Kitakyushu Airport, sometimes called Kokuraminami Airport, is an airport in Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is built on an artificial island in the western Seto Inland Sea, 3 km away from the city's downtown. It opened on 16 March 2006, as New Kitakyushu Airport but was renamed in 2008.