Chūbu Centrair International Airport

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Chūbu Centrair International Airport
中部国際空港（セントレア)
IATA: NGO - ICAO: RJGG
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator CJIA Co., Ltd.
Serves Nagoya
Elevation AMSL 15 ft (5 m)
Coordinates 34°51′30″N, 136°48′19″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 11,483 3,500 ConcreteAsphalt

Chūbu Centrair International Airport (中部国際空港 Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō?) (IATA: NGO, ICAO: RJGG) is an airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, south of Nagoya in central Japan.

Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chūbu ("central") region of Japan. The name "Centrair" (セントレア Sentorea?) is an abbreviation of Central Japan International Airport, an alternate translation used in the English name of the airport's operating company, Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd. (中部国際空港株式会社 Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō Kabushiki-gaisha?).

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[edit] History

Chūbu is Japan's third off-shore airport, after Nagasaki Airport and Kansai International Airport. There are currently 5 offshore airports in Japan, including Kobe Airport and New Kitakyushu Airport.

Construction started August 2000, with a budget of 768 billion yen (€5.5 billion, $7.3 billion), but through efficient management nearly 100 billion yen was saved [1].

In addition to cost cutting measures, a number of environmental protection measures had been taken. The artificial island itself was shaped like the rounded letter "D" so that sea currents inside the bay will flow freely. Its shores were partially constructed with natural rocks and sloped to aid sea lifeforms to set up colonies. During the construction a species of little tern occasionally came, so a part of it was selected and set aside to aid nesting.

When it opened on February 17, 2005, it took over all of the existing Nagoya Airport's commercial flights. As a replacement for Nagoya Airport, it also inherited its IATA airport code NGO. The airport's opening anticipated the Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture.

[edit] Main terminal

Gate at Centrair
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Gate at Centrair

The main terminal is shaped like a "T," with three piers radiating from a central ticketing area. This design keeps check-in to aircraft distances below 300 meters. Originally, designers planned to make the main terminal resemble an origami crane from above, but this plan was abandoned due to cost.

Arrivals are processed on the second floor, and departures on the third: the lower level is for maintenance, catering, and other ground operations, as well as for passenger buses to hardstands in the middle of the apron.

[edit] Airlines and Destinations

The following airlines serve Chūbu Centrair International Airport as of December 2006:

[edit] Passenger airlines (International)

[edit] Passenger airlines (Domestic)

  • ANA Group* (Akita, Ashikawa, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hakodate, Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Memanbetsu, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Naha, Niigata, Oita, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokushima, Tokyo-Narita, Wakkanai (seasonal), Yonago)
  • Japan Airlines (Aomori, Fukuoka, Hanamaki, Nagasaki, Naha, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kushiro, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo-Narita)

*ANA Group includes All Nippon Airways, Air Japan, Air Nippon, Air Nippon Network and Air Central. All flights are coded ANA.

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] Access

[edit] Train

Meitetsu's "Rapid Limited Express" trains
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Meitetsu's "Rapid Limited Express" trains

Centrair is located on the Meitetsu Tokoname Line operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The fastest "Rapid Limited Express" service connects the airport to Meitetsu Nagoya Station in 28 minutes. Meitetsu Nagoya is adjacent to Japan Railway Nagoya Station, allowing transfers to Shinkansen high-speed trains bound for Kyoto and Shizuoka, as well as JR, Meitetsu, and Kintetsu local trains, and the Nagoya Subway.

[edit] Bus

Scheduled bus service is available to a number of locations throughout central Japan, including:

  • Central Nagoya: 60 min., ¥1,000
  • Toyota: 1 hr. 10 min., ¥1,700
  • Toyohashi: 1 hr. 40 min., ¥2,200
  • Toba: 2 hr. 20 min., ¥2,520
  • Fukui: 3 hr., ¥3,300
  • Hamamatsu: 1 hr. 55 min., ¥3,000
  • Numazu: 4 hr., ¥5,000
  • Matsumoto: 3 hr. 40 min., ¥3,500
  • Nagano: 4 hr. 45 min., ¥4,000

[edit] Ferry

Two high-speed ferry services link Centrair to the west side of Ise Bay. One ferry connects to the passenger terminal in Tsu, a 40-minute trip costing ¥1,890. The other ferry links Toba to Tokoname, opposite the airport island, taking 1 hour 40 minutes and costing ¥1,700.

Entrance to Centrair's 4th Floor Sky Town
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Entrance to Centrair's 4th Floor Sky Town

[edit] Car

A toll road links Centrair and the mainland; the toll from central Nagoya is ¥1,800. Taxi fare to central Nagoya is approximately ¥12,000.

[edit] Shopping

Centrair features the 4th Floor Sky Town shopping center, accessible to the general public, with 61 shops and restaurants. organized into two "streets," Renga-dori and Chochin-yokocho. The Chochin-yokocho shops are individually themed to have an authentic Japanese look.

There is a Duty Free area in the international departure area on the 3rd floor as well.

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