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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.
Satellite photo of Kansai Airport (lower-right island) in Osaka Bay. Kobe Airport is being built on the unfinished island near the middle of the photo. Central Osaka is in the upper-right corner, along with Osaka International. Airport map. An artificial island, 4 km (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) long and 2.5 km (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) wide, was proposed.
Osaka Airport may refer to one of the following airports serving Osaka, Japan: Itami Airport , the domestic, and former international hub (IATA: ITM). Kansai International Airport , the international hub since September 1994, which also serves some domestic flights (IATA: KIX).
Osaka's first airport began as seaplane base around 1923 and became a full airport in 1929. [5] At the peak in 1938 handled 8,800 departures and arrivals and 10,000 passengers. [ 6 ] Closed in 1938 when Itami Airport opened.
The main entrance to OCAT. Osaka City Air Terminal (OCAT) is a multi-purpose commercial complex in Minatomachi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka housing South Osaka's inter-city bus terminal and coach ferry services to Kansai International Airport, JR Namba station and six floors of shops, restaurants, travel agencies and tourist offices.
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The airport received its Class-3 certification from the Japanese government in July 1968, permitting regularly scheduled passenger services to those locations. Services to Osaka began from April 1975. From November 1978, the airport was closed to permit strengthening of its runway. The airport reopened in April 1979 with a 1500-meter runway.
The Main Line runs on an elevated line between Osaka International Airport and Kadoma.It opened on 1 June 1990 between Senri-Chuo and Minami-Ibaraki stations. [1] On 30 September 1994 it reached Shibahara-handai-mae Station, on 1 April 1997, Osaka Airport, and on 22 August 1997, its current eastern terminal at Kadoma-shi Station. [1]