Kansai International Airport

Japanese: 関西国際空港 - かんさいこくさいくうこう
Kansai International Airport

It is an international hub airport that spans Izumisano City, Sennan County, and Sennan City in Osaka Prefecture. It is one of the company-managed airports. It is also called Kansai Airport or Kanku. It has a total area of ​​about 10.55 million square meters, and has two runways of 3,500 meters and 4,000 meters on two airport islands (2016). It is operated by the private company Kansai Airports Co., Ltd., and the land and facilities are owned and managed by the special company New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd. In 2015, the number of takeoffs and landings per year was about 164,000, the number of passengers per year was about 23.21 million, and the amount of cargo handled per year was about 719,000 tons. Transportation to Kansai International Airport is available via expressways as well as railways (JR West Japan and Nankai Electric Railway), and it can be reached by train in about 30 minutes from the center of Osaka Prefecture.

Kansai International Airport was established about 5km off the coast of Senshu, Osaka Bay, to replace Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport), which had noise problems and reached its capacity limit due to its location. The establishment of the airport was approved by the local government in 1983, and the following year, in 1984, Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd., a public-private joint venture, was established and full-scale operations began. It is an international airport that can operate 24 hours a day, and its economic impact on other airports is not small. It is also the first airport in Japan to allow foreign companies to participate in its planning, and the basic design of the airport passenger terminal was based on a proposal by Renzo Piano of Italy. It was scheduled to open in 1992, but due to delays in negotiations for compensation for fishermen, an increase in the reclaimed land area, strengthening measures against subsidence due to softer ground than expected, and complex terminal building construction, the construction period was delayed by about two years, and it finally opened on September 4, 1994. The cost of the project also increased significantly, from the initial 820 billion yen for the first phase to 1,458 billion yen due to the addition of additional construction work and rising interest burdens. With the completion of the airport, all international flights departing from and arriving at Osaka International Airport were transferred to this airport.

In July 2012, Kansai International Airport merged with Osaka International Airport, and New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd., which was established in the same year, began managing and operating both airports. A concession (sale of business operating rights) was then carried out, and the airports have been operated by Kansai Airports since April 2016.

[Kazuo Ochiai, Editorial Department, November 18, 2016]

[Reference items] | Osaka International Airport | Kansai Airports Co., Ltd. | New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Kansai International Airport
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Kansai International Airport

Kansai International Airport Terminal 1
Izumisano City, Sennan County, Tajiri Town, Sennan City, Osaka Prefecture ©Osaka Tourism Bureau (Osaka Tourism and Convention Association, a public interest incorporated foundation)

Kansai International Airport Terminal 1


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Japanese:

大阪府泉佐野(いずみさの)市、泉南(せんなん)郡田尻(たじり)町、泉南市にまたがる国際拠点空港。会社管理空港の一つ。関西空港、関空ともよばれる。総面積は約1055万平方メートルで、二つの空港島に3500メートルと4000メートルの2本の滑走路がある(2016)。民間企業の関西エアポート株式会社が運営し、特殊会社の新関西国際空港株式会社が用地・施設を保有・管理する。2015年(平成27)の年間発着回数は約16万4000回、年間旅客数は約2321万人、年間取扱貨物量は約71万9000トンを数える。関西国際空港への交通機関としては、高速道路のほか鉄道(JR西日本、南海電鉄)が乗り入れ、大阪府心から鉄道で約30分で到達できる。

 関西国際空港は、立地条件のため騒音問題や処理能力の限界に達した大阪国際空港(伊丹(いたみ)空港)にかわって、大阪湾泉州沖約5キロメートルの海上に設置された。1983年(昭和58)、空港設置が地元で承認され、翌1984年、官民共同出資の関西国際空港株式会社が設立されて本格的に事業が開始された。24時間空港の運用ができる国際空港で、経済的効果の面で他の空港に与える影響は小さくない。また、この空港は日本で初めてその計画に外国企業の参加を認めた空港で、空港旅客ターミナルの基本設計はイタリアのレンゾ・ピアノの案が採用された。1992年(平成4)の供用開始を予定していたが、漁業補償の交渉が遅れたことや埋立面積の増加、予想以上の軟弱な地盤のため地盤沈下対策を強化したこと、複雑なターミナルビル工事などで工期は約2年遅れて、1994年9月4日にようやく開港した。また事業費も大幅に増大し、当初は1期分で8200億円であったのが、付帯工事の追加や金利負担の増加によって、1兆4580億円となった。空港完成により大阪国際空港発着の国際線はすべてこの空港に移された。

 2012年7月、関西国際空港は大阪国際空港と経営統合を行い、同年設立された新関西国際空港株式会社が両空港の管理・運営業務を開始した。その後、コンセッション(事業運営権の売却)が実施され、2016年4月より関西エアポート株式会社による運営が行われている。

[落合一夫・編集部 2016年11月18日]

[参照項目] | 大阪国際空港 | 関西エアポート(株) | 新関西国際空港(株)
関西国際空港
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関西国際空港

関西国際空港第1ターミナル
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関西国際空港第1ターミナル


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