Chubu Centrair International Airport
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 (which also houses the Aichi International Exhibition Center) in Ise Bay, Tokoname City in Aichi Prefecture, 35 km (22 mi) south of Nagoya in central Japan. The airport covers about 470 hectares (1,161 acres) of land and has one 3,500m runway.
Chubu Centrair International Airport 中部国際空港 Chūbu Kokusai Kūkō | |||||||||||
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Aerial photo from 2009, before Terminal 2 and the Flight of Dreams were built | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd. (CJIAC) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Chūkyō metropolitan area | ||||||||||
| Location | Tokoname, Aichi, Japan | ||||||||||
| Opened | 17 February 2005 | ||||||||||
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| Operating base for | Jetstar Japan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°51′30″N 136°48′19″E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.centrair.jp | ||||||||||
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NGO/RJGG Location in Aichi Prefecture NGO/RJGG Location in Japan | |||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |||||||||||
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.