Okayama Momotaro Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Okayama, Okayama Prefecture (Japan)

IATA: OKJ ICAO: RJOB

Longest Active Runway

9,843 ft

3,000 meters

Field Elevation

806 ft

246 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

34.7569°, 133.8550°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #603 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#1,144 of 7558

Top 15.9% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (Japan)

tied #6 of 7 in JP

same length as CTS · #9 of 96 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

-1.6%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 OKJ in numbers: 9,843 ft longest runway · tied #603 of 650 published · #1,144 of 7,558 worldwide (top 15.9%) · tied #6 in Japan.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

OKJ lies at 246 m (806 ft), #216 of 650 published airports by elevation and 61.8 percentile among 7,558 worldwide. It is 724 ft above the Japan median (82 ft, 7 airports) and the highest published airport in the country.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

1 Qualifying Aerodrome in Vicinity

Closest of 1 paved-runway (≥5,000 ft) neighbour within 100 NM: Kansai International Airport (KIX), 71.4 NM, 13,123 ft. KIX has the radius's longest runway, 3,280 ft more than OKJ.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 9,843 ft (3,000 m)

OKJ runway: 07/25 9,843 × 150 ft asphalt (asp). National standing: tied #6 of 7 in Japan with CTS at 9,843 ft; KIX leads by 3,280 ft (13,123 ft). −1.6% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
07/25	9,843 ft (3000 m / 3.000 km)	150 ft (46m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name	IATA	Distance	Longest Runway	Lighting
Kansai International Airport (Osaka)	`KIX`	71.4 NM (132.2 km)	13,123 ft	✅ Lighted

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →