Osaka-Kansai International Airport

Introduction

International flights in Osaka arrive at the Kansai International Airport (KIX), about 38 kilometres from Osaka. After Narita Airport it's the busiest airport in Japan regarding international passengers. Airlines flying from Europe to Osaka include KLM (Amsterdam) and Finnair (Helsinki). Osaka Airport (ITM) serves only domestic destinations.

For more information about other airports throughout the world, also see the list of airports.

Getting there and away

• Rail: The lower railroad level of the Sky Gate Bridge R leading to Osaka is used by two railroad operators: West Japan Railway (JR West) and Nankai Electric Railway. JR West operates Haruka, the limited express train services for Kansai Airport Station from Tennōji, Shin-Ōsaka and Kyoto Station. JR West also offers "Kansai Airport Rapid" services for Kansai Airport Station from Ōsaka and Kyōbashi Station, as well as several stations on the way. Nankai operates a limited express train service to Namba Station on the southern edge of downtown Osaka.
• Bus: Kansai Airport Transportation Enterprise and other bus operators offer scheduled express bus services, called "Airport Limousines", for Kansai International Airport.
• Car: The airport is only accessible from the Sky Gate Bridge R, a part of Kansai Airport Expressway. The expressway immediately connects to Hanshin Expressways Route 5, "Wangan Route", and Hanwa Expressway. Taxis and rental cars are available at the airport and there are thousands of parking places as well.
• Ferry: A high-speed ferry service operates between Kobe Airport and KIX. The journey takes about thirty minutes.

Getting around

The terminal has a sophisticated people mover system called the Wing Shuttle, which moves passengers from one end of the pier to the other.

Airlines, Destinations and Terminals

Although there is only one terminal, it's the longest terminal in the world! For more information about airlines, also see the list of airlines and the details about flying with budget airlines.

• Aircalin - Nouméa
• Air Busan - Busan
• Air China - Beijing-Capital, Dalian, Shanghai-Pudong
• Air France - Paris-Charles de Gaulle
• Air India - Delhi, Hong Kong
• Air Macau - Macau
• Air New Zealand - Auckland
• Alitalia - Rome-Fiumicino
• All Nippon Airways - Naha, Sapporo-Chitose
• All Nippon Airways - Dalian, Hong Kong, Qingdao, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Tokyo-Narita
• All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon Fukuoka, Hakodate, Memanbetsu, Naha, Sapporo-Chiotse, Tokyo-Haneda, Wakkanai
• All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon - Beijing-Capital, Hangzhou
• Asiana Airlines - Busan, Saipan, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon
• Cathay Pacific Airways - Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan
• Cebu Pacific - Manila
• China Airlines - Taipei-Taoyuan
• China Eastern Airlines - Beijing-Capital, Nanjing, Kunming, Qingdao, Shanghai-Pudong, Yantai
• China Southern Airlines - Changsha, Dailan, Guangzhou, Harbin, Shenyang
• Continental Airlines operated by Continental Micronesia - Guam
• Delta Air Lines - Guam, Honolulu, Seattle/Tacoma
• EgyptAir - Cairo, Luxor
• Emirates - Dubai
• EVA Air - Taipei-Taoyuan
• Finnair - Helsinki
• Garuda Indonesia - Denpasar/Bali, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta
• Hainan Airlines - Haikou
• Japan Airlines - Fukuoka, Naha, Sapporo-Chitose, Tokyo-Haneda
• Japan Airlines - Beijing-Capital, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai-Pudong, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita
• Japan Airlines operated by J-Air - Fukuoka
• Japan Airlines operated by JALways - Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Denpasar/Bali, Guam, Honolulu
• Japan Airlines operated by JAL Express - Tokyo-Haneda
• Japan Airlines operated by JAL Express - Seoul-Gimpo, Shanghai-Pudong
• Japan Airlines operated by Japan Transocean Air - Ishigaki, Naha, Tokyo-Haneda
• Jeju Air - Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon
• Jetstar Asia Airways - Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan
• Jetstar Airways - Cairns, Gold Coast
• KLM - Amsterdam
• Korean Air - Busan, Guam, Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon
• Lufthansa - Frankfurt
• Malaysia Airlines - Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur
• MIAT Mongolian Airlines - Ulan Bator
• Philippine Airlines - Manila
• Qatar Airways - Doha
• Shandong Airlines - Jinan
• Shanghai Airlines - Shanghai-Pudong
• Shenzhen Airlines - Fuzhou, Shenzhen, Wuxi
• Singapore Airlines - Singapore
• StarFlyer - Tokyo-Haneda
• Thai Airways International - Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
• Turkish Airlines - Istanbul-Atatürk
• United Airlines - San Francisco
• Uzbekistan Airways - Tashkent
• Vietnam Airlines - Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
• Vladivostok Air - Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
• Xiamen Airlines - Hangzhou, Xiamen

Sleep

If you are staying in Osaka, have a read of our guide on where to stay

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