Airports / Japan / RJST
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
21 nm
To the nearest alternate
Sendai Airport (SDJ) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
JASDF Matsushima Air Base (RJST) sits in Ishinomaki, Japan, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 7 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 RJST for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Sendai Airport (SDJ, 21 nm), Yamagata Airport (GAJ, 40 nm), and Iwate Hanamaki Airport (HNA, 62 nm).
Charter pricing from RJST depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under 松島飛行場 and 松島基地. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Ishinomaki.
Field capability
ICAO
RJST
IATA
—
FAA / Local
RJST
Elevation
7 ft
Coordinates
38.4049° N · 141.2200° 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 7 ft, RJST sits lower than 96% 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.
- 21nmSDJSendai AirportNatori
- 40nmGAJYamagata AirportHigashine
- 62nmHNAIwate Hanamaki AirportHanamaki
- 72nmSYOShonai AirportShonai
- 80nmFKSFukushima AirportSukagawa
- 86nmAXTAkita AirportAkita
Location
Open the full mapRJST · JASDF Matsushima Air Base · Ishinomaki, Japan