Kansai International Airport facts for kids
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Kansai International Airport (関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB) is a very important airport in Japan. It is located in Osaka and serves as a major international gateway for the region. This means many planes fly in and out of Kansai from all over the world!
What makes this airport special is that it's built on an amazing artificial island. This island is located in Osaka Bay, about 38 kilometers (24 miles) southwest of Ōsaka Station. Imagine building an entire airport in the middle of the sea!
The airport first opened its doors on September 4, 1994. It covers a huge area of 1,068 hectares (about 2,639 acres). Kansai Airport has two main runways where planes take off and land. One runway is 3,500 meters (about 2.2 miles) long, and the other is 4,000 meters (about 2.5 miles) long. Both are 60 meters (about 197 feet) wide.
A Very Busy Airport
Kansai International Airport is incredibly busy! In 2011, over 13.6 million passengers traveled through the airport. Most of these passengers, about 9.9 million, were on international flights, traveling to or from other countries. The rest, about 3.7 million, were on domestic flights, traveling within Japan.
That same year, more than 53,000 planes landed or took off from Kansai Airport. This shows just how important it is for connecting Japan with the rest of the world and for travel within the country.
Related pages
Images for kids
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3rd floor boarding lobby, within the longest airport terminal in the world
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Satellite photo of Kansai Airport (lower-right island) in Osaka Bay. Kobe Airport is being built on the unfinished island near the middle of the photo. Central Osaka is in the upper-right corner, along with Osaka International.
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Airport Map
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Kansai International Airport with the terminal building in the background
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4th floor ticketing hall, illustrating the terminal's airfoil roof
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Second phase of Kansai International Airport under construction
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Kansai Airport in 2006
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Kansai International Airport's roof
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Terminal 1 Interior Escalator
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Terminal 2 departures lobby
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Terminal 2 Restricted area shops
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Kensetsu-to, the headquarters of Peach Aviation and the Kansai International Airport Land Development Co., Ltd.
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Sky Gate Bridge to the mainland
See also
In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Kansai para niños
