New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō) is an airport in Chitose, Japan near Sapporo. It has the IATA Airport Code CTS. By land area, it is the largest airport in Japan.
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 international services are limited to East Asia.
The airport has a single semicircular terminal building (similar to the terminals at DFW Airport), which handles domestic and international flights. 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.
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 (http://www.new-chitose-airport.co.jp/english/)
New ChitoseAirport, the main airport for Sapporo, and the neighboring Chitose Air Base are located in the city.
Chitose is accessed by two expressways with an interchange in the west and another in the north on a separate expressway and the Chitose-Eniwa Junction connecting with the Eastern Hokkaido Expressway in the northwest.
Chitose is also linked by route 36 and routes 274, 276, 337 and 453.
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