AirportsAsahikawa Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Higashikagura, in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AKJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AKJ
- ICAO code
- RJEC
- City
- Higashikagura
- State or region
- Hokkaidō Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 43.6708° N, 142.4470° E
- Elevation
- 220 m (721 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,499 m (8,200 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AKJ means Asahikawa Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RJEC. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 43.6708° N, 142.4470° E. It stands 220 metres (721 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Tokyo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Asahikawa Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,499 metres (8,200 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 83 airports of Japan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 32.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,499 m 8,200 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Monbetsu AirportMonbetsu | MBE | 104 km |
| Sapporo Okadama AirportSapporo | OKD | 106 km |
| New Chitose AirportSapporo | CTS | 117 km |
| Tokachi-Obihiro AirportObihiro | OBO | 121 km |
| Memanbetsu AirportŌzora | MMB | 140 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,947 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,931 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,879 km | 10 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,849 km | 11 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,963 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,132 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,046 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 931 km | 1 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,676 km | 10 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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