Those who are going to visit the Land of the Rising Sun are interested in how many airports in Tokyo, and where exactly their plane will land. It should be noted who the Greater Tokyo region serves several airports: Haneda, Narita , Chofu, Ibaraki, Tokyo Heliport. The airports of Tokyo Narita and Haneda are international, the rest serve only domestic lines. However, the correct answer to the question about the name of the airport in Tokyo will be "Haneda", since only it is located in the city limits, 14 km from the city center.
Features of Haneda Airport
For a long time, the main airport of large Tokyo was Haneda Airport, or Tokyo International Airport. Now he shares this rank with Narita, but still remains one of the largest airports in Japan . Serves mainly domestic flights; here come the aircraft from almost all major cities of Japan .
But internationally it is called not only due to previous merits: and today planes from China and South Korea arrive here. Most often international flights are accepted and sent from Haneda airport when another international airport serving Tokyo, Narita, is closed.
Airport Characteristics
There is Haneda Airport in the Tokyo area, which is called Ota. Tokyo Airport code is HND. It is located at an altitude of 11 m above sea level. The airport has 4 strips with asphalt covering, two of which have dimensions of 3000x60, and the other two are 2500x60.
Terminals
At the airport there are 3 terminals: 2 large, main and 1 small, international. Terminal number 1 is called "Big Bird". It was built in 1993 on the site of the old terminal and is located in the west of the airport. In the central part of the terminal there is a shopping area, except for it, there is a large 6-storey restaurant on its territory. On the roof there is an observation deck.
Terminal number 2 has no name. It was built in 2004. Inside the terminal are:
- shopping center;
- hotel Haneda Excel Tokyu Hotel;
- restaurant on the roof.
The shopping center of the 2nd terminal of Haneda Airport has 6 floors, where several trading floors are located, so you can buy anything at the airport in Tokyo without exaggeration.
The international terminal is the smallest of the three. It started functioning in 2008, on the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Many are surprised that the Tokyo airport in the photo looks different. This is due to the fact that there are several terminals, and one of them is most often captured in the photograph. The terminals are located at a considerable distance (several kilometers) from each other. You can get from one to the other by a free bus that runs around the airport. The interval of movement of such shuttles is 5 minutes.
In each of the terminals there are storage chambers, ATMs, currency exchange points, delivery services, there are also:
- dental clinic;
- polyclinic;
- post office;
- barbershop;
- banqueting hall.
As elsewhere in Japan, the airport in Tokyo is perfectly adapted for persons with limited mobility, and each toilet is equipped with a changing table, that is, all conditions are created for the maximum comfort of passengers.
The owner of the terminals is the private company Japan Airport Terminal Co. The rest of the airport infrastructure is state property.
There is a passage at the Tokyo airport and a vip, intended for servicing board number 1, aircraft of other members of the government, as well as heads of foreign states.
Base Airlines
On the territory of the airport such airlines are based:
- the largest Japanese company JAL - Japan Airlines, which carries out international air transportation;
- The second largest airline in Japan - All Nippon Airways;
- Solaseed Air;
- Skymark Airlines;
- Air Do;
- Star Flye;
- ANA Wings.
Car rental at the airport and parking
Tokyo Airport is equipped with four multi-storey parking lots. In the arrival zone of each of the terminals there are racks of companies for car rental ; such companies are represented here:
- Nissan;
- Orix;
- Nippon;
- Toyota;
- Times Car Rental.
How to get from the airport to Tokyo?
It is very easy to get from Haneda Airport to Tokyo; this can be done by train, monorail or bus. In each of the airport terminals there is a railway station and a stop of the monorail. By train, you can reach Sinagawa Station in 20 minutes. The monorail goes to the stop Hamamatsu-cho, where you can change to other modes of transport and go to almost anywhere in the Japanese capital. The bus departs from the airport every half hour and travels to Tokyo Station. The duration of the trip to the final stop is 1 hour 15 minutes.
If you see where Tokyo airports are on the map, you can see that they are located at a considerable distance from each other. However, the Narita Express express train can be reached from Haneda to Narita in just 50 minutes. There is an airport and a taxi stand, but this is the most expensive option, and at the same time is not the fastest.