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HANEDA AIRPORT
Haneda Airport is the main domestic airport for
Tokyo. Our guide includes Haneda Airport Hotels. Haneda Airport is also known as Tokyo International Airport.
Haneda Airport - Tokyo International Airport (Japanese: 東京国際空港 Tōkyō
Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT) is an airport in Ota,
Tokyo,
Japan. It is more commonly known as
Haneda Airport (羽田空港 Haneda Kūkō).
Despite its name, it is mainly a domestic airport.
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By passenger throughput, Haneda is the busiest airport in Asia and the
fourth-busiest airport in the world, handling 63 million passengers
annually.
Haneda handled most of Tokyo's air traffic until the opening of
New Tokyo International Airport, now
known as Narita International Airport.
Except for flights to Gimpo Airport in Seoul and some international
charter flights, it now handles domestic flights exclusively. Despite
this, it remains classified as a first class airport.
Terminal 2 opened on 1 December 2004. A third runway is under
construction and a third terminal for international flights is being
planned.
Airlines Using Haneda
Passenger Terminal 1 ("Big Bird", west domestic terminal)
Terminal 2 opened on 1 December 2004. It features an
open-air rooftop restaurant, a six-story "marketplace" area with restaurants
and shops, and the 387-room
Haneda
Excel Tokyu Hotel.
Air Do (Hokkaido International Airlines) (Asahikawa,
Sapporo Chitose)
All Nippon Airways (Akita, Fukuoka,
Hachijojima, Hakodate, Hiroshima,
Ishigaki, Iwami, Kagoshima, Kochi,
Komatsu, Kumamoto, Kushiro,
Matsuyama, Miyakejima, Miyazaki,
Monbetsu, Nagasaki, Nemuro/Nakashibetsu,
Noto, Odate, Okayama,
Okinawa, Oita,
Osaka Itami,
Osaka Kansai, Oshima, Saga,
Sapporo Chitose, Shonai, Takamatsu,
Tottori, Toyama, Wakkanai, Yonago)
International Terminal - Haneda
Haneda's international terminal has two gates, which
handle four flights a day to and from Seoul Gimpo Airport. These flights are
operated by All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Japan Airlines, and Korean
Air. The terminal sometimes handles charter flights in the evening and early
morning hours.
The international terminal is connected to the main terminal by a shuttle
bus, which runs every five minutes during the day.
A major expansion or replacement of the international terminal is in the
planning stage.
Ground transportation - Haneda
Rail
Tokyo Monorail station at Terminal 1.Haneda Airport is served by the Keihin
Kyuko Railway and Tokyo Monorail. The monorail has two stations, one in each
terminal; Keikyu operates a single station between the terminals.
Keikyu offers trains to Shinagawa Station (19 min., ¥400) and Yokohama
Station (27 min., ¥470), and through service to the Toei Asakusa Line, which
makes several stops in eastern Tokyo. Some Keikyu trains also run through to
the Keisei Oshiage Line and Keisei Main Line, making it possible to reach
Narita International Airport by train.
Although a few direct trains run in the morning, a transfer along the Keisei
Line is generally necessary to reach
Narita International Airport. The train
ride to
Narita International Airport takes about 2
hours and costs ¥1,560.
Tokyo Monorail offers trains to Hamamatsucho Station (¥470), where
passengers can connect to the Yamanote Line to reach other points in Tokyo.
Express trains make the nonstop run from Haneda Airport to Hamamatsucho in
16 minutes.
Bus There is also regular bus service to many points in the Kanto
region. The following travel times are scheduled, and may be longer due to
frequent traffic jams around Tokyo.
Yokohama Station — 30 min., ¥560 Tokyo Station — 40 min., ¥900
Tokyo City Air Terminal Shinjuku Station — 50 min., ¥1,200
Ikebukuro Station — 70 min., ¥1,200 Narita International Airport — 75 min.,
¥3,000
Chiba Station — 80 min., ¥1,330
Haneda Airport History
1931: Tokyo Airport opens.
1945: U.S. occupation forces take over the airport,
renaming it Haneda AFB.
1947: Northwest Airlines begins scheduled flights from
Haneda to the United States, Korea, China, and the Philippines.
1951: Japan Airlines begins its first domestic
operations from Haneda.
1958: The U.S. military completes the return of the
airport to Japan.
1961: Instrument landing system becomes operational.
1964: Tokyo Monorail opens, linking Haneda to the city
centre.
1970: New International Terminal is completed.
1974: On 21 April, all Tokyo-Taipei flights are
discontinued following the normalization of Japanese relations with the
People's Republic of China. Japan Asia Airways takes over Tokyo-Taipei
flights the following year.
1978: New Tokyo International Airport (now known as
Narita International Airport) opens. All international flights, except for
those to Taiwan, Republic of China are moved to NTIA by the end of the
year, and customs/immigration facilities are removed from the main
terminal to allow it to accommodate more domestic passengers.
1982: Japan Airlines flight 350 crashes near the
airport.
12 August 1985: Japan Airlines flight 123, bound for
Osaka International Airport, Itami/Toyonaka, loses control and crashes
into a mountain after takeoff from Haneda; it is the worst single-aircraft
disaster in history, with over 500 dead.
1991: The Japanese government's Boeing 747, used for
transporting government delegations overseas, is based at Haneda.
1993: The West Passenger Terminal opens.
1999: All Nippon Airways Flight 61 is hijacked shortly
after takeoff. The hijacker kills the pilot before he is subdued; the
aircraft lands safely.
2000: JAL, ANA, and JAS launch "shuttle service" from
Haneda to Osaka International Airport and Kansai International Airport.
2002: China Airlines moves its Taipei and Honolulu
flights to Narita, temporarily ending HND's scheduled international
services.
2003: JAL, ANA, KAL and Asiana service to Gimpo Airport
near Seoul, Korea starts, providing a "city to city" service.
1 December 2004: Terminal 2 opens. Reserved for ANA and
Air Do, Terminal 1 now reserved for JAL, Skymark and Skynet Asia Airways.
