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Chubu Centrair International Airport (中部国際空港, Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: NGO, ICAO: RJGG) is an international airport on an artificial island in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, 35 km (22 mi) south of Nagoya in central Japan.[2]

Chubu Centrair International Airport 中部国際空港 Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō
IATA: NGO ICAO: RJGG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd. (CJIAC)
Serves	Chūkyō metropolitan area
Location	Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Opened	17 February 2005; 17 years ago (2005-02-17)
Hub for	All Nippon Airways Jetstar Japan
Focus city for	Japan Airlines Polar Air Cargo
Elevation AMSL	12 ft / 4 m
Coordinates	34°51′30″N 136°48′19″E
Website	www.centrair.jp
Maps
RJGG Location in Aichi Prefecture Show map of Aichi Prefecture RJGG Location in Japan Show map of Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,500 11,483 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 12,043,636 Cargo (metric tonnes) 199,140 Aircraft movement 96,591
Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism[1]

Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chubu ("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). 10.2 million people used the airport in 2015, ranking 8th busiest in the nation, and 208,000 tons of cargo was moved in 2015.

History

Chubu Centrair serves the third largest metropolitan area in Japan, centered around the city of Nagoya. The region is a major manufacturing centre, with the headquarters and production facilities of Toyota Motor Corporation and production facilities for Mitsubishi Motors and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation.[3]

With much lobbying by local business groups such as Toyota, especially for 24-hour cargo flights, construction started August 2000, with a budget of JPY¥768 billion (€5.5 billion, US$7.3 billion), but through efficient management nearly ¥100 billion was saved.[4] Penta-Ocean Construction was a major contractor.[5]^{[unreliable source?]}

According to Japanese media sources, Kodo-kai, a Yakuza faction in the Yamaguchi-gumi group, earned an immense amount of money by being the sole supplier, via a front company called Samix, of dirt, rock, sand, and gravel for the airport construction project. Although several Samix executives were criminally indicted for racketeering, the prosecutions were later dropped. According to the sources, Kodo-kai had informants working within the Nagoya police who fed the organization inside information which allowed them to stay a step ahead of investigating authorities.[6]

When Chubu Centrair opened on 17 February 2005, it took over almost all of the existing Nagoya Airport's (now Nagoya Airfield) 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 opened in time to service the influx of visitors for Expo 2005, located near Nagoya. The airport is speculated to have some competition with Shizuoka Airport, which opened on 4 June 2009.

Route withdrawals

There were several withdrawals from Chubu Centrair after the airport commenced its operation. American Airlines operated a route to Chicago for less than seven months in 2005, but said the service was "not as profitable as we had hoped".[7] In 2008, after a few years of service from Chubu Centrair, several airlines cancelled certain flights and put others on hiatus, including Malaysia Airlines' suspension of flight to Kuala Lumpur,[8] Jetstar ending its airport operation, Continental Airlines stopping its Honolulu flight and United Airlines' suspension of flights to San Francisco, citing low premium cabin demand. This flight also continued to Chicago until 2007.[9] Emirates and HK Express left the airport in 2009, although HK Express resumed service from September 2014. Japan Airlines also ended its flights to Paris in 2009 and Bangkok in 2020. Garuda Indonesia ended service from Denpasar in March 2012, but returned to Nagoya with the opening of direct flights from Jakarta in March 2019 but only lasted until March 2020. EVA Air left the airport in June 2012 (they have since planned to resume service from June 2019). TransAsia Airways subsidiary V Air withdrew from Centrair and ended operations in October 2016.

Nagoya continues to offer intercontinental flights through Delta Air Lines' services to Detroit and Honolulu, Lufthansa's service to Frankfurt and Finnair's service to Helsinki.

Aichi Sky Expo

An exposition centre inside the airport island was opened on August 30, 2019. The exposition centre has 6 exhibition halls each being 10,000 m².[10] Events held at the venue include the 2019 edition of the Wired Music Festival on September 7 and 8.[11]

Terminals

The northern side of the terminal holds domestic flights, while the southern side holds international flights, each with dedicated ticket counters, security checkpoints and baggage carousels, and for international flights, immigration and customs facilities. 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. There are thirteen gates for domestic flights (including three bus gates), and fourteen for international flights (including three bus gates). Terminal 2 is a domestic and international terminal for budget airlines, with 11 gates for international flights and 9 gates for domestic flights.[12]

Statistics

Airlines and destinations

Passenger¹

Airlines	Destinations
Air Busan	Busan,[13] Seoul–Incheon[14]
Air China	Shanghai–Pudong, Beijing–Capital
Air Do	Sapporo–Chitose
All Nippon Airways	Fukuoka, Hakodate, Ishigaki, Kagoshima, Miyako, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Naha, Sapporo–Chitose, Sendai, Tokyo–Haneda Seasonal: Asahikawa,Memanbetsu
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong,Taipei
Cebu Pacific	Manila
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[15] Chengdu–Shuangliu, Lanzhou, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Yantai
China Southern Airlines	Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Harbin, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Wuhan
Delta Air Lines	Detroit
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi, Beijing–Capital (both resume 2 November 2022)[16]
EVA Air	Taipei–Taoyuan
Finnair	Helsinki
HK Express	Hong Kong
Ibex Airlines	Fukuoka, Kagoshima,[17] Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Niigata, Ōita, Sendai
Japan Airlines	Honolulu, Sapporo–Chitose, Shanghai–Pudong, Taipei–Taoyuan, Tianjin, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Seasonal: Kushiro,Obihiro
Japan Transocean Air	Naha Seasonal: Ishigaki,Miyako
Jeju Air	Seoul–Incheon
Jetstar Japan	Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Manila, Naha, Sapporo–Chitose
Juneyao Airlines	Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuxi, Xiamen
Korean Air	Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Loong Air	Hangzhou, Xi'an
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Peach	Sapporo–Chitose, Sendai[18]
Philippine Airlines	Cebu, Manila
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao
Shanghai Airlines	Guangzhou, Wenzhou
Shenzhen Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Wuxi
Singapore Airlines	Singapore
Skymark Airlines	Kagoshima, Naha, Sapporo–Chitose
Solaseed Air	Naha
Spring Airlines	Ningbo, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen
StarFlyer	Fukuoka, Taipei–Taoyuan
Thai AirAsia X	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[19]
Thai Airways International	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Tianjin Airlines	Tianjin
Tigerair Taiwan	Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan
T'way Airlines	Jeju
United Airlines	Guam
Urumqi Air	Jinan, Urumqi, Wuhan
VietJet Air	Hanoi[20]
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

Notes

^1 Some destinations may be affected by COVID-19, therefore temporary suspensions are not distinguished as seasonal service.

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
AirBridgeCargo Airlines	Moscow–Sheremetyevo
ANA Cargo	Hong Kong, Naha
Asiana Cargo	Seoul–Incheon
DHL Aviation	Anchorage, Cincinnati, Charleston (SC), Everett, Hong Kong, Leipzig/Halle, McConnell AFB, Seoul–Incheon, Taranto–Grottaglie, Taipei–Taoyuan
National Airlines (N8)	Anchorage, Los Angeles
Nippon Cargo Airlines	Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita
ULS Cargo	Hong Kong, Istanbul–Atatürk

Ground transportation

Train

Central Japan International Airport Station, the train station for 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. All μSky Limited Express are operating at a max speed of 120 km/h by 2000 series trains, which have all seats designated and it is required to purchase an extra 360 yen "special limited express ticket".[21] Meitetsu Nagoya Station is adjacent to JR Nagoya Station, allowing transfers to Shinkansen bullet trains bound for not only Tokyo and Osaka but also many major cities, as well as JR, Meitetsu, and Kintetsu local trains, and the Nagoya Municipal Subway.

There is a proposal for a JR line linking Centrair to Nagoya Station and the JR network through Taketoyo Line's Okkawa Station. However, there's no actual construction works have been implemented at the moment.

There's also a proposal for Aonami line linking Centrair to Nagoya Station by constructing a tunnel or bridge. Nagoya municipal government has acted the assessment of feasibility in 2019.[22]

Bus

Centrair Limousine provides direct bus service to and from central Nagoya, Sakae, and major hotels.[23] It is operated by a private bus company in Mie Prefecture. High-speed buses to the neighboring prefectures for 3,000 yen to Kyoto via Mie Prefecture have been operating.[24][25]

Ferry

A ferry connects to the passenger terminal in Tsu – a 40-minute trip.

Car

A toll road links Centrair and the mainland.

Bicycle

Bicycles are not allowed on the Centrair Bridge toll road to the mainland. Cyclists departing the airport must either take a Meitetsu local train one stop to Rinkū Tokoname Station or a taxi across the bridge to the Rinkū Interchange north of Aeon Mall Tokoname.

Shopping

Centrair features the Sky Town Shopping Center on the fourth floor, accessible to the general public, with 61 shops and restaurants, organized into two "streets", Renga-dori[26] and Chochin-yokocho.[27] The Chochin-yokocho shops are individually themed to have an authentic Japanese look.

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  Entrance to Centrair's 4th Floor Sky Town
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  Shops in traditional Japanese style

Other facilities

The Boeing Dreamlifter Operations Center is located on the airport's apron, to the south of the main terminal. This facility is used to store Japanese components of the Boeing 787 aircraft while awaiting airlift to the assembly facility in the US.[28]

Accolades

• 2009: fourth Best Airport in the World of the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International[29]
• 2011: fifth Best Airport Worldwide of the Airport Service Quality Awards by Airports Council International[30] and Best Airport by Size in the 5 to 15 million passenger category.[31]
• 2015: Skytrax announced Chubu International Airport won the first place in the "Best Regional Airport 2015" award and first place in the "Best Regional Airport – Asia" award for the fifth year running.[32]
• 2016: Skytrax rated Chubu International Airport as the "World's Best Regional Airport 2016" and the sixth "Best Airport Worldwide"[33][34]
• 2017: Chubu International Airport became the first airport in the world to achieve "5-Star Regional Airport Rating" by Skytrax.[35]
• 2018: For 4 consecutive years, Chubu International Airport won "The World's Best Regional Airport" award (Skytrax). Chubu was also ranked the seventh best airport in the world.[36][37]

References

External links

• (in English) Official website
• Japan Mint: The Opening of CHUBU CENTRAIR International Airport 500 Yen Commemorative Silver Proof Coin
• Current weather for RJGG at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for NGO at Aviation Safety Network
• Geographic data related to Chubu Centrair International Airport at OpenStreetMap

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Chūbu

Der Flughafen Chūbu (jap. 中部国際空港, Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō), oft nur Centrair (セントレア, Sentorea) genannt, ist ein Flughafen auf einer künstlichen Insel in der Ise-Bucht, vor der Stadt Tokoname auf der Chita-Halbinsel, Präfektur Aichi, in Japan. Er liegt 33 Kilometer südlich der Stadt Nagoya und ist der wichtigste Flughafen in der Chūbu-Region. Der Flughafen Chūbu gilt nach der japanischen Gesetzgebung als Flughafen 1. Klasse.

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- [en] Chubu Centrair International Airport

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[es] Aeropuerto Internacional Chūbu Centrair

Aeropuerto Internacional Chubu Centrair (中部国際空港 Chubu Kokusai Kuko) (código IATA: NGO - código ICAO: RJGG) es un aeropuerto ubicado en una isla artificial en la bahía de Ise, en la ciudad de Tokoname, dependiendo de la Prefectura de Aichi. Se encuentra a 35 km al sur de Nagoya en el centro de Japón y fue inaugurado en 2005.

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[fr] Aéroport international du Chūbu

L'aéroport international du Chūbu (中部国際空港, Chūbu kokusai kūkō?, en anglais Chubu International Airport, Code AITA : NGO (à compter de février 2005) ; code OACI : RJGG) est l'aéroport principal de la ville de Nagoya et de la région du Chūbu au Japon. Il est situé sur le territoire de la ville de Tokoname, à 35 km au sud de Nagoya. L'aéroport est géré par la société Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd.

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[it] Aeroporto Internazionale di Chūbu-Centrair

L'Aeroporto Internazionale Chūbu Centrair (中部国際空港 Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō?) (IATA: NGO, ICAO: RJGG) è un aeroporto situato su un'isola artificiale a 35 km sud-est della città di Nagoya nella regione del Chūbu, in Giappone.

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[ru] Международный аэропорт Тюбу

Международный Аэропорт Тюбу (яп. 中部国際空港 Тю:бу кокусай ку:ко:, англ. Chūbu Centrair International Airport) или Сэнторэа (яп. セントレア, от Centrair) — японский аэропорт в префектуре Айти, представляющий собой крупный комплекс сооружений на искусственном острове в заливе Исе возле города Токонамэ. Является одним из пяти аэропортов «в море» (помимо Тюбу в Японии действуют «морские» аэропорты Нагасаки, Кансай, Кобэ и Китакюсю).

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