New Chitose Airport Sapporo/New Chitose Airport 新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō
IATA: CTS – ICAO: RJCC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Ministry of Transport (airfield) Hokkaidō Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (terminal)
Serves		Sapporo metropolitan area
Location		Chitose and Tomakomai
Elevation AMSL		70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates		42°46′31″N 141°41′33″E / 42.77528°N 141.6925°E / 42.77528; 141.6925 (New Chitose Airport)Coordinates: 42°46′31″N 141°41′33″E / 42.77528°N 141.6925°E / 42.77528; 141.6925 (New Chitose Airport)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
01R/19L	9,843	3,000	Asphalt/Concrete
01L/19R	9,843	3,000	Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2007)
International Passengers			833,902
Domestic Passengers			17,249,023
Total Passengers			18,082,925
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港, Shin-Chitose Kūkō^?) (IATA: CTS, ICAO: RJCC), is an airport located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south southeast of Chitose^[1] and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō. In FY 2006, it served 18,536,350 passengers, third in Japan to only Narita and Haneda.

The airport has a single semicircular terminal building (similar to the terminals at DFW Airport), which handles domestic and international flights.

[edit] History

New Chitose opened in 1991 to replace Chitose Airport (now a JASDF base). Its IATA airport code was originally SPK, but that code was later adopted as a city code to refer to both Chitose and the smaller Okadama Airport in central Sapporo.

New Chitose became Japan's first 24-hour airport in 1994. During the 1990s, it was touted as an international gateway and had regular flights to Europe and Oceania. Today, its services to Europe have ceased, while its international services are mainly transporting tourists from East Asia and Australia for sightseeing and skiing.

On July 24, 1999, All Nippon Airways Flight 61, which was flying from Tokyo International Airport to Chitose, was hijacked shortly after takeoff. The hijacker killed the pilot before he was subdued. The Boeing 747 landed safely.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Domestic

[edit] International

Airport diagram. Civil flights use the parallel runways to the southeast; JASDF flights use the parallel runways to the northwest.

Terminal building

[edit] Ground transportation

[edit] Rail

New Chitose Airport Station is located on a spur off the Chitose Line of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). Rapid service trains operate to and from Sapporo Station, taking 36–39 minutes and costing ¥1,040.

[edit] Bus

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• New Chitose Airport Homepage