:New Chitose Airport

{{Short description|Largest commercial airport serving Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan}}

{{Redirect|Sapporo Airport|Sapporo's smaller airport|Okadama Airport}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = {{nowrap|New Chitose Airport}}

| nativename =

| nativename-a = {{nobold|{{Nihongo2|新千歳空港}}}}

| nativename-r = {{transliteration|ja|Shin-Chitose Kūkō}}

| image = Shinchitose.aierial shoot.jpg

| image-width = 250

| caption = New Chitose Airport

| IATA = CTS

| ICAO = RJCC

| type = Public

| owner = Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

| operator = {{Ill|Hokkaido Airports|ja|北海道エアポート}}

| city-served = Sapporo metropolitan area

| location = Chitose and Tomakomai

| opened = {{start date and age|1988|07|20}}

| focus_city = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| All Nippon Airways

| Japan Airlines}}

| operating_base = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Air Do

| Skymark Airlines}}

| elevation-f = 70

| coordinates = {{coord|42|46|31|N|141|41|33|E|region:JP|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = Japan Hokkaido#Japan

| pushpin_label = CTS/RJCC

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hokkaido##Location in Japan

| website = {{URL|https://www.hokkaido-airports.com/en/new-chitose/}}

| r1-number = 01R/19L

| r1-length-m = 3,000

| r1-surface = Asphalt/concrete

| r2-number = 01L/19R

| r2-length-m = 3,000

| r2-surface = Asphalt/concrete

| r3-number = 18R/36L18R/36L and 18L/36R are part of Chitose Air Base and operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force

| r3-length-m = 2,700

| r3-surface = Concrete

| r4-number = 18L/36R

| r4-length-m = 4,000

| r4-surface = Asphalt

| metric-rwy = yes

| stat-year = 2017 = One of Mostly domestic terminal airport in Japan

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 22,718,612

| stat2-header = Cargo (metric tonnes)

| stat2-data = 216,812

| stat3-header = Aircraft movement

| stat3-data = 150,620

| footnotes = Source: Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism{{cite web|title=New Chitose International Airport|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|publisher=Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism|access-date=7 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205147/http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/001141840.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016}}

}}

{{nihongo|New Chitose Airport|新千歳空港|Shin-Chitose Kūkō}} {{airport codes|CTS|RJCC}} is an international airport located {{convert|2.7|NM|abbr=out|lk=in}} south-southeast of Chitose{{cite web |url=https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ |title=AIS Japan |website=Aisjapan.mlit.go.jp |access-date=2014-05-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160517110850/https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/ |archive-date=2016-05-17 }} and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By both traffic and 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.

New Chitose Airport is one of six 24-hour airports in Japan, but it is the only inland airport.

As of 2018, it was the fifth-busiest airport in Japan, serving 23.7 million passengers, and ranked 64th in the world in terms of passengers carried.{{cite web |url=http://www.hokkaido-kukou.jp/en/passenger_c.html |title=Total Number of Domestic/International Passengers since the Opening of New Chitose Airport-Other Data | New Chitose Airport Terminal |website=Hokkaido-kukou.jp |date=1988-07-20 |access-date=2014-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229083051/http://www.hokkaido-kukou.jp/en/passenger_c.html |archive-date=2013-12-29 |url-status=dead }} The {{convert|819|km|mi|abbr=on|adj=on}} Sapporo–Tokyo Haneda route is the second busiest air route in the world, with 9.7 million passengers carried in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/common/000146171.pdf|script-title=ja:特定本邦航空運送事業者に係る情報|website=Mlit.go.jp|access-date=13 August 2018}}

The airport continues to upgrade its facilities to accommodate the growing number of passengers, and Skytrax has it ranked 49th in the top 100 airports in the world in 2024, a jump up from 102nd the previous year. As a result, the airport was awarded Skytrax's World's Most Improved Airport for 2024.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

History

New Chitose opened on July 20, 1988, to replace the adjacent Chitose Airport, a joint-use facility which had served passenger flights since 1963.{{cite web | url=http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/business/airport/passengers/since_opening.html | title=Total Number of Domestic/International Passengers since the Opening of New Chitose Airport-Other Data }} The airport's IATA airport code was originally SPK. This code was later adopted as a city code to refer to both New Chitose and the smaller Okadama Airport in central Sapporo, which handles commuter flights within Hokkaido.

New Chitose became Japan's first 24-hour airport in 1994.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} Services between 10 PM and 7 AM are currently limited to six flights per day due to noise alleviation concerns. Four of these slots are currently used by passenger flights to Tokyo while the other two are used by cargo flights.

New Chitose previously had long-haul service to Amsterdam (KLM, 1997–2002), Cairns (Qantas, 1992–1998 and 2004–2007) and Honolulu (JALWays, 1992–2003, Hawaiian Airlines since 2012). Service to Europe resumed when Finnair launched a new weekly flight to Helsinki from 15 December 2019. Finnair was the unique company to provide direct and scheduled flights between Sapporo and Europe.{{cite news|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/bellyhold-airline/finnair-adds-further-capacity-on-japan-routes/|title=Finnair adds further capacity on Japan routes|date=November 11, 2010|journal=Air Cargo News}} International services are mainly for transporting tourists from the rest of Asia and for sightseeing and skiing. The area surrounding gates 0 through 2, on the north end of the main terminal, was a sterile area for international flights until the international terminal opened for service on March 26, 2010.

The airport was upgraded with additional private aircraft handling facilities for the 34th G8 summit, held in Hokkaido in 2008.

Due to the airport's sharing of air traffic control with Chitose Air Base, daytime civil operations are limited to 32 takeoffs and landings per hour, and operations by certain foreign aircraft (including Chinese and Russian aircraft) are prohibited on Mondays and Thursdays. These restrictions were scheduled to be eased in March 2017.{{cite news|title=新千歳空港１７年春に発着枠拡大|url=http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160422/k00/00m/040/153000c|access-date=25 April 2016|work=Mainichi Shimbun|date=22 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526174127/http://mainichi.jp/articles/20160422/k00/00m/040/153000c|archive-date=26 May 2016|url-status=dead}} A second terminal is being built roughly doubling the existing terminal and capacity, scheduled to be complete by August 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO23619320X11C17A1TJ1000/|title=新千歳空港、国際線ビル２倍に 650億円投資|website=Nikkei.com|date=17 November 2017 |access-date=13 August 2018}}

Statistics

Operations

File:New_Chitose_airport_from_the_sky.JPG

The airport has a semicircular domestic terminal (reminiscent of the semicircular terminals at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport) with eighteen gates, and a smaller international terminal with six gates.

Operating hours for international flights at CTS are restricted by the Japanese government in order to avoid interference with JASDF operations at the adjacent air base. As of April 2012, international flights are permitted on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 4 pm, and from 5 pm on Friday through 11:59 pm on Sunday.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/report/press/cab03_hh_000109.html |title=報道発表資料：新千歳空港への外国航空機乗り入れ時間帯の再設定について - 国土交通省 |website=Mlit.go.jp |date=2014-05-19 |access-date=2014-05-19}}

Airlines and destinations

= Passenger =

{{Airport-dest-list

| Aero K | Cheongju{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241025-rfnw24|title=Aero K NW24 Network Changes}}

| AirAsia X | Kuala Lumpur–International

| Air Busan | Busan, Seoul–Incheon{{cite web |title=Air Busan Adds Seoul – Sapporo Service From late-June 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230510-bxjun23cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=10 May 2023}}

| Air China | Beijing–Capital

| Air Do | Fukuoka,{{cite web |title=AirDo Adds Fukuoka Service From July 2022 |url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220510-hdfuk |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=10 May 2022}} Kobe, Nagoya–Centrair, Sendai, Tokyo–Haneda

| Air Seoul | Seoul–Incheon

| All Nippon Airways | Fukuoka, Kobe, Komatsu, Memanbetsu, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita{{cite web |title=ANA NS23 Tokyo Narita Domestic Operation Changes – 13FEB23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230216-nhnrt |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=16 February 2023}}
Seasonal: Naha

| ANA Wings | Akita, Aomori, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Hakodate, Hiroshima, Kushiro, Memanbetsu, Nagoya–Centrair, Nakashibetsu, Niigata, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Sendai, Shizuoka, Toyama, Wakkanai
Seasonal: Kobe, Okayama, Rishiri

| Asiana Airlines | Seoul–Incheon{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221114-ozjan23cts|title=Asiana Airlines Resumes Sapporo Service From Jan 2023|publisher=Aeroroutes|date=14 November 2022}}

| Beijing Capital Airlines | Beijing–Daxing{{cite web |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241127-jddec24cts |title=Beijing Capital Airlines Plans Beijing - Sapporo late-Dec 2024 Launch |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=27 November 2024}}

| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong[https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220927-cxnov22jp/ Cathay Pacific Nov/Dec 2022 Japan Service Restorations] Aeroroutes. 27 September 2022.

| Cebu Pacific | Manila{{Cite news|title=Cebu Pacific now flying direct to Japan's 'Winter Capital' Sapporo |first=Arthur |last=Fuentes |work=ABS-CBN News |date=16 January 2025 |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/1/16/cebu-pacific-now-flying-direct-to-japan-s-winter-capital-sapporo-1543 |access-date=16 January 2025}}

| China Airlines | Taipei–Taoyuan

| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong{{cite web |title=Mainland Chinese Carriers August – October 2023 Japan Network – 30JUL23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230731-cnjpaug23 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=31 July 2023}}

| Eastar Jet | Seoul–Incheon{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240425-zejul24cts|title=Eastarjet adds Seoul - Sapporo service from July 2024|publisher=AeroRoutes|date=25 April 2024}}

| EVA Air | Taipei–Taoyuan

| Fuji Dream Airlines | Fukuoka,{{cite web |title=Fuji Dream Airlines NS25 Sapporo Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250127-jhns25cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=27 January 2025}} Matsumoto, Niigata, Shizuoka, Yamagata

| Greater Bay Airlines | Hong Kong{{cite web |title=Greater Bay Airlines Opens Sapporo 2024-25 Holidays Reservation |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241105-hbnw24cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=5 November 2024}}

| Hainan Airlines | Hangzhou,{{cite web |title=Hainan Airlines Resumes Hangzhou – Sapporo Service From Dec 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231128-hudec23hghcts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=28 November 2023}} Xi'an{{cite web |title=Hainan Airlines Adds Xi’An – Sapporo From late-Dec 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241204-hunw24cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=4 December 2024}}

| {{nowrap|Hong Kong Airlines}} | Hong Kong

| Ibex Airlines | Sendai

| J-Air | Aomori, Hanamaki, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Memanbetsu, Osaka–Itami, Sendai
Seasonal: Izumo, Kitakyushu

| Japan Airlines | Fukuoka, Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Haneda

| Jeju Air | Busan, Seoul–Incheon
Seasonal: Muan

| Jetstar Japan | Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita

| Jin Air | Busan,{{cite web|url=https://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/airport/time/result/?ap=int&type=dep&po=&co=|title=Timetables for this Month|website=New Chitose Airport Terminal|access-date=11 December 2022}} Seoul–Incheon

| Juneyao Air | Shanghai–Pudong{{cite web |title=Juneyao Airlines Resumes Hokkaido Service in NW23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231128-honw23ctsakj |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=28 November 2023}}

| Korean Air | Seoul–Incheon{{cn|date=June 2024}}

| Peach | Fukuoka,{{cite web|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272911/peach-expands-sapporo-operation-from-sep-2017/|title=Peach expands Sapporo operation from Sep 2017|website=Routesonline.com|access-date=13 August 2018}} Nagoya–Centrair,{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Peach expands Nagoya Chubu service in late-Dec 2020 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/294522/peach-expands-nagoya-chubu-service-in-late-dec-2020/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=22 October 2020}} Naha,{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Peach expands Okinawa service in W20 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/293464/peach-expands-okinawa-service-in-w20/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=1 September 2020}} Osaka–Kansai, Sendai,{{cite web|url=http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272875/peach-launches-sendai-base-in-sep-2017/|title=Peach launches Sendai base in Sep 2017|website=Routesonline.com|access-date=13 August 2018}} Tokyo–Narita

| Philippine Airlines | Manila (resumes 10 September 2025){{Cite news|title=Philippine Airlines to Launch Direct Flights from Manila to Sapporo|first=John|last=Cushma|work=Flymag|date=25 February 2025 |url=https://flymag.com/philippine-airlines-to-launch-direct-flights-from-manila-to-sapporo/|access-date=25 February 2025}}

| Qantas | Seasonal: Sydney (resumes 15 December 2025){{cite news |title=Qantas launches direct flights to Sapporo|url=https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-sydney-sapporo-hokkaido|access-date=20 January 2025|publisher=executivetraveller}}

| Scoot | Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=Scoot Resumes Sapporo Service From Nov 2022 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220813-trnw22cts |website=AeroRoutes |language=en-CA |date=13 August 2022}}

| Shenzhen Airlines | Shenzhen{{cite web |title=Shenzhen Airlines Adds Shenzhen – Sapporo Service From mid-Jan 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231205-zhjan24cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=5 December 2023}}

| Singapore Airlines | Seasonal: Singapore{{cite web |title=Singapore Airlines Tentatively Plans Sapporo Service Resumption in Dec 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231113-sqdec24cts |website=AeroRoutes |date=15 November 2023}}

| Skymark Airlines | Fukuoka, Ibaraki, Kobe, Nagoya–Centrair, Tokyo–Haneda

| Spring Airlines | Shanghai–Pudong

| Spring Airlines Japan | Tokyo–Narita

| Starlux Airlines | Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=Starlux Airlines Boosts Japan Network in NW22 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220907-jxnw22jp |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=7 September 2022}}

| Thai AirAsia | Chiang Mai, Taipei–Taoyuan (both begin 15 June 2025){{cite web |title=Thai AirAsia Adds Taipei – Sapporo Sector From June 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250325-fdns25tpects |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=25 March 2025}}

| Thai AirAsia X | Bangkok–Don Mueang

| {{nowrap|Thai Airways International}} | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi{{cite web |title=Thai Airways International Resumes Sapporo Flights From August 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230722-tgaug23cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=22 July 2023}}

| Thai VietJet Air | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web|title=Thai VietJet Air Plans Sapporo Dec 2024 Launch|URL=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241024-vzdec24cts}}

| Tianjin Airlines | Tianjin{{cite web |title=Tianjin Airlines Resumes Sapporo Service from Nov 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231020-gsnov23cts |website=AeroRoutes |access-date=20 October 2023}}

| Tigerair Taiwan | Kaohsiung,{{cite web |title=tigerair Taiwan Adds Kaohsiung – Sapporo in 1Q25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241113-it1q25cts |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=13 November 2024}} Taipei–Taoyuan{{cite web |title=tigerair Taiwan Accelerates International Network Restoration to August 2022 |url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220629-itaug22 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=29 June 2022}}

| T'way Air | Daegu, Seoul–Incheon[https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221027-twnw22jp/ T'Way Air NW22 Japan Operations – 27OCT22] Aeroroutes. 27 October 2022.

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=Cargo=

{{Airport-dest-list

| Air Incheon | Seoul–Incheon{{cite news|url=http://www.incheontoday.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=219293|title=에어인천, 일본 훗카이도 화물노선 첫 유치|trans-title=Air Incheon to Host Japan's First Cargo Route to Hokkaido|publisher=Korea IT Times|date=17 April 2014}}

| ANA Cargo | Tokyo–Haneda{{cn|date=February 2024}}

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Other facilities

The domestic terminal contains a hot spa, a cinema complex, museums, and a 188-room hotel, the Air Terminal Hotel.{{cite web | url=https://www.air-terminal-hotel.jp/eng | title=【official website】Air Terminal Hotel }}

The international terminal is also equipped with a luxury hotel, the Hotel Portom International.

China Airlines operates its Sapporo office on the third floor of the airport building."[http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-2.htm Northeast Asia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728110017/http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-2.htm |date=2011-07-28 }}." China Airlines. Retrieved on August 30, 2011. "Sapporo 3F, New Chitose Airport, Bibi, Chitose City 066-0012, Hokkaido, Japan"

The airline Hokkaido Air System was at one time headquartered in the New Chitose airport terminal."[https://web.archive.org/web/20090321205207/http://www.hac-air.co.jp/about.html 会社概要]." Hokkaido Air System. Retrieved on May 19, 2009. "本社事務所：千歳市美々新千歳空港ターミナルビル内" Now its head office is on the property of Okadama Airport in Higashi-ku, Sapporo."[http://www.info.hac-air.co.jp/company/aboutus.html 会社概要] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822013710/https://www.info.hac-air.co.jp/company/aboutus.html |date=2016-08-22 }}." Hokkaido Air System. Retrieved on August 30, 2011. "〒007-0880　札幌市東区丘珠町丘珠空港内"

Ground transportation

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=Railways=

New Chitose Airport Station is located on a spur off the Chitose Line of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido).The fastest time to Sapporo Station is 37 minutes on the Rapid Airport Service Trains, and the fastest time to Otaru Station is 73 minutes. The fastest time to Sapporo Station is 33 minutes on the Special Rapid Airport Service Trains.{{cite web|url=https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/travel/airport.html|title=New Chitose Airport →Sapporo｜HOKKAIDO RAILWAY COMPANY|website=2.jrhokkaido.co.jp|access-date=13 January 2024}}

Due to the ever-increasing number of passengers, trains to Sapporo Station are becoming seriously crowded.

=Bus=

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

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/ }}

Category:Airports in Hokkaido

Category:Airports established in 1988

Category:1988 establishments in Japan

Category:Japan Air Self-Defense Force bases

Category:Chitose, Hokkaido

Category:Tomakomai