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NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT

New Chitose Airport is the international and domestic airport servicing Sapporo, Niseko and other cities of Hokkaido. Our guide includes New Chitose Airport Hotels.

New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō) is an airport in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan near Sapporo. It has the IATA Airport Code CTS. By land area, it is the largest airport in Japan.

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While Hotel Com's New Chitose is the most convenient hotel being located next to the terminal, it can book out in the busy seasons, so if there are no rooms showing as available, book a room at one of the alternatives Crowne Plaza Ana Chitose which is a 10 minute drive from New Chitose Airport or Wing International Hotel Chitose which is a 12 minute drive from New Chitose Airport.

Chitose was Japan's first 24-hour airport (1994). During the 1990's, it was touted as an international gateway and had regular flights to Europe and Oceania. Today, its services to Europe has ceased, while its international services are mainly transporting tourists from East Asia for sightseeing and Australia for skiing to Niseko (Hokkaido) as the destination.

The airport has a single semicircular terminal building, which handles domestic and international flights.

Transfers from New Chitose Airport to Niseko

Niseko is located near Kutchan-cho town west of  New Chitose Airport is two and a half hours away by bus. There are several bus services that provide the transfer to Niseko including the Skybus, which takes you to your hotel.

Transfers from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo

There are several bus services that provide the transfer to Sapporo including the Skybus, which takes you to your hotel. JR operates rapid service trains to Sapporo Station, which take half an hour and cost about ¥1,000. Trains and buses to other cities in Hokkaido are also available.

New Chitose Airport Airlines and destinations

Air Do (Tokyo International Airport)
Air Nippon (Fukushima Airport, Hiroshima Airport, Kagoshima Airport, Matsuyama Airport, Memanbetsu Airport, Nemuro-Nakashibetsu Airport, Niigata Airport, Rishiri Airport, Wakkanai Airport)
All Nippon Airways (Chubu Centrair International Airport, Fukuoka Airport, Kansai International Airport, Komatsu Airport, Narita International Airport, Okayama Airport, Osaka International Airport, Sendai Airport, Tokyo International Airport, Toyama Airport)
Cathay Pacific Airways (Hong Kong International Airport)
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai Pudong International Airport)
China Southern Airlines (Shenyang Taoxian International Airport)
Continental Micronesia (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport)
EVA Air (Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport)
Hokkaido Air System (Kushiro Airport)
J-Air (Osaka International Airport)
Japan Airlines (Akita Airport, Aomori Airport, Chubu Centrair International Airport, Fukuoka Airport, Hanamaki Airport, Hiroshima Airport, Kansai International Airport, Memanbetsu Airport, Misawa Air Base, Naha Airport, Niigata Airport, Narita International Airport, Osaka International Airport, Sendai Airport, Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, Tokyo International Airport)
JAL Express (Sendai Airport)
Korean Air (Incheon International Airport)
Sakhalin Airlines (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport)
ValuAir (Singapore Changi Airport, programmed charter)
The Chitose-Tokyo route is the world's busiest air route, handling over 40 round-trip widebody flights a day. It is about 90 minutes by air from Chitose to Tokyo.

External links
New Chitose Airport Homepage

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Last edited on 18/08/09