Kansai Int'l Airport

Kansai International Airport 関西国際空港 Kansai Kokusai Kūkō
IATA: KIX ICAO: RJBB WMO: 47774
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Kansai Airports
Serves	Greater Osaka Area
Location	Izumisano, Sennan, & Tajiri Osaka, Japan
Hub for	All Nippon Airways FedEx Express Japan Airlines Jetstar Japan Nippon Cargo Airlines Peach
Elevation AMSL	5 m / 17 ft
Coordinates	34°26′03″N 135°13′58″E / 34.43417°N 135.23278°E / 34.43417; 135.23278Coordinates: 34°26′03″N 135°13′58″E / 34.43417°N 135.23278°E / 34.43417; 135.23278
Website	www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp
Map
KIX RJBB Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06R/24L 3,500 11,483 Asphalt concrete 06L/24R 4,000 13,123 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft movements 163,506 ( 15%) Passenger movements 23,214,756 ( 20%) International passenger movements 16,250,323 ( 24%) Freight volume in tonnes 719,331 ( 0.5%) International Freight volume in tonnes 697,374 ( 10%)
Statistics from New Kansai International Airport Company, Ltd.

Aircraft movements	163,506 ( 15%)
Passenger movements	23,214,756 ( 20%)
International passenger movements	16,250,323 ( 24%)
Freight volume in tonnes	719,331 ( 0.5%)
International Freight volume in tonnes	697,374 ( 10%)

Kansai International Airport (関西国際空港, Kansai Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB) is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Ōsaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano (north),Sennan (south), and Tajiri (central), in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The airport is off the Honshu shore and was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. The airport serves as an international hub for All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Nippon Cargo Airlines, and also serves as a hub for Peach, the first international low-cost carrier in Japan.

It is colloquially known as Kankū (関空) in Japanese.

Kansai opened 4 September 1994 to relieve overcrowding at Osaka International Airport, which is closer to the city of Osaka and now handles only domestic flights. In 2016, 25.2 million passengers used the airport making it the 30th busiest airport in Asia and 3rd busiest in Japan. 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. The 4,000 m × 60 m (13,123 ft × 197 ft) second runway was opened on 2 August 2007. As of June 2014^[update], Kansai Airport has become an Asian hub, with 780 weekly flights to Asia and Australasia (including freight 119), 59 weekly flights to Europe and the Middle East (freight 5), and 80 weekly flights to North America (freight 42).