Itami Airport
Osaka International Airport (大阪国際空港, Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: ITM, ICAO: RJOO), often referred to as Itami Airport (伊丹空港, Itami Kūkō), is the primary regional airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. Classified as a first class airport, it is the airport closest to Kyoto, 36 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of Kyoto Station. Itami Airport has a small footprint, covering only 311 hectares (768 acres) of land.
Itami Airport Osaka International Airport 伊丹空港 大阪国際空港 Itami Kūkō Ōsaka Kokusai Kūkō | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | New Kansai International Airport Company (NKIAC) | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Kansai Airports (Orix and Vinci Airports) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Keihanshin | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1939 | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft / 12 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°47′04″N 135°26′21″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | osaka-airport | ||||||||||||||
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RJOO Location in Osaka Prefecture RJOO Location in Hyogo Prefecture RJOO Location in Japan | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |||||||||||||||
Despite its "international" designation, the airport caters exclusively to domestic flights. Kansai International Airport (43 kilometres (27 mi) away) took over the region's international traffic in 1994 and competes with Itami for domestic traffic. Itami also faces competition from Kobe Airport (26 kilometres (16 mi) away), a smaller domestic airport opened in 2006.
The airport was named after the city of Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture, because most of its land is located there. A portion of the airport property is also located in Toyonaka and Ikeda cities of Osaka Prefecture. The terminal complex is located in all three of these cities, and the only access from the Itami side is via a long tunnel that passes below the runway and apron.
In FY2006, Itami was Japan's third busiest airport and the Kansai region's busiest. In 2015, it had 139,450 aircraft movements, serving 14,541,936 domestic passengers and carrying 140,668 metric tons of freight cargo.