Airport · Japan
Asahikawa Airport
- Codes
- AKJ · RJEC
- Serves
- Asahikawa
- 13 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 220 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,499 m
- From DXB
- 7,880 km
- 10 hrs · Estimate
Facts
AKJ at a glance
- Codes
- IATA AKJICAO RJEC
- Size
- Medium
- To the city centre
- 13 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 220 m (721 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,499 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Asahikawa, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
AKJ from the UAE
From DXBAKJ
7,880 km
10 hrs · Estimate
From AUHAKJ
7,990 km
10 hrs 10 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near AKJ
- MBEMonbetsu AirportMedium · Mombetsu104 km away
- OKDSapporo Okadama AirportMedium · Sapporo106 km away
- CTSNew Chitose AirportLarge · Sapporo117 km away
- OBOTokachi-Obihiro AirportMedium · Obihiro121 km away
- MMBMemanbetsu AirportMedium · Motomachi140 km away
- KUHKushiro AirportMedium · Kushiro158 km away
- WKJWakkanai AirportMedium · Wakkanai199 km away
- RISRishiri AirportMedium · Wakkanai201 km away
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Asia/Tokyo
- Country
- Japan
- Currency
- Japanese Yen JPYToday's indicative rate: JPY 100 ≈ USD 0.633Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type A and B100 V · 50 Hz / 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110police119ambulance and fire118coast guardOfficial source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Japan and Japan Coast Guard. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +81 · On the left
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Flights
Flights to or from AKJ
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