Airports / Japan / RJFY
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
27 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
JMSDF Kanoya Air Base, listed as RJFY, is a mid-sized airport in Kanoya, Japan. The airport sits 214 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into RJFY for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Kagoshima Airport (KOJ, 27 nm), Miyazaki Airport (KMI, 44 nm), and New Tanegashima Airport (TNE, 46 nm).
Charter pricing from RJFY depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Kanoya.
Field capability
ICAO
RJFY
IATA
—
FAA / Local
RJFY
Elevation
214 ft
Coordinates
31.3667° N · 130.8388° 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
No
Elevation vs Japan fields
state range 6–2,182 ft
At 214 ft, RJFY sits higher than 69% 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.
- 27nmKOJKagoshima AirportKagoshima
- 44nmKMIMiyazaki AirportMiyazaki
- 46nmTNENew Tanegashima AirportTanegashima
- 60nmKUMYakushima AirportYakushima
- 75nmAXJAmakusa AirportAmakusa
- 88nmKMJKumamoto AirportKumamoto
Location
Open the full mapRJFY · JMSDF Kanoya Air Base · Kanoya, Japan