Kobe Airport

Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

International Airport ✓ Scheduled Service

Timezone Asia/Tokyo

Local Time —

Elevation 22 ft (7 m)

Coordinates 34.6328°N, 135.2240°E

Runways 2

Airlines 3

UKB is the IATA airport code for Kobe Airport, located in Kobe, Japan. Its ICAO code is RJBE. The airport is classified as a International Airport with scheduled commercial passenger service. It operates in the Asia/Tokyo timezone at an elevation of 22 ft (7 m) above sea level. It has 2 runways.

About Kobe Airport

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Kobe Airport is a primarily domestic airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Sannomiya Station, Japan. Opened on February 16, 2006, it primarily handles domestic flights. International flights to destinations within China, South Korea and Taiwan, started in April 2025. The airport can also accommodate international charter flights. In the first year of operation (2006), the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with an average load factor of 61.1%. In 2017, it handled 3,071,974 passengers with an average load factor of 79.4%. In the fiscal year covering April 2022 to March 2023, UKB had a passenger throughput of 3,109,151. The island airport covers just 156 hectares of land.