIT Osaka Regional Civil Aviation Bureau, Kagoshima Airport Office (aerodrome/ATC authority; "kokkan" nationally-managed airport); passenger terminal building operated by Kagoshima Airport Building Co., Ltd. (private company established 5 Dec 1969, capital ¥300 million, backed by local businesses, Japan's major airlines and Kagoshima Prefecture)
5.7Mpax · FY2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100
ICAO / IATARJFK / KOJ
OperatorGovernment of Japan — MLIT Osaka Regional Civil Aviation Bureau, Kagoshima Airport Office (aerodrome/ATC authority; "kokkan" nationally-managed airport); passenger terminal building operated by Kagoshima Airport Building Co., Ltd. (private company established 5 Dec 1969, capital ¥300 million, backed by local businesses, Japan's major airlines and Kagoshima Prefecture)
Coordinates31.8033°N, 130.7194°E
Elevation892 ft · 272 m
Time zoneJST (UTC+9, no DST)
Passengers / yr5,738,841 (FY2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100
Bonded—
AIP referenceRJFK — AIP Japan (Civil Aviation Bureau, Japan AIS), AD 2.RJFK "KAGOSHIMA"
Operating hours07:00-22:00 JST daily (AD administration, ATC/tower and handling hours; extended from a 14-hour to the current 15-hour schedule in Mar 2017); Flight Information Service (excl. ATIS) and Alerting Service operate H24. Customs approx. 08:30-17:15 JST; Immigration and animal/plant quarantine limited to scheduled international-flight hours; Fuelling approx. 08:30-17:00 JST. Non-scheduled/GA flights and emergencies require PPR from Kagoshima Airport Office (KAGOSHIMA OPS, tel +81-995-58-4470); winter snow-clearing regime runs 1 Dec-31 Mar.
TerminalsSingle integrated terminal building with a domestic section (9 gates, ANA/JAL lounges) and a smaller international section (1 gate, CIQ facilities); separate Business Aviation Terminal Sakurajima (opened Oct 2021) serves GA/private flights
Runways (1)
- 16/34 · 3,000 m / 9,843 ft · 45 m wide · Asphalt Concrete, grooved · ILS ILS CAT I on RWY 34 only (LOC/GP/DME IKG, 111.7MHz); RWY 16 has no ILS — RNP and VOR/DME approaches only
Airport contact
Kyushu's second-busiest airport after Fukuoka and the principal gateway to the Satsunan/Nansei island chain, serving as headquarters and inter-island hub for Japan Air Commuter and also served by Skymark Airlines; Tokyo Haneda-Kagoshima ranks among Japan's busiest domestic trunk routes. Post-COVID international recovery is partial: only Seoul-Incheon (Korean Air, Jeju Air, Eastar Jet, T'way Air seasonal) and Taipei-Taoyuan (China Airlines) are currently active; the pre-pandemic Shanghai and Hong Kong routes have NOT resumed as of the latest published schedules, so international traffic remains well below the 2018 peak. Only RWY 34 has an ILS (CAT I); the active volcano Sakurajima, roughly 35km south-southwest across Kinko Bay, is a routine factor in local flight planning and ashfall NOTAMs.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Nangoku Kotsu Co., Ltd. (南国交通株式会社)
Full passenger and ramp ground handling at Kagoshima Airport since the airport opened, covering reservations/check-in/passenger guidance, baggage acceptance-delivery, cargo/mail handling, and aircraft marshalling/operational support; the company's own site (nangoku-kotsu.com/about/jigyou/air) lists JAL, ANA, Solaseed Air, Fuji Dream Airlines, Peach Aviation and Jetstar among the carriers it handles at Kagoshima, a broader roster than JAL/ANA alone.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Konoike Air Holding Co., Ltd. (鴻池エアーホールディング株式会社) — Kagoshima Airport Branch (Konoike Transport Group)
Ground handling (グランドハンドリング) for international scheduled flights at Kagoshima Airport, the Konoike Group's 8th domestic airport station; performed via Konoike Air Holding Co., Ltd. (a Tokyo-headquartered Konoike Transport group subsidiary, not Konoike Transport Co., Ltd. itself), which opened a dedicated Kagoshima Airport Branch in July 2025, received the contract per an Oct 21, 2025 group press release (konoike.net/news/detail/•••.html, corroborated by Nikkei disclosure for ticker 9025 and PR Times), and began operations Nov 21, 2025. The release does not itemize the specific tasks (baggage/cargo loading, marshalling, etc.), only the umbrella term "international scheduled-flight ground handling."
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aircraft fuel
Available
Kagoshima Airport Fueling Facility Co., Ltd. (鹿児島空港給油施設株式会社)
Operates the airport's aviation-fuel storage/hydrant facility and handles fuel transport into and out of the tank farm at Kagoshima Airport; registered at 1465 Mizobecho-fumoto, Kirishima (899-6404), phone •••, confirmed via corporate-profile listings (kensetumap.com, profile-partner.info) matching the airport's own address block. Into-plane fuelling agent/brand (e.g. Idemitsu/ENEOS) not separately confirmed - unconfirmed detail.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Unconfirmed
ANA Line Maintenance Technics Co., Ltd. (ANAラインメンテナンステクニクス株式会社)
ANA group company dedicated to line/transit maintenance of ANA aircraft; its own service page (ltc.ana-g.com/service.html) states it performs 運航整備（ライン整備） "at every domestic airport ANA serves" (ANA便が就航する全ての国内空港), which covers Kagoshima since ANA operates scheduled jet service there; KOJ-specific staffing detail not published, so treated as unconfirmed at the station level.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Available
Nangoku Kotsu Co., Ltd. (南国交通株式会社)
Aircraft cabin cleaning and general cabin-service duties performed as part of its airport handling contract; company site states "機内清掃・客室サービス業務全般" (cabin cleaning and general cabin-service work).
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available
ANA Cargo Kagoshima Domestic Cargo Sales Office (株式会社ANA Cargo 鹿児島国内貨物営業所)
Domestic air-cargo sales/handling counter located inside Kagoshima Airport itself (Kirishima, Mizobecho-fumoto, Kiyahara 626-1; about a 5-minute walk from the passenger terminal), part of ANA Cargo's nationwide station network; phone ••• and fax ••• confirmed via ANA Cargo's own airport/branch locator (anacargo.jp/location) as reflected in aggregator listings (NAVITIME). · 06:15-21:15
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Aviation security
Available
ALSOK Kagoshima / Kagoshima Sogo Keibi Hosho Co., Ltd. (鹿児島綜合警備保障株式会社)
Provides checked-baggage X-ray screening and passenger/airport security screening at Kagoshima Airport through a dedicated resident airport branch (常駐空港支店, located at the airport site in Mizobecho-fumoto, Kirishima), confirmed via the company's own recruitment postings for airport security staff (Indeed, arwrk.net); headquarters address Yojiro 1-6-33, Kagoshima City and phone ••• confirmed on the company's own site (kasokei.co.jp) — corrected source domain, as alsok-k.co.jp is not reachable.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Passenger & crew transport
Available
Nangoku Kotsu Co., Ltd. (南国交通株式会社)
Operates the Kagoshima Airport limousine/connecting bus service linking the airport to Kagoshima city and outlying towns (Kokubu, Sendai, Minamata, Okuchi, Akune, Izumi, etc.) from its Kagoshima Airport Branch (phone •••, confirmed via the branch's own listing); no taxi service is operated by this company — airport taxis are run by the separately-incorporated Nangoku Taxi Co., Ltd. (南国タクシー株式会社), a different firm despite the similar name.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Flight support
Available
Universal Aviation Japan (Universal Weather and Aviation)
FBO/trip-support desk covering Kagoshima Airport (RJFK/KOJ): permit coordination, ground-transportation arrangements and catering coordination (via Air Culinaire Worldwide) for business aviation; the company's own KOJ location page states arrangements are managed remotely through Universal's main Japan FBO office and local ground-supervisory agents rather than a full-time on-field desk, per universalaviation.aero/locations/japan/kagoshima-rjfk.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Hotel & travel
Not listed