What is Kansai International Airport?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} [[File:Finnair MD-11 (OH-LGF) taxiing at Kansai International Airport.jpg|thumb|right|Kansai International Airport]] {{nihongo|'''Kansai International Airport'''|関西国際空港|Kansai Kokusai Kūkō}} {{Airport codes|KIX|RJBB}} is a [[Japan]]ese [[airport]] in [[Osaka]].<ref>Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT), [http://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/15_hf_000033.html Kansai International Airport]. Retrieved 20 January 2012.</ref> It is an [[international airport]] for the region. The airport is in three different cities because of where it is built. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kansai and Kobe International Airport (Osaka Bay, Japan)|url=https://earth.esa.int/web/earth-watching/historical-views/content/-/article/kansai-and-kobe-international-airport-osaka-bay-japan-/|access-date=20 May 2024|website=esa}}</ref> The airport is on an [[artificial island]] in Osaka Bay, {{convert|38|km|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Ōsaka Station]]. It opened 4 September 1994, and the gross area is 1,068ha. This airport has two runways. One is 3500m×60m, and the other is 4000×60m. In 2011, the total number of passengers was 13,651,184 (9,902,449 were international and 3,748,735 were domestic), and of landing was 53,899 (38,252 were international and 15,647 were domestic).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000231487.pdf|title=milt.go.jp|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-date=16 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616111343/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000231487.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[List of airports in Japan]] == References == [[File:Inspiration of Japan.jpg|thumb|right|240px|All Nippon Airways take off from Kansai International Airport]] {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commons category-inline|Kansai International Airport}} * [http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp Kansai International Airport, operations {{in lang|en}}]; http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/index.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811154804/http://www.kans