Fukuoka Airport
Fukuoka Airport (福岡空港, Fukuoka Kūkō) (IATA: FUK, ICAO: RJFF), formerly known as Itazuke Air Base, is an international and domestic airport located 1.6 NM (3.0 km; 1.8 mi) east of Hakata Station in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. The facility has one 2,800 m (9,186 ft) runway and covers 355 hectares (877 acres) of land.
Fukuoka Airport 福岡空港 Fukuoka Kūkō | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Fukuoka International Airport Co. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Fukuoka–Kitakyushu | ||||||||||
| Location | Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1944 | ||||||||||
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| Operating base for | Skymark Airlines | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°35′04″N 130°27′06″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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RJFF Location in Fukuoka RJFF Location in Fukuoka Prefecture RJFF Location in Japan | |||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |||||||||||
Fukuoka Airport is the principal airport on the island of Kyushu and is the fourth busiest passenger airport in Japan. As of 2017, the airport is the fourth busiest single-runway airport in the world by passenger traffic (after Mumbai, London–Gatwick and İstanbul-Sabiha Gökçen). The airport is surrounded by residential areas and due to their geographic location, all of its flights have to stop at 10 p.m. every day at the request of local residents and resume operation at 7 a.m. The domestic terminal is connected to the city by the Fukuoka City Subway, and a subway from the airport to the business district takes less than ten minutes. The international terminal is only accessible by road, although there is scheduled bus service to Hakata Station and the Tenjin area. Alternatives to access the Fukuoka area include Saga Airport and Kitakyushu Airport.