KIX
Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport (IATA: KIX, ICAO: RJBB) is a large airport in Osaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. It opened on 4 Sep 1994. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,123 ft). It is operated by New Kansai International Airport Company. In 2024 it handled 30.6 million passengers.
Timeline
3 events · 1994–201604 SEP 1994
OpenedKansai International Airport opens.
01 JUL 2012
MilestoneNew Kansai International Airport Company becomes the operator.
01 APR 2016
MilestoneKansai Airports becomes the operator.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06L/24R051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 m13,123 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt
06R/24L051° / 231° · LIT
LENGTH3,500 m11,483 ftWIDTH60 m196 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2013–202417.7M
19.2M
23.1M
25.1M
27.9M
29.0M
31.8M
6.6M
3.0M
7.9M
23.3M
30.6M
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Routes
64 destinations · 23 countriesYear-round60
HNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · StarFlyer, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines432 km268 miFUKFukuoka AirportJapan · Peach452 km281 miKMIMiyazaki AirportJapan · Peach453 km281 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan, Peach491 km305 miKOJKagoshima AirportJapan · Peach512 km318 miNGSNagasaki AirportJapan · Peach521 km324 miPUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Jin Air +2582 km362 miTAEDaegu International AirportSouth Korea · Trinity Airways620 km385 miSDJSendai AirportJapan · Peach655 km407 miCJJCheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)South Korea · Trinity Airways, Aero K745 km463 miCJUJeju International AirportSouth Korea · Trinity Airways813 km505 miGMPSeoul Gimpo International AirportSouth Korea · Peach, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air836 km519 miASJAmami AirportJapan · Peach848 km527 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Peach, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air +7860 km534 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan, Peach, All Nippon Airways +11,083 km673 miOKANaha International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan, Peach, All Nippon Airways +11,170 km727 miKUHKushiro AirportJapan · Peach1,231 km765 miMMBMemanbetsu AirportJapan · Peach1,301 km808 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Peach, Juneyao Air +51,307 km812 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines, Qingdao Airlines1,389 km863 miWUXSunan Shuofang International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines1,418 km881 miMMYMiyako AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways, Japan Transocean Air1,439 km894 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines, Beijing Capital Airlines, Loong Air +11,466 km911 miISGNew Ishigaki AirportJapan · Peach, All Nippon Airways, Japan Transocean Air1,540 km957 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · Juneyao Air1,553 km965 miTNAJinan Yaoqiang International AirportChina · Shandong Airlines1,649 km1,025 miTSNTianjin Binhai International AirportChina · Tianjin Airlines1,674 km1,040 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Jetstar Japan, Peach, Thai Lion Air +81,703 km1,058 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · All Nippon Airways, Hainan Airlines, Air China1,762 km1,095 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · Peach, Tigerair Taiwan, AirAsia +21,959 km1,217 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines1,984 km1,233 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · 9 Air, China Southern Airlines2,455 km1,525 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Shenzhen Airlines2,463 km1,530 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines, Greater Bay Airlines, HK Express +22,475 km1,538 miMFMMacau International AirportMacao SAR China · Air Macau2,513 km1,562 miGUMAntonio B. Won Pat International AirportGuam · United Airlines, Trinity Airways2,520 km1,566 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Jetstar Japan, Philippine Airlines2,635 km1,637 miUBNUlaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International AirportMongolia · MIAT Mongolian Airlines2,777 km1,726 miCEBMactan Cebu International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific2,916 km1,812 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air3,229 km2,006 miDADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines3,383 km2,102 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air3,910 km2,430 miCNXChiang Mai International AirportThailand · Thai Vietjet Air3,976 km2,471 miDMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia X4,156 km2,582 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Peach, Japan Airlines, Thai Vietjet Air4,161 km2,586 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Scoot, Peach, Singapore Airlines4,902 km3,046 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X, AirAsia +14,943 km3,071 miCNSCairns International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways5,812 km3,611 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Japan Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines6,614 km4,110 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways7,126 km4,428 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates7,577 km4,708 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Finnair7,732 km4,804 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · Jetstar Airways7,782 km4,836 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways7,905 km4,912 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines8,692 km5,401 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines8,746 km5,435 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Japan Airlines9,222 km5,730 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa9,239 km5,741 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM9,241 km5,742 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France9,626 km5,981 miMost destinationsPeach 20All Nippon Airways 7Japan Airlines 7Trinity Airways 6Jetstar Japan 5Japan Transocean Air 3
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KIX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kansai International Airport” (revision of 20 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
8 channelsAPPAPP120.250
ATISATIS127.850
CLDCLNC DEL121.900
DEPDEP119.200
GNDGND121.600
TCATCA121.100
TWR 06R/24L118.200
TWR 06L/24R118.050