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Niigata Airport

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Niigata Airport

Summary

Niigata Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 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 located in time zone is recorded as Asia/Tokyo[14].
  • Niigata Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Osaka International Airport[15].
  • Niigata Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as New Chitose Airport[16].
  • Niigata Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Chubu Centrair International Airport[17].
  • Niigata Airport's runway is recorded as 04/22[18].
  • Niigata Airport's runway is recorded as 10/28[19].
  • +1929-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Niigata Airport[20].
  • Niigata Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.955833333333, 'lon': 139.11166666667}[21].
  • Niigata Airport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Niigata Airport[22].
  • Niigata Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Niigata[23].
  • Niigata Airport's date of official opening is recorded as +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z[24].
  • Niigata Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[25].
  • Niigata Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': 37.9559, 'lon': 139.121}[26].
  • Niigata Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+1268123'}[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 {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}[25].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

+1929-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Niigata Airport[20]. Niigata is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Niigata Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (68 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: 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.

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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. 28d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Niigata Prefecture, Niigata, Chūbu region
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 37.955833333333, 'lon': 139.11166666667}
    Named after → —
    Located in time zone → Asia/Tokyo
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "RJSN"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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