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Kansai International Airport
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Kansai Kokusai Kuko
IATA: KIX ? ICAO: RJBB
Summary
Airport type
Public
Operator
Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Serves
Osaka
Location
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Elevation AMSL
49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates
34°26'05?N 135°14'39?E? / ?34.43472, 135.24417
Website
www.kiac.co.jp
Runways
Direction
Length
Surface
ft
m
6R/24L
11,400
3,500
Paved
6L/24R
13,123
4,000
Paved
Statistics (FY2006)
Aircraft Movements
116,475[1]
Passenger Movements
16,689,658[1]
Freight Volume
802,162 t[1]
Kansai International Airport (??????, Kansai Kokusai Kuko?) (IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB) is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off the shore of the cities of Sennan and Izumisano and the town of Tajiri in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. (It should not be confused with Osaka International Airport, which is closer to the city and now handles only domestic flights.) It was ranked 4th overall in the Airport of the Year 2006 awards named by Skytrax, next to Singapore Changi Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and Munich International Airport.
It is colloquially known as ?? (Kanku, ???) in Japanese. During FY 2006, KIX, which serves the city of Osaka, had 116,475 aircraft movements, of which 73,860 were international (31 countries, 71 cities), and 42,615 were domestic (19 cities). The total number of passengers was 16,689,658 of which 11,229,444 were international, and 5,460,214 were domestic. Freight volume was at 802,162 tonnes total, of which 757,414 t were international (18th in the world), and 44,748 t were domestic.[1] The 4,000 meter runway 2 was opened on August 2, 2007. Kansai Airport has become an Asian hub, with 499 weekly flights to Asia, 66 weekly flights to Europe and the Middle East, and 35 weekly flights to North America.
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