Home › Entities › airport › Niigata Airport

Niigata Airport

airport
Place airport Q1197536
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Niigata Airport

Summary

Niigata Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,691 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Niigata Airport is located in Niigata Prefecture[3].
  • Niigata Airport is located in Niigata[4].
  • Niigata Airport is located in Chūbu region[5].
  • Niigata Airport is in the country of Japan[6].
  • Niigata Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[7].
  • Niigata Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[8].
  • Niigata Airport is operated by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[9].
  • Niigata is named after Niigata Airport[10].
  • Niigata Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as KIJ[11].
  • Niigata Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as RJSN[12].
  • Niigata Airport's Commons category is recorded as Niigata Airport[13].
  • Niigata Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Osaka International Airport[14].
  • Niigata Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as New Chitose Airport[15].
  • Niigata Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Chubu Centrair International Airport[16].
  • Niigata Airport's runway is recorded as 04/22[17].
  • Niigata Airport's runway is recorded as 10/28[18].
  • January 1, 1929 marks the founding of Niigata Airport[19].
  • Niigata Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 37.955833333333, 'longitude': 139.11166666667}[20].
  • Niigata Airport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Niigata Airport[21].
  • Niigata Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Niigata[22].
  • Niigata Airport's date of official opening is recorded as 1930[23].
  • Niigata Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+2'}[24].
  • Niigata Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'latitude': 37.9559, 'longitude': 139.121}[25].
  • Niigata Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+1268123'}[26].
  • Niigata Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+1257964'}[27].

Body

Geography

Niigata Airport is in the country of Japan[6]. Located in include Niigata Prefecture[3], a prefecture of Japan[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1870[30]; Niigata[4], a city designated by government ordinance[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1889[33]; and Chūbu region[5], a region of Japan[34], in Japan[35].

Physical Characteristics

Niigata Airport sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+2'}[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[7] and commercial traffic aerodrome[8].

History and Context

January 1, 1929 marks the founding of Niigata Airport[19]. Niigata is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Niigata Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,691 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Japan

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Niigata Airport. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/niigata-airport
MLA “Niigata Airport.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 4 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/niigata-airport.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_niigata-airport_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Niigata Airport}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/niigata-airport}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-04}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Niigata Airport — https://4ort.xyz/entity/niigata-airport (retrieved 2026-10-04)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/niigata-airport · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 21w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Chūbu region
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 37.955833333333, 'longitude': 139.11166666667}
    Named after → —
    Located in time zone → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "RJSN"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.