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Kansai International Airport

Osaka, Japan

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Routes out

152

Destinations

ICAO

RJBB

Elevation

26 ft

The gateway in a glance

The Essence of Kansai International Airport

KIX

Location

Osaka · 27 · Japan

Connectivity

152 routes · 57 destinations

Position

34.427°, 135.244° · 26 ft elev.

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Japan's first offshore international airport on an artificial island.

Opened

1994

Location

Osaka, Japan

Kansai International Airport (KIX) is a major international airport serving the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan region in western Japan. Opened in 1994, it was built on a man-made island in Osaka Bay to overcome noise restrictions and land limitations on the mainland. The airport is operated by Kansai Airports and serves as a key gateway for international travel to the Kansai region. It handles tens of millions of passengers annually and offers connections to destinations across Asia, Europe, North America, and beyond. KIX is renowned for its iconic Renzo Piano-designed terminal building, celebrated for its wave-shaped roof and innovative engineering. The airport operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, making it one of the few round-the-clock international airports in Japan.

Terminals

The airport has two passenger terminals: Terminal 1 for international and some domestic flights, and Terminal 2 primarily used by low-cost carriers such as Peach Aviation.

Getting to & from

The airport is connected to central Osaka and Kyoto via the Haruka limited express train, as well as by bus services and limousine coaches to cities throughout the Kansai region.

Airlines here

Major airlines operating at KIX include Japan Airlines, ANA, Peach Aviation, Korean Air, Cathay Pacific, and numerous other international carriers.

Notable facts

›Built on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, completed using landfill over several years.
›The terminal building was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano.
›The island has sunk significantly more than originally projected due to soil compression.
›KIX operates 24 hours a day, unlike many Japanese airports restricted by noise curfews.
›A sky gate bridge connects the passenger terminals across the island's two sections.

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Route map (57 destinations)

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Airlines serving this airport

China Southern Airlines

Japan Airlines Domestic

Jetstar Airways

Korean Air

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

China Eastern Airlines

Air Caledonie International

Shandong Airlines

Singapore Airlines Cargo

Singapore Airlines

Thai Airways International

Turkish Airlines

United Airlines

Hong Kong Express Airways

Vietnam Airlines

Arcus-Air Logistic

Lineas Aereas Azteca

Routes

KIX → MNL3K · 320

KIX → TPE3K · 320

KIX → MNL5J · 320

KIX → ICN7C · 737

KIX → GMP7C · 737

KIX → HND7G · 320

KIX → PVG9C · 320

KIX → HNLAA · 777

KIX → CDGAF · 772 77W

KIX → HKGAI · 788

KIX → HELAY · 333

KIX → FCOAZ · 330

KIX → PUSBX · 321

KIX → TPEBR · 332 321

KIX → DLCCA · 738

KIX → HGHCA · 737

KIX → PVGCA · 320 330

KIX → PEKCA · 321 738

KIX → TAOCA · 763

KIX → TNACA · 738

KIX → JFKCI · 744

KIX → RMQCI · 738

KIX → KHHCI · 738

KIX → TPECI · 333 744 343

KIX → HKGCX · 333 773 744 77W 343 772

KIX → TPECX · 333 773 77W

KIX → DLCCZ · 319

KIX → HRBCZ · 319

KIX → CANCZ · 321

KIX → SHECZ · 320

KIX → KULD7 · 330

KIX → GUMDL · 752

KIX → HNLDL · 333

KIX → DXBEK · 77W

KIX → PVGFM · 321 738

KIX → TPEGE · 330 321

KIX → NRTGK · 320

KIX → CGKGA · 332

KIX → FUKGK · 320

KIX → DPSGA · 333

KIX → CTSGK · 320

KIX → OKAGK · 320

KIX → PVGHO · 320

KIX → HNLHA · 332

KIX → GMPJL · 73H

KIX → HANJL · 321

KIX → HNLJL · 777

KIX → ICNJL · 772 333 73H 773 332

KIX → CANJL · 321

KIX → CTSJL · 73H

KIX → DXBJL · 773

KIX → KULJL · 333

KIX → OOLJL · 332

KIX → PVGJL · 767 73H

KIX → SGNJL · 332

KIX → YNTJL · 320

KIX → CNSJQ · 332

KIX → CJUJL · 739

KIX → HELJL · 333

KIX → HNDJL · 73H

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A32037 routes Airbus A330-20019 routes Airbus A32116 routes Airbus A330-30015 routes Boeing 737-80014 routes Boeing 73712 routes Boeing 777-20011 routes 73H9 routes Boeing 767-3008 routes Boeing 747-4008 routes Boeing 777-3007 routes Airbus A3306 routes

Stay, Eat & Explore: Osaka

Japan's kitchen

•Dotonbori — Neon crab signs, takoyaki and the Glico runner.
•Osaka Castle — The gold-trimmed keep above cherry-tree moats.
•Universal Studios Japan — Super Nintendo World's power-up bands.
•Kuromon Ichiba Market — Wagyu skewers and uni straight from the stalls.
•Umeda Sky Building — The floating garden observatory at sunset.

Getting around: The Midosuji subway spine plus JR Loop line; Haruka express links Kansai airport. IC cards work nationwide.

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Encyclopaedia

Kansai International Airport, commonly known as Kankū is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe. It is located on the artificial island of Kankūjima (関空島), in the middle of Osaka Bay off the Honshu shore, 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano (north), Sennan (south), and Tajiri (central), in Osaka Prefecture. The airport's first airport island covers approximately 510 hectares and the second covers approximately 545 hectares, for a total of 1,055 hectares.

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