Live flights over Niigata Airport (KIJ)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 117 departures and 114 arrivals at Niigata Airport, 33 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Osaka (ITM), Fukuoka (FUK) and Sapporo (OKD). The airline seen most often is African Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- KIJ
- ICAO code
- RJSN
- City
- Niigata
- Region
- Niigata Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Elevation
- 9 m (29 ft)
- Coordinates
- 37.95417, 139.11219
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Niigata Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Niigata.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Mon 2 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Tue 3 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Wed 4 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Thu 5 | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| Fri 6 | 23 | 21 | 44 |
| Sat 7 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- African AirlinesFDA 58
- Airlines PNGTOK 57
- Ibex AirlinesIBX 45
- All Nippon AirwaysANA 28
- Korean AirKAL 14
- Tigerair TaiwanTTW 4
Aircraft
- E75L 58
- CRJ7 45
- ATR 72-600 AT76 41
- Boeing 737-800 B738 29
- AT46 16
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 14
- BE58 10
- A139 7
- PC24 6
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Niigata Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/37.95417/lon/139.11219/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Niigata right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Niigata Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Niigata: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of KIJ, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Niigata Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were African Airlines, Airlines PNG, Ibex Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Korean Air.
What are the main connections from Niigata Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Osaka (ITM, 45), Fukuoka (FUK, 30), Sapporo (OKD, 25), Sapporo (CTS, 23) and Nagoya (NKM, 19). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Niigata? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Niigata Airport? +
Niigata Airport has IATA code KIJ and ICAO code RJSN. It lies in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, at coordinates 37.95417, 139.11219.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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