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 Japanese airport in Osaka. It is an international airport for the region.
The airport is on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Ōsaka Station.
It opened 4 September 1994, and the gross area is 1,068ha. This airport has two runways. One is 3500m×60m, and the other is 4000×60m. In 2011, the total number of passengers was 13,651,184 (9,902,449 were international and 3,748,735 were domestic), and of landing was 53,899 (38,252 were international and 15,647 were domestic).
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
