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Vatsim Sunday, August 9, RJAA Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan

Published by PAY1985 | Gordon G / published on August 5, 2026, 4:10 pm

Narita International Airport - originally known as New Tokyo International Airport , Shin Tōkyō Kokusai Kūkō) — is the secondary international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Haneda Airport (HND). It is about 60 km (37 mi) east of central Tokyo in Narita, Chiba.[2] The facility, since July 2019, covers 1,137 hectares (2,810 acres) of land and construction to expand to nearly 2,300 ha (5,700 acres) is underway.[3]

Narita was once the busiest airport in Japan by international passenger and international cargo traffic.[6] In 2018, Narita had 33.4 million international passengers and 2.2 million tonnes of international cargo.[7] In 2018, Narita was also the second-busiest airport in Japan in terms of aircraft movements (after Haneda Airport in Tokyo)[7] and the tenth-busiest air freight hub in the world.[8] Its 4-kilometer (2.5 mi) main runway shares the record for longest runway in Japan with the second runway at Kansai International Airport in Osaka.[9] Narita serves as the main international hub of Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Nippon Cargo Airlines, and United Airlines, and as an operating base for low-cost carriers Air Japan, Jetstar Japan, Peach Aviation, Spring Airlines Japan, and Zipair Tokyo.

Keeping with this month’s theme, no problems with any aircraft here.  There are four tower frequencies here so best 122.80 is maintained unless ATC is available.  Terminal 1 or 2 are for international flight.  Arrival time is 21:00Z to 22:00Z.