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.