Missing airport and airport data problem in Japan

Comparing with airport traffic data stat in Japan in year 2023 (【最新】2023年度・令和5年度 日本の空港旅客数ランキング! | 未来へ羽ばたく神戸空港), there are three airports with only charter flights now missing from the game: A map from the Great Circle Mapper - Great Circle Mapper .

Also for passenger traffic data (Note that traffic in Japan haven’t fully recovered in year 2023 so it’s only for comparison against each others), there are some airports that have traffic data which seems not quite consistent with other airports in the class:

Airport ICAO Pax number Pax Class
Tokyo Haneda RJTT 80,859,391 pax 10
Tokyo Narita RJAA 33,813,616 pax 10
Osaka Kansai RJBB 25,802,058 pax 9
Fukuoka RJFF 24,937,755 pax 9
Sapporo Chitose RJCC 22,933,393 pax 9
Okinawa ROAH 19,485,893 pax 8
Osaka Itami RJOO 14,793,159 pax 8
Nagoya Chubu Centrair RJGG 9,172,903 pax 7
Kagoshima RJFK 5,549,841 pax 6
Sendai RJSS 3,550,095 pax 6
Kobe RJBE 3,443,796 pax 5
Kumamoto RJFT 3,335,476 pax 5
Miyazaki RJFM 3,067,906 pax 5
Nagasaki RJFU 2,861,852 pax 5
Matsuyama RJOM 2,831,733 pax 5
Hiroshima International RJOA 2,685,855 pax 5
Ishigaki ROIG 2,609,612 pax 5
Takamatsu RJOT 1,847,502 pax 5
Oita RJFO 1,762,278 pax 5
Miyako Shima ROMY 1,755,051 pax 4
Hakodate RJCH 1,668,031 pax 4
Kochi, JP RJOK 1,609,984 pax 4
Komatsu RJNK 1,434,708 pax 5
Okayama RJOB 1,283,730 pax 4
Akita RJSK 1,208,568 pax 4
Kita Kyushu RJFR 1,187,091 pax 4
Aomori RJSA 1,169,438 pax 4
Niigata RJSN 1,056,208 pax 4
Tokushima RJOS 1,054,468 pax 4
Asahikawa RJEC 1,049,553 pax 4
Izumo RJOC 1,015,147 pax 4
Nagoya Komaki RJNA 940,546 pax 4
Ube RJDC 869,944 pax 4
Amami O Shima RJKA 869,068 pax 4
Memanbetsu RJCM 768,046 pax 4
Ibaraki RJAH 748,396 pax 4
Kushiro RJCK 727,151 pax 4
Obihiro RJCB 651,197 pax 4
Yonago RJOH 575,173 pax 4
Saga RJFS 532,259 pax 4
Shizuoka RJNS 525,631 pax 4
Hanamaki RJSI 483,044 pax 4
Iwakuni RJOI 474,004 pax 4
Sapporo Okadama RJCO 438,612 pax 3
Shimojishima RORS 424,286 pax 1
Tottori RJOR 375,803 pax 4
Toyama RJNT 370,524 pax 4
Yamagata RJSC 365,730 pax 4
Shonai RJSY 348,101 pax 4
Misawa RJSM 330,278 pax 3
Matsumoto RJAF 256,740 pax 3
Tsushima RJDT 251,845 pax 4
Fukushima RJSF 232,217 pax 3
Nanki Shirahama RJBD 229,703 pax 3
Kumejima ROKJ 220,176 pax 3
Hachijojima RJTH 206,080 pax 4
Tokunoshima RJKN 204,078 pax 3
Yakushima RJFC 197,804 pax 3
Nakashibetsu RJCN 197,372 pax 3
Odate Noshiro RJSR 177,025 pax 2
Fukue RJFE 174,819 pax 4
Wakkanai RJCW 171,241 pax 3
Iwami RJOW 133,564 pax 3
Wajima Noto RJNW 115,121 pax 2
Yonaguni Jima ROYN 114,117 pax 2
Okino Erabu RJKB 113,187 pax 2
Tanegashima RJFG 110,023 pax 3
Tokyo Chofu RJTF 105,983 pax 1
Yoronjima RORY 88,106 pax 2
Kikaiga Shima RJKI 83,613 pax 2
Oki RJNO 70,580 pax 2
Monbetsu RJEB 66,428 pax 2
Rishiri RJER 54,986 pax 2
Minamidaito ROMD 49,212 pax 1
Taramajima RORT 44,485 pax 2
Amakusa RJDA 44,437 pax 1
Toyooka RJBT 38,732 pax 1
Iki RJDB 34,828 pax 2
Niijima RJAN 34,173 pax 1
Miyakejima RJTQ 31,062 pax 3
Kitadaito RORK 27,688 pax 1
Kozujima RJAZ 26,483 pax 1
Oshima RJTO 25,006 pax 2
Okushiri RJEO 15,690 pax 1
Aguni RORA 1,245 pax 1
Iejima RORE 504 N/A
Hateruma RORH 191 pax 1
Kerama ROKR 122 pax 1
Kohnan RJBK 19 N/A
Oita kenou ? 2 N/A
Sado Shima RJSD 0 pax 1

Note that, Shimojishima airport have attracted numerous airlines in the past decade and now have multiple scheduled domestic and international flights everyday. While Komatsu airport have see traffic drop since opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen to Kanazawa last decade. With the Hokuriku Shinkansen further extended in the region and its effect on the airport need further observation.

In addition, according to various other sources, while not included in the national traffic data stat above, Suwanosejima airfield is an airfield in Japan that have scheduled charter to KOJ by New Japan Aviation on Cessna 172 since 2022, and the airlines also operated Cessna 172 flights to Satsumaiojima Airfield but paused since 2023 due to poor runway condition there as per Wikipedia.

A minimum requirement for an airport to be present in AirlineSim is that it has an IATA code, which for those airfields isn’t the case, I think.

We also typically only add airports that have regular scheduled traffic or considerable, almost-scheduled amounts of charter traffic. Although that rule is a bit softer than the one about the IATA codes.

That said, @koenc86 does update demand data on a per-country basis every now and then, so once he gets around to Japan one day, I am sure your stats will come in handy.

Iejima’s IATA code is IEJ. Which according to my understanding, used to have regular flight several decades ago but not now, despite there are currently new movements to look for new operator to fly flights into the airport regularly.

Edit: Also, not mentioned in previous post but there is also Rebun airport (IATA: RBJ) that used to have some amount of schedule flight, but have been in hibernation since year 2003.