Airports / Japan / UBJ
Yamaguchi Ube Airport
RJDC / UBJUbe, JapanELEV 23 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
13 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Yamaguchi Ube Airport, listed as RJDC / UBJ, is a mid-sized airport in Ube, Japan. The airport sits 23 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into UBJ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ, 13 nm), JASDF Hofu Airfield (RJOF, 15 nm), and JASDF Tsuiki Air Base (RJFZ, 19 nm).
Charter pricing from UBJ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Ube.
Field capability
ICAO
RJDC
IATA
UBJ
FAA / Local
RJDC
Elevation
23 ft
Coordinates
33.9300° N · 131.2790° 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 23 ft, UBJ sits lower than 79% 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.
- 13nmKKJKitakyushu AirportKitakyushu
- 15nmRJOFJASDF Hofu AirfieldHofu
- 19nmRJFZJASDF Tsuiki Air BaseTsuiki
- 31nmRJFAJASDF Ashiya Air BaseAshiya
- 35nmOITOita AirportOita
- 46nmFUKFukuoka AirportFukuoka
Location
Open the full mapRJDC · Yamaguchi Ube Airport · Ube, Japan