Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX)

Description: Kansai International Airport (関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: ... more

Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX) ... KIX, ICAO: RJBB) is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off the shore of Sennan district of Osaka, Japan. It is colloquially known as Osaka Airport in English, and as 関空 (Kankū, 関空?) in Japanese. During FY 2005, KIX had 112,579 aircraft movements, of which 72,251 were international, and 40,328 were domestic. The total number of passengers was 16,428,399 of which 11,139,336 were international, and 5,289,063 were domestic. Freight volume was at 843,368 tonnes total, of which 800,555 t were international, and 42,813 t were domestic.

Newest Review: ... of the airport and runway could be completed and this is the part of Kansai Airport which will amaze most visitors. Coming into land you will be shocked as it looks like the plane is going to land on the water right up to the last moment as land appears and the plane touches the runway. Arriving at the airport you will have to go through customs. This involves filling in a temporary visa, ... more

... much the same as some of you might have filled in for other destinations. This should be handed to the customs clerk with your passport when requested. Just a word of note. You will have to queue to see the customs clerk and there is a yellow line...more

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Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX): Gate way to central Japan (1491 words)
by - written on 03/03/02 (Very useful, 369 readings)
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Every time I go to Japan I pass through what to me is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan. During the late 1960s the Osaka Prefecture government had a little problem in that their present airport was nearing full capacity and the expansion of the present airport was a physical impossibility as due to the present airport being totally land locked. Also the people of Osaka didn't want the airport within the city to be any bigger fearing noise pollution or the potential of a large disaster befalling the city. So in the late 1960 the Japanese Government began looking for suitable ... Read the complete review

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