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Kansai International Airport (Japanese: 関西国際空港, romanized: Kansai Kokusai Kūkō), commonly known as Kankū (Japanese: 関空) (IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB), is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe.
Nagasaki Airport (長崎空港, Nagasaki Kūkō) (IATA: NGS, ICAO: RJFU) is an airport located off the coast of Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.The airport was the first airport in the world to be built on the ocean, using an existing small island located in the center of Ōmura Bay, with land areas that were fully reclaimed.
Mobile offshore base mobile mode Mobile offshore base stationary mode. A floating airport is an airport built and situated on a very large floating structure (VLFS) located many miles out at sea utilizing a flotation type of device or devices such as pneumatic stabilized platform (PSP) technology.
Osaka's first airport began as seaplane base around 1923 and became a full airport in 1929. [5] At the peak in 1938 handled 8,800 departures and arrivals and 10,000 passengers. [ 6 ] Closed in 1938 when Itami Airport opened.
Oita Airport (大分空港, Ōita Kūkō) (IATA: OIT, ICAO: RJFO) is an international airport in Kunisaki City, Ōita Prefecture Japan, 16 NM (30 km; 18 mi) northeast [2] of Ōita City. Oita Airport is an offshore airport built on reclaimed coastal waters off the Kunisaki Peninsula. It opened as New Oita Airport in 1971 as a replacement for the ...
The terminal also includes a 24-hour food court, which is the largest airport food court in Japan, and two multifaith prayer rooms. It was built at a cost of 15 billion yen and covers 66,000 m 2 (710,000 sq ft) of floor space. [61] [52] Terminal 3 is voted 2024 best terminal for low-cost airlines in Asia and 2nd overall in the world by Skytrax ...
New Ishigaki Airport replaces Ishigaki Airport, which was originally built during World War II as a military airstrip by the Imperial Japanese Army. [Note 2] [12] [11] Korean laborers were used for the construction of the military airstrip. [14] The airstrip was built in the Maezato and Ōhama districts of Ishigaki, and opened in September 1942.
The airport is bisected by the Shuto Expressway Bayshore Route and Japan National Route 357, while Shuto Expressway Route 1 and Tokyo Metropolitan Route 311 (Kampachi-dori Ave) run along the western perimeter. Tamagawa Sky Bridge connects the airport with Japan National Route 409 and Shuto Expressway Route K6 to the southwest across Tama River.