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New Chitose Airport

New Chitose Airport
新千歳空港
Shin-Chitose Kūkō
New Chitose Airport Terminal.jpg
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aviation Bureau
Hokkaidō Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (terminal)
Serves Sapporo metropolitan area
Location City of Chitose and Tomakomai
Elevation AMSL 70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates 42°46′31″N 141°41′33″E / 42.77528°N 141.69250°E / 42.77528; 141.69250Coordinates: 42°46′31″N 141°41′33″E / 42.77528°N 141.69250°E / 42.77528; 141.69250
Website www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en
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CTS is located in Japan
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New Chitose Airport in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01R/19L 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Concrete
01L/19R 3,000 9,843 Asphalt/Concrete
18R/36L 2,700 8,858 Concrete
18L/36R 4,000 13,123 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 20,461,531
Cargo (metric tonnes) 215,556
Aircraft movement 141,612
Passengers 20,461,531
Cargo (metric tonnes) 215,556
Aircraft movement 141,612

New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō?) (IATA: CTSICAO: RJCC), is an airport located 2.7 NM (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō.

It is adjacent to Chitose Air Base, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base which houses F-15 Eagle fighter jets, the Japanese Air Force One government aircraft and a number of smaller emergency response aircraft and helicopters. Chitose and New Chitose have separate runways but are interconnected by taxiways, and aircraft at either facility can enter the other by ground if permitted; the runways at Chitose are occasionally used to relieve runway closures at New Chitose due to winter weather. JASDF provides air traffic control for both facilities.

As of 2005, New Chitose Airport was the third busiest airport in Japan (behind Narita and Haneda), although it has now dropped to fifth, and ranked #64 in the world in terms of passengers carried. The 894 km (556 mi) New Chitose - Tokyo Haneda route is the busiest air route in the world, with 8.8 million passengers carried (out of 13.2 million seats available) in 2010.


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