AirportsRishiri Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Rishiri, in Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is RIS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- RIS
- ICAO code
- RJER
- City
- Rishiri
- State or region
- Hokkaidō Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 45.2420° N, 141.1860° E
- Elevation
- 34 m (112 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,800 m (5,906 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, RIS means Rishiri Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RJER. 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 45.2420° N, 141.1860° E. It stands 34 metres (112 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Asahikawa, about 188 km away in a straight line.
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
Rishiri Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,800 metres (5,906 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 83 airports of Japan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 66.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,800 m 5,906 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wakkanai AirportWakkanai | WKJ | 51 km |
| Asahikawa AirportHigashikagura | AKJ | 201 km |
| Monbetsu AirportMonbetsu | MBE | 204 km |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International AirportYuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia | UUS | 218 km |
| Sapporo Okadama AirportSapporo | OKD | 237 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,830 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,832 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,734 km | 9 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,650 km | 10 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,851 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,127 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,085 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,084 km | 1 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,863 km | 11 h 10 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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