Kobe Airport

Kobe Airport (RJBE) is a medium airport in Kobe, Japan. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code RJBE or IATA code UKB. It sits in Asia.

Kobe Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

Kobe Airport sits near sea level at 22 ft.

Local operations run on Asia/Tokyo. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

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Kobe Airport is a primarily domestic airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Sannomiya Station, Japan. Opened on February 16, 2006, it primarily handles domestic flights. International flights to destinations within China, South Korea and Taiwan, started in April 2025. The airport can also accommodate international charter flights. In the first year of operation (2006), the airport handled 2,697,000 passengers with an average load factor of 61.1%. In 2017, it handled 3,071,974 passengers with an average load factor of 79.4%. In the fiscal year covering April 2022 to March 2023, UKB had a passenger throughput of 3,109,151. The island airport covers just 156 hectares of land.