Kikai Airport guide

Kikai Airport sits on the west coast of Kikai Island, a raised coral island about 25 km east of Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. The island has a perimeter of roughly 48 km, and the airport is its only air link. It is also listed as Kikaijima Airport.

The site began as a Japanese naval airfield and served as a forward base in the Second World War. Kikai Town opened it for service on 10 August 1959. The runway was paved and fixed at 1,200 m by 30 m in 1968, and the airport became a Class 3 airport in 1971. Management passed from the town to Kagoshima Prefecture in 1974.

The single runway is 1,200 m long, which suits propeller aircraft. The apron has one stand, and the car park holds 81 vehicles. The airport runs daytime hours only, from 8:30 to 18:30 from April to September and 8:30 to 17:30 from October to March. Japan Air Commuter flies the scheduled service, linking Kikai with Amami Oshima and Kagoshima. The terminal building is run by Amami Airlines Co., Ltd. The airport handled 79,892 passengers and 4,006 aircraft movements in 2015.