Chubu Centrair International Airport

Chubu Centrair International Airport

中部国際空港

Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō
Aerial photo from 2009, before Terminal 2 and the Flight of Dreams were built
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCentral Japan International Airport Co., Ltd. (CJIAC)
ServesChūkyō metropolitan area
LocationTokoname, Aichi, Japan
Opened17 February 2005 (2005-02-17)
Focus city for
Operating base forJetstar Japan
Elevation AMSL12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates34°51′30″N 136°48′19″E / 34.85833°N 136.80528°E / 34.85833; 136.80528
Websitewww.centrair.jp
Maps
Map
NGO/RJGG is located in Aichi Prefecture
NGO/RJGG
NGO/RJGG
Location in Aichi Prefecture
NGO/RJGG is located in Japan
NGO/RJGG
NGO/RJGG
Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 3,500 11,483 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers12,043,636
Cargo (metric tonnes)199,140
Aircraft movement96,591

Chubu Centrair International Airport (中部国際空港, Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: NGO, ICAO: RJGG) is an international airport on an artificial island (which also houses the Aichi International Exhibition Center) in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, 35 km (22 mi) south of Nagoya in central Japan.[2] The airport covers about 470 hectares (1,161 acres) of land and has one 3,500 m (11,500 ft) runway.[3]

Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chubu ("central") region of Japan. The name "Centrair" (セントレア, Sentorea) is an abbreviation of Central Japan International Airport, an alternate translation used in the English name of the airport's operating company, Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd. (中部国際空港株式会社, Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō Kabushiki-gaisha).

12.35 million people used the airport in 2018, ranking 8th busiest in the nation, and 212,797 tons of cargo was moved in 2018.

In 2019, the airport was ranked the fifth-best airport in the world by Startrax’s World’s Top Airports 100, and received the World’s Best Regional Airport and the Best Regional Airport in Asia.

  1. ^ "Chubu International Airport" (PDF). Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. ^ AIS Japan
  3. ^ "Chubu International Airport Specs and Stats". mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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