Kitakyushu Airport

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The new Kitakyushu Airport (Japanese新 北九州 空港, Shin- Kitakyushu Kuko ) was built on an artificial island east of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, and took over from the 16th March 2006 the old, much smaller airport from. From the airport from new, larger aircraft can now operate, also the airport is open 24 hours a day. The previous airport from Kitakyushu has now been decommissioned. The new Kitakyushu Airport is considered by the Japanese as a second class airport legislation.

Airlines and destinations

Largest airline in place is the Star Flyer was only founded in 2002. An Airbus A320 -200 based in Kitakyushu airline continued as the first airliner on 8 February 2006 on the runway, three months later the line operating to Tokyo Haneda was taken.

Reason for the construction

The old airport in Kitakyushu had an unfavorable situation because it was close to residential areas and in a valley, and no consistent operation (only from 7:00 bis 22:00 clock ) enabled. In addition, he offered a landing opportunity because of its small airstrip of 1,600 meters only small aircraft. The lack of space made ​​an enlargement impossible. Because of these restrictions in the late 1970s, demands for a new airport came up elsewhere. Lack space on the land for a new airport decided to finally, this east of the city on the sea to build on an artificial island. 1994 began construction of the artificial island - after the Kansai airport and the airport Chubu Airport, the third project of its kind in Japan.

Statistics

Until August 2, 2006 more than 1 million passengers were counted on January 5, 2007, the 2 million limit has been exceeded.