New Chitose Airport
新 千 歳 空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | RJCC |
IATA code | CTS |
Coordinates | |
Height above MSL | 25 m (82 ft ) |
Transport links | |
Distance from the city center | 45 km south of Sapporo |
Basic data | |
opening | July 20, 1988 |
operator | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
Terminals | 2 |
Passengers | 18,390,233 (2006) |
Air freight | 266,913 t (2006) |
Flight movements |
99,854 (2006) |
Runways | |
01R / 19L | 2999 m × 61 m asphalt |
01L / 19R | 2999 m × 61 m asphalt |
The New Chitose Airport ( japanese 新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kuko ) is a regional airport in the Japanese city of Chitose in the prefecture of Hokkaido and is located about six kilometers south of the city center. According to Japanese law, it is classified as a 2nd class airport and has a passenger volume of around 18 million passengers a year.
history
New Chitose opened in 1991 to replace the old Chitose Airport, which is now a JASDF base. Its IATA code was originally SPK, but it was later converted to the city code CTS. The smaller Okadama Airport in Sapporo has the IATA code OKD.
New Chitose became the first Japanese airport to be open 24 hours a day in 1994. During the 1990s the airport was called "international" and had regular connections to Europe and Oceania . Today the connections to Europe have ended.
The earthquake on September 6, 2018 caused damage to the check-in counters. All flights to and from the airport were canceled that day, national connections were served again the next day, international flights on September 8th.
Construction of the airport
New Chitose Airport is in close proximity to its predecessor airport. The runway system is also connected to that of the old airport. The airport's two runways are to the east of the terminal (center building). There is a small freight terminal to the north and a new international terminal with five gates was built in the west of the terminal , which is connected to the center building via a connecting corridor. This is located on the side of the old Chitose Airport. This old Chitose airport also has two parallel runways. In the north-west of the old Chitose Airport there is a JASDF air force base. It is the home base of Japanese Air Force One . Opposite this base, on the other side of the old runways (these are now only in use by the JASDF), there are hangars (for the ANA, among others ).
Airlines and Destinations
The Terminal 1 is served by Japan Airlines , All Nippon Airways , ANA Wings , Air Do , Skymark , Fuji Dream Airlines , Peach Aviation , Jetstar Japan and Vanilla Air .
The International Terminal is served by Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Korean Air , United Airlines , Aurora Airlines , China Eastern Airlines , Cathay Pacific , EVA Air , China Airlines , Air China , Jin Air , Hawaiian Airlines , Thai Airways International , T ' way Airlines , Spring Airlines , Hong Kong Airlines , AirAsia X , Tianjin Airlines and Air Busan .
Domestically, there are mainly connections to Tokyo-Haneda , Osaka-Kansai and Tokyo-Narita . Outside of Japan, mainly Asian airports such as Taiwan Taoyuan , Incheon or Hong Kong are served. There are also flights to Guam , Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Honolulu .
Transport links
The airport can be reached by rail via the Chitose Line . The New Chitose Airport Train Station is located below the domestic terminal . From there, there are express trains to Sapporo every 15 minutes (every second train continues to Otaru ). The airport is also served by numerous regional and long-distance bus routes.
Web links
- Airport website (Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (English)
- ↑ a b c Worldwide Airport Traffic Statistics 2006. (PDF; 720 kB) Airports Council International , December 2006, archived from the original on October 8, 2007 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
- ^ Transportation services resume in quake hit Hokkaido. In: Asahi Shimbun . September 7, 2018, accessed September 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Commissioned Airlines | Domestic , accessed April 2, 2016
- ↑ Commissioned Airlines | International (English), accessed April 2, 2016