Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport

Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport 黒崎 一護国際空港 Kurosaki Ichigo Kokusai Kūkō
Aerial view of KIIA
IATA: KIT ICAO: RTAK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Teiko
Operator	Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport Development Authority
Serves	Greater Kaijo Area
Location	Kaijo
Opened	2019
Hub for	Teiko Airlines Rakuzan Air Systems
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 5,000 16,404 Asphalt Concrete 3,810 12,500 Asphalt Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 58,818,182 Aircraft Movements 352,124 Cargo Traffic 1,570,261

Interior of Terminal 1

Shops at Terminal 1

Interior of Terminal 2

Shops at Terminal 2

Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport (黒崎 一護国際空港, Kurosaki Ichigo Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: KIT, ICAO: RTKA) or KIIA, also known as New Kaijo International Airport, is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Kaijo Bay off the Kyushu shore, 30km northeast of Hakata Station, located within the jurisdiction of Manato in Kaijo. The airport serves as the primary international gateway to Teiko. The airport is named after Teikonian samurai and scholar Kurosaki Ichigo, the first person from Teiko to fly across the pacific.

Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport opened in June 2019 to relieve overcrowding at the original Shouzo Nijimura International Airport, referred to as Old Kaijo International Airport, which is closer to Kaijo Metropolis and now handles mainly domestic flights and selected international flights from East Asia. It consists of two terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Terminal 1, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is one of the longest airport terminal in the world with a length of 1.7 km. The airport serves as an international hub for Teiko Airlines, and Rakuzan Air Systems. A third and fourth terminal as well as two additional runways are currently being constructed and will be completed by 2025.

In 2019-2020 prior to the lockdown measures implemented by the federal government due to the coronavirus pandemic, the airport handled a record breaking more than 58 million passengers, making it the busiest airport in Teiko and among the busiest in the world. In 2020, Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport was among the top 10 best airports in the world according to Skytrax.

Terminals

Kurosaki Ichigo International Airport currently has two operating terminals with an additional two terminals being constructed. All terminals are connected by a people mover system.

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 is the main terminal of the airport. Due to its length, there is a dedicated people mover system designed for Terminal 1 which moves passengers from one end of the pier to the other.

The terminal's roof is shaped like an airfoil. This shape is used to promote air circulation through the building: giant air conditioning ducts blow air upwards at one side of the terminal, circulate the air across the curvature of the ceiling, and collect the air through intakes at the other side. Mobiles are suspended in the ticketing hall to take advantage of the flowing air.

Terminal 1 is designed with several amenities including a mall, hotel, and convention center. The airport's main parking building is also located beside Terminal 1.

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 primarily serves low-cost carriers by providing lower landing fees than Terminal 1. More than 80% of its capacity is occupied by Peach Aviation and Ryukyu Air.

Terminal 3

Terminal 3 is currently being constructed, upon completion by 2025, it will be exclusively used by Teiko Airlines.

Terminal 4

Terminal 4 is currently being constructed, upon completion by 2025, the new terminal will be used for domestic flights and flights coming from East Asia.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aeroflot	Moscow–Sheremetyevo	1
AeroWestfalica	Evelstadt International Airport, Port Lantea International Airport	1
AirAsia X	Honolulu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Taipei–Taoyuan	1
Air Busan	Busan, Daegu	1
Air Canada	Vancouver	1
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Shanghai–Pudong	1
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle	1
Air India	Delhi	1
Air Macau	Macau	1
Air New Duveland	La Esperancé, Macquarie, Tasbury	1
Air Poemia	Berghmann	1
Air New Zealand	Auckland	1
Air Tahiti Nui	Papeete	1
Aircalin	Nouméa	1
Alitalia	Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino	1
AlpAir	Zurich-Glambeck	1
All Nippon Airways	Nagoya–Centrair, Naha, Osaka–Itami, Osaka–Kansai, Sapporo–Chitose, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita Seasonal: Ishigaki	1
All Nippon Airways operated by ANA Wings	Fukue, Komatsu, Miyazaki, Nagoya–Centrair, Naha, Niigata, Sendai, Tsushima	1
American Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles	1
AlpAir	Zurich-Glambeck	1
Amakusa Airlines	Amakusa	2
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon	1
Austrian Airlines	Vienna	1
British Airways	London–Heathrow	1
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong, Taipei–Taoyuan	1
Cebu Pacific	Manila, Cebu, Clark	1
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan	1
China Eastern Airlines	Beijing–Capital, Qingdao, Shanghai–Pudong Seasonal: Chengdu, Nanjing	1
China Southern Airlines	Seasonal: Dalian, Guangzhou, Shanghai–Pudong	1
China United Airlines	Yantai	1
Delta Air Lines	Honolulu	1
Eastar Jet	Seoul–Incheon	1
EgyptAir	Cairo	1
Emirates	Dubai–International	1
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa	1
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	1
EVA Air	Kaohsiung, Taipei–Taoyuan	1
Finnair	Helsinki	1
Fuji Dream Airlines	Matsumoto, Nagoya–Komaki, Niigata, Shizuoka	2
Garuda Indonesia	Denpasar/Bali	1
Hainan Airlines	Xi'an	1
Hawaiian Airlines	Honolulu	1
HK Express	Hong Kong	1
HopperAir	Appleton-Derby	1
Ibex Airlines	Komatsu, Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Itami, Sendai Seasonal: Tanegashima	1
Japan Airlines	Osaka–Itami, Sapporo–Chitose, Tokyo–Haneda, Tokyo–Narita	1
Japan Airlines operated by J-Air	Amami Ōshima, Hanamaki, Kōchi, Matsuyama, Miyazaki, Osaka–Itami, Sendai, Tokushima	1
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Air Commuter	Izumo, Kagoshima, Yakushima	1
Japan Airlines operated by Japan Transocean Air	Naha	1
Jarraban Airways	Appleton-Derby, Royceston	1
Jeju Air	Busan, Seoul–Incheon	2
Jetstar Japan	Nagoya–Centrair, Osaka–Kansai, Tokyo–Narita	1
Jin Air	Seoul–Incheon Seasonal: Busan	1
Juneyao Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong	1
KLM	Amsterdam	1
Korean Air	Busan, Seoul–Incheon	1
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin	1
Mandarin Airlines	Taichung	1
Mainland Air	Port Ruppert	1
MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Ulaanbaatar	1
Midatlantica Airways	Darlington-Midatlantic, St. Ives	1
Nepal Airlines	Kathmandu	1
NokScoot	Bangkok–Don Mueang	1
Oriental Air Bridge	Fukue	1
Peach	Naha, Osaka–Kansai, Sapporo-Chitose, Tokyo–Narita	2
Pegas Fly	Khabarovsk	1
Qantas	Sydney	1
Qatar Airways	Doha	1
Philippine Airlines	Manila	1
Skymark Airlines	Ibaraki, Naha, Sapporo–Chitose, Tokyo–Haneda	1
Shenzhen Airlines	Shenzhen	1
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu	1
Siculia Airlines	San Foca, Tropea, Nova Taranto, Miami de Lecce, Lecce, West Point, Rossano, Florince, Punta del Sul	1
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	1
Sky Angkor Airlines	Siem Reap	1
Spring Airlines	Chongqing, Harbin, Hiroshima, Ningbo, Saga, Sapporo–Chitose, Shanghai–Pudong, Tianjin, Wuhan	1
StarFlyer	Nagoya–Centrair, Tokyo–Haneda	1
Rakuzan Air Systems	Bangalore, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Brussels, Chengdu, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Dalian, Delhi, Düsseldorf, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Komatsu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Los Angeles, Nagoya–Centrair, Manila, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Naha, New York–JFK, Niigata, Osaka–Itami, Perth, Phnom Penh, Qingdao, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Sapporo–Chitose, Seattle/Tacoma, Sendai, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Singapore, Surabaya, Taipei–Taoyuan, Washington–Dulles, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yangon	1
Takamaikan Airlines	Tsushima, Ryoko-Hokichi, Sakaramoto, Ishihama-Central	1
T'way Airlines	Daegu, Seoul–Incheon	1
Teiko Airlines	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Brussels, Chengdu, Chennai, Chicago–O'Hare, Dalian, Delhi, Düsseldorf, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Jakarta–Soekarno-Hatta, Komatsu, Kuala Lumpur–International, Los Angeles, Nagoya–Centrair, Manila, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Naha, New York–JFK, Niigata, Osaka–Itami, Perth, Phnom Penh, Qingdao, San Francisco, San Jose (CA), Sapporo–Chitose, Seattle/Tacoma, Sendai, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang, Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan, Washington–Dulles, Wuhan, Xiamen, Yangon	1
Thai Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi	1
Tigerair Taiwan	Taipei–Taoyuan	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul	1
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Guam, Honolulu, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington–Dulles	1
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent	1
Vietnam Airlines	Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City	1
XiamenAir	Fuzhou, Xiamen	1
ZIPAIR Tokyo	Seoul–Incheon	1

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Air China Cargo	Beijing–Capital, Shanghai–Pudong
Air France Cargo	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Hong Kong	Hong Kong
AirBridgeCargo	Amsterdam, Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Seoul–Incheon
ANA Cargo	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jakarta–Soekarno–Hatta, Naha, Osaka–Kansai, Qingdao, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Taipei–Taoyuan, Xiamen
Asiana Cargo	Seoul–Incheon
Cargolux	Luxembourg
Cargolux Italia	Luxembourg, Milan–Malpensa
Cathay Pacific Cargo	Hong Kong, Taipei–Taoyuan
China Airlines Cargo	Taipei–Taoyuan
China Cargo Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong
DHL Aviation	Anchorage, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Hong Kong, Leipzig, Seoul–Incheon
Emirates SkyCargo	Dubai–Al Maktoum
EVA Air Cargo	Taipei–Taoyuan
FedEx Express	Anchorage, Guangzhou, Memphis, Oakland, Osaka–Kansai, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Taipei–Taoyuan
KLM Cargo	Amsterdam
Korean Air Cargo	Bogota, Seoul–Incheon
Lufthansa Cargo	Frankfurt, Seoul–Incheon
MASkargo	Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur–International, Penang
Nippon Cargo Airlines	Amsterdam, Anchorage, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Beijing–Capital, Chicago–O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Edmonton,Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan–Malpensa, Nagoya–Centrair, New York–JFK, Osaka–Kansai, San Francisco, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Singapore, Tianjin
Polar Air Cargo	Anchorage, Cincinnati, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Seoul–Incheon, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen, Sydney, Taipei–Taoyuan
Qatar Airways Cargo	Doha
Singapore Airlines Cargo	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Singapore
UPS Airlines	Anchorage, Louisville, Ontario, Osaka–Kansai, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenzhen
YTO Cargo Airlines	Yantai

Operations

Busiest International Routes to and from KIT (CY 2019)

Rank	City	Carriers
1	Tokyo–Narita	TBA
2	Oka	TBA
3	Seoul–Incheon	TBA
4	Hong Kong	TBA
4	Tsushima	TBA
5	Serika	TBA
6	Singapore	TBA
7	Taipei–Taoyuan	TBA
8	Dubai–International	TBA
9	Osaka–Kansai	TBA
10	San Foca	TBA

Ground transportation

Rail

Koku Maglev Line connects the airport to Hakata Station

See also

• Transportation in Teiko