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Yamagata airport (Japan)
Yamagata airport is located near Yamagata, with Jimmachi at 1mi↑, Higashine at 2mi↑, Tendo at 4mi↑, Motodate at 6mi↑, Sagae at 6mi↑, Yamanobe at 10mi↑, Kasumichō at 11mi↑, Yamagata-shi at 12mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Japan and Southernmost airports in Japan
→ See also airports in Japan
aerial view of Yamagata airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : RJSC
- IATA code : GAJ
- Local code : -
Elevation : 108 m = 354ft
→ See also Highest airports in Japan and Lowest airports in Japan
Runways
- runway 01/19 : 1999m = 6558ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Japan
Coming to Yamagata airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Yamagata airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Sendai airport at 35mi : book on Trip.com
- Shonai airport at 42mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Yamagata airport RJSC GAJ
METAR for Yamagata airport RJSC GAJ
RJSC 302300Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW005 BKN/// 08/06 Q1022
Decoded METAR for Yamagata airport RJSC GAJ
METAR issued by RJSC on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 23:00 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 25 hours and -1381 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 8°C = 46°F, dew point is 6°C = 43°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87 %.
QNH is 1022hPa = 30.18inHg
Wind 4km/h = 2kt, direction is °.
Clouds : few clouds at 500ft = 150m. broken at 0ft = 0m.
No TAF for Yamagata airport
but aviation weather is available at Sendai airport (RJSS) at 35mi↑
NOTAM for Yamagata airport
Around Yamagata airport (Japan)
near
- Hotels in Jimmachi
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 1284mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 5763mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 5763mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 5785mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 5805mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 5806mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 5809mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 5812mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 5813mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 5814mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 5814mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 5815mi↑
- for Yamagata airport at 0mi↑
- for JGSDF Camp Jinmachi airport at 1mi↑
- for Mizunobe Training Center Emergency airport at 3mi↑
nearest airports to Yamagata airport (Japan)
- JGSDF Camp Jinmachi heliport ( JP-2214) at 1mi↑
- Mizunobe Training Center Emergency heliport ( JP-2400) at 3mi↑
- Sagae Gliderfield airport ( JP-1370) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Nippi airport ( JP-1369) at 7mi↑defunct airport
- Yonaza Airstrip airport ( JP-1371) at 7mi↑defunct airport
- Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital heliport ( JP-1366) at 8mi↑
- Yamagata Tokushukai Hospital heliport ( JP-1367) at 11mi↑
- Tamanohara airport ( JP-0867) at 14mi↑defunct airport
- Izumigatake Paragliding School airport ( JP-3127) at 19mi↑
- Minamiyama airport ( JP-2547) at 20mi↑defunct airport
- Shirataka Aero Park / Mutsumi airport ( JP-0600) at 24mi↑
- Ojojihara airport ( JP-1270) at 27mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in Japan
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap