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Chubu Centrair International Airport
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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 Chubu ("central") region of Japan. The name is an abbreviation of Central Japan International Airport, an alternate translation used in the English name of the airport's operating company, .
Some 11,721,673 people used the airport in the 2006, ranking 8th busiest in the nation.

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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 Chubu ("central") region of Japan. The name is an abbreviation of Central Japan International Airport, an alternate translation used in the English name of the airport's operating company, .
Some 11,721,673 people used the airport in the 2006, ranking 8th busiest in the nation. 273,874 tons of cargo was moved in 2005.
History
Chubu is Japan's third off-shore airport, after Nagasaki Airport and Kansai International Airport, and is also the second airport built in Japan on a manmade island. There are currently 5 offshore airports in Japan, including Kobe Airport and New Kitakyushu Airport.
With much lobbying by local business groups such as Toyota, especially for 24 hour cargo flights, construction started August 2000, with a budget of 768 billion yen (€5.5 billion, US$7.3 billion), but through efficient management nearly 100 billion yen was saved. . PentaOcean Construction was a major contractor.
In addition to cost cutting measures, a number of environmental protection measures had been taken after learning from Kansai International Airport. 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 the airport opened on February 17, 2005, it took over almost all of the existing Nagoya Airport (now Nagoya Airfield)'s commercial flights, and relieved Tokyo and Kansai areas of cargo shipments. 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. The airport is speculated to have some competition with Shizuoka Airport, which is currently under construction.
Japan Airlines (JAL) was the first airline to land an aircraft at Centrair: A Boeing 767-300ER, carrying around 206 passengers onboard a charter flight from Saipan to commemorate the opening of Centrair.
Future
The airport has undertaken airport ramp expansion in 7 locations starting in 2006, scheduled to be done in 2010. A second 4000 meter runway is planned, adding an extra 3 km2 of area, 300 meters from the existing runway. This project is scheduled to be funded in 2008, costing 2 trillion yen. (about 17 billion USD).
AirAsia X has applied for permission for a Chubu-Kuala Lumpur route.
Main terminal
The main terminal is shaped like a "T," with three piers radiating from a central ticketing area. This design keeps check-in 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 used for maintenance, catering, and other ground operations, as well as for passenger buses to hardstands in the middle of the airport ramp.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger airlines (International)
- Air China (Beijing-Capital, Chongqing, Shanghai-Pudong)
- All Nippon Airways (Guangzhou [ends March 29], Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tianjin [ends March 29])
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
- Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan)
- China Airlines (Kaohsiung, Taipei-Taoyuan)
- China Eastern Airlines (Beijing-Capital, Qingdao, Shanghai-Pudong, Xi'an)
- China Southern Airlines (Changchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen)
- Continental Airlines
- Emirates (Dubai) [ends March 28]
- EVA Air (Taipei-Taoyuan)
- Finnair (Helsinki)
- Garuda Indonesia (Denpasar/Bali)
- Japan Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Busan, Guangzhou, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tianjin)
- Korean Air (Busan, Jeju, Seoul-Incheon)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Guam, Manila, Saipan)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi)
: An additional "international" flight between Nagoya and Tokyo-Narita allows connections to other Northwest destinations in Asia and the United States.
Passenger airlines (Domestic)
- ANA Group* (Akita, Asahikawa, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hakodate, Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Naha, Niigata, Oita, Memanbetsu (Ozora**), Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Tokushima, Tokyo-Narita, Wakkanai [seasonal], Yonago)
- Japan Airlines (Aomori, Fukuoka[ends March 28] , Hanamaki, Nagasaki, Naha, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kushiro, Sapporo-Chitose, Sendai, Tokyo-Narita)
- Japan Transocean Air (Ishigaki)
* ANA Group includes All Nippon Airways, Air Japan, Air Nippon, Air Nippon Network and Air Central. All flights are coded ANA.
** Memanbetsu merged with the village of Higashikamoto to form Ozora in 2006.
Cargo airlines
Charges
- Landing fee: 1,660 yen per tonne
- Parking fee: Free (6 hours), 200 yen per tonne (every 24 hours)
- Boarding bridge usage charge: 13,500 yen per departing flight
- Baggage handling system usage charge: 35,400 yen per departing flight
- Passenger service facilities charge
2,500 yen per departing passenger
1,250 yen per passenger with a child discount ticket
300 yen per departing passenger
150 yen per passenger with a child discount ticket
300 yen per arriving passenger
150 yen per passenger with a child discount ticket
Access
Train
Centrair is located on the Meitetsu Airport Line operated by Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). The fastest "µSky Limited Express" service connects the airport to Meitetsu Nagoya Station in 28 minutes. Meitetsu Nagoya is adjacent to JR 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.
Bus
Scheduled bus service is available to a number of locations throughout central Japan, including:
- Handa: 40 min., ¥750
- East Nagoya(Fujigaoka): 1 hr. 10 min., ¥1,400
- Toyota: 1 hr. 10 min., ¥1,700
- Toyohashi: 1 hr. 40 min., ¥2,200
- Yokkaichi: 1 hr. 25 min., ¥1,000
- Hamamatsu: 1 hr. 55 min., ¥3,000
- Shizuoka: 2 hr. 50 min., ¥4,000
Ferry
Three 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. Another ferry links Matsusaka to Tokoname, taking 45 minute trip costing ¥2,100.
Opposite the airport island,
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.
Shopping
Centrair features the 4th Floor Sky Town shopping center, accessible to the general public, with 61 shops and restaurants. organized into two "streets," and . The Chochin-yokocho shops are individually themed to have an authentic Japanese look.
There is a area in the international departure area on the 3rd floor as well.
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