Airports / Japan / WKJ
Wakkanai Airport
RJCW / WKJWakkanai, JapanELEV 30 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
28 nm
To the nearest alternate
Rishiri Airport (RIS).
Overview
Wakkanai Airport (RJCW / WKJ) is a mid-sized airport serving Wakkanai, Japan. The field lies at an elevation of 30 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
WKJ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Rishiri Airport (RIS, 28 nm), Monbetsu Airport (MBE, 95 nm), and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International Airport (UUS, 97 nm).
Quotes for flights out of WKJ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from WKJ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
RJCW
IATA
WKJ
FAA / Local
RJCW
Elevation
30 ft
Coordinates
45.4042° N · 141.8010° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Japan fields
state range 6–2,182 ft
At 30 ft, WKJ sits lower than 73% of the 107 Japan fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 28nmRISRishiri AirportRishiri
- 95nmMBEMonbetsu AirportMonbetsu
- 97nmUUSYuzhno-Sakhalinsk International AirportYuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- 108nmAKJAsahikawa AirportHigashikagura
- 119nmRU-1892Dolinsk-Sokol Air BaseDolinsk
- 136nmMMBMemanbetsu AirportŌzora
Location
Open the full mapRJCW · Wakkanai Airport · Wakkanai, Japan