New Chitose Airport

"Sapporo Airport" redirects here. For Sapporo's smaller airport, see Okadama Airport.
For the military use of this facility, see Chitose Air Base.
New Chitose Airport

新千歳空港

Shin-Chitose Kūkō
New Chitose Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
OperatorHokkaido Airports [ja]
ServesSapporo metropolitan area
LocationChitose and Tomakomai
OpenedJuly 20, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-07-20)
Focus city for
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates42°46′31″N 141°41′33″E / 42.77528°N 141.69250°E / 42.77528; 141.69250
Websitewww.hokkaido-airports.com/en/new-chitose/
Map
CTS/RJCC is located in Hokkaido
CTS/RJCC
CTS/RJCC
Location in Hokkaido
CTS/RJCC is located in Japan
CTS/RJCC
CTS/RJCC
Location in Japan
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01R/19L 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/concrete
01L/19R 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/concrete
18R/36L[1] 2,700 8,858 Concrete
18L/36R[1] 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Statistics (2017 = One of Mostly domestic terminal airport in Japan)
Passengers22,718,612
Cargo (metric tonnes)216,812
Aircraft movement150,620

New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港, Shin-Chitose Kūkō) (IATA: CTS, ICAO: RJCC) is an international airport located 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south-southeast of Chitose[3] and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By both traffic and land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō.

It is adjacent to Chitose Air Base, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base which houses F-15 Eagle fighter jets, the Japanese Air Force One government aircraft and a number of smaller emergency response aircraft and helicopters. Chitose and New Chitose have separate runways but are interconnected by taxiways, and aircraft at either facility can enter the other by ground if permitted; the runways at Chitose are occasionally used to relieve runway closures at New Chitose due to winter weather.

New Chitose Airport is one of six 24-hour airports in Japan, but it is the only inland airport.

As of 2018, it was the fifth-busiest airport in Japan, serving 23.7 million passengers, and ranked 64th in the world in terms of passengers carried.[4] The 819 km (509 mi) Sapporo–Tokyo Haneda route is the second busiest air route in the world, with 9.7 million passengers carried in 2018.[5]

The airport continues to upgrade its facilities to accommodate the growing number of passengers, and Skytrax has it ranked 49th in the top 100 airports in the world in 2024, jump up from 102nd the previous year. As a result, the airport was awarded Skytrax's World's Most Improved Airport for 2024.[citation needed]

History

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New Chitose opened on July 20, 1988 to replace the adjacent Chitose Airport, a joint-use facility which had served passenger flights since 1963.[6] The airport's IATA airport code was originally SPK. This code was later adopted as a city code to refer to both New Chitose and the smaller Okadama Airport in central Sapporo, which handles commuter flights within Hokkaido.

New Chitose became Japan's first 24-hour airport in 1994.[citation needed] Services between 10 PM and 7 AM are currently limited to six flights per day due to noise alleviation concerns. Four of these slots are currently used by passenger flights to Tokyo while the other two are used by cargo flights.

New Chitose previously had long-haul service to Amsterdam (KLM, 1997–2002), Cairns (Qantas, 1992–1998 and 2004–2007) and Honolulu (JALWays, 1992–2003, Hawaiian Airlines since 2012). Service to Europe resumed when Finnair launched a new weekly flight to Helsinki from 15 December 2019. Finnair was the unique company to provide direct and scheduled flights between Sapporo and Europe.[7] International services are mainly for transporting tourists from the rest of Asia and for sightseeing and skiing. The area surrounding gates 0 through 2, on the north end of the main terminal, was a sterile area for international flights until the international terminal opened for service on March 26, 2010.

The airport was upgraded with additional private aircraft handling facilities for the 34th G8 summit, held in Hokkaido in 2008.

Due to the airport's sharing of air traffic control with Chitose Air Base, daytime civil operations are limited to 32 takeoffs and landings per hour, and operations by certain foreign aircraft (including Chinese and Russian aircraft) are prohibited on Mondays and Thursdays. These restrictions were scheduled to be eased in March 2017.[8] A second terminal is being built roughly doubling the existing terminal and capacity, scheduled to be complete by August 2019.[9]

  • Airport diagram before the opening of the International Terminal. Civil flights use the parallel runways to the southeast; JASDF flights use the parallel runways to the northwest.
    Airport diagram before the opening of the International Terminal. Civil flights use the parallel runways to the southeast; JASDF flights use the parallel runways to the northwest.
  • Terminal building
    Terminal building
  • Domestic terminal atrium
    Domestic terminal atrium
  • International terminal
    International terminal
  • International departures area
    International departures area
  • A map of Hokkaido consisting of Sapporo ramen bowls inside of the terminal.
    A map of Hokkaido consisting of Sapporo ramen bowls inside of the terminal.
  • F-15J at Chitose Air Base (2010)
    F-15J at Chitose Air Base (2010)

Statistics

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Annual passenger traffic at CTS airport. See Wikidata query.

Operations

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Aerial view of New Chitose Airport

The airport has a semicircular domestic terminal (reminiscent of the semicircular terminals at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) with eighteen gates, and a smaller international terminal with six gates.

Operating hours for international flights at CTS are restricted by the Japanese government in order to avoid interference with JASDF operations at the adjacent air base. As of April 2012, international flights are permitted on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 4 pm, and from 5 pm on Friday through 11:59 pm on Sunday.[10]

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
Aero K Cheongju (begins 28 November 2024)[11]
AirAsia X Kuala Lumpur–International
Air Busan Busan, Seoul–Incheon[12]
Air China Beijing–Capital
Air Do Fukuoka,[13] Kobe, Nagoya–Centrair, Sendai, Tokyo–Haneda
Air Seoul Seoul–Incheon
All Nippon Airways Fukuoka, Kobe, Komatsu, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita[14]
Seasonal: Naha
ANA Wings Akita, Aomori, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hakodate, Hiroshima, Kushiro, Memanbetsu, Nagoya–Centrair, Nakashibetsu, Niigata, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Sendai, Toyama, Wakkanai
Seasonal: Kobe, Okayama, Rishiri, Shizuoka[15]
Asiana Airlines Seoul–Incheon[16]
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong[17]
Cebu Pacific Manila (begins 16 January 2025)[18]
China Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong[19]
Eastar Jet Seoul–Incheon[20]
EVA Air Taipei–Taoyuan
Fuji Dream Airlines Matsumoto, Shizuoka, Yamagata
Greater Bay Airlines Hong Kong (begins 20 December 2024)[21]
Hainan Airlines Hangzhou[22]
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong
Ibex Airlines Sendai
J-Air Aomori, Hanamaki, Kagoshima, Memanbetsu, Niigata, Osaka–Itami, Sendai
Seasonal: Izumo, Kitakyushu
Japan Airlines Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda
Jeju Air Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Seasonal: Muan
Jetstar Japan Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita
Jin Air Busan,[23] Seoul–Incheon
Juneyao Air Shanghai–Pudong[24]
Korean Air Seoul–Incheon[citation needed]
Peach Fukuoka,[25] Nagoya–Centrair,[26] Naha,[27] Osaka–Kansai, Sendai,[28] Tokyo–Narita
Scoot Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan[29]
Shenzhen Airlines Shenzhen[30]
Singapore Airlines Seasonal: Singapore (resumes 1 December 2024)[31]
Skymark Airlines Fukuoka, Ibaraki, Kobe, Nagoya–Centrair, Tokyo–Haneda
Spring Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
Spring Airlines Japan Tokyo–Narita
Starlux Airlines Taipei–Taoyuan[32]
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[33]
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Taipei–Taoyuan (both begin 17 December 2024)[34]
Tigerair Taiwan Kaohsiung (begins 21 January 2025),[35] Taipei–Taoyuan[36]
T'way Air Daegu, Seoul–Incheon[37]

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Air Incheon Seoul–Incheon[38]
ANA Cargo Tokyo–Haneda[citation needed]

Other facilities

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The domestic terminal contains a hot spa, a cinema complex, museums, and a 188-room hotel, the Air Terminal Hotel.[39]

The international terminal is also equipped with a luxury hotel, the Hotel Porton International.

China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building.[40]

The airline Hokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered in the New Chitose airport terminal.[41] Now its head office is on the property of Okadama Airport in Higashi-ku, Sapporo.[42]

Ground transportation

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New Chitose Airport Station

Railways

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New Chitose Airport Station is located on a spur off the Chitose Line of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).The fastest time to Sapporo Station is 37 minutes on the Rapid Airport Service Trains, and the fastest time to Otaru Station is 73 minutes. The fastest time to Sapporo Station is 33 minutes on the Special Rapid Airport Service Trains.[43] Due to the ever-increasing number of passengers, trains to Sapporo Station are becoming seriously crowded.

Bus

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  • Hokkaidō Chūō Bus/Hokuto Kotsu joint service (Sapporo 4 trips/h, Oyachi 4 trips/h)
  • Hokkaidō Chūō Bus (Asabu 1–2 trips/h, Miyanosawa 1–2 trips/h)
  • Hokuto Kotsu (Apa Hotel & Resort 2 trips/h, Maruyama Park hourly)
  • Donan Bus (Tomakomai 1–2 trips/h, Noboribetsu 3 trips/day, Muroran 12 trips/day, Hobetsu 2 trips/day, Urakawa 2 trips/day)
  • Atsuma Bus (Atsuma 3 trips/day)

References

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