AirportsKansai International Airport is a large airport serving Osaka, in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KIX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KIX
- ICAO code
- RJBB
- City
- Osaka
- State or region
- Ōsaka Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 34.4273° N, 135.2440° E
- Elevation
- 8 m (26 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KIX means Kansai International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RJBB. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 34.4273° N, 135.2440° E. It stands 8 metres (26 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Tokyo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kansai International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,123 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 83 airports of Japan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06L/24R | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 06R/24L | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kobe AirportKobe | UKB | 23 km |
| Osaka Itami International AirportOsaka | ITM | 43 km |
| Tokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air BaseTokushima | TKS | 67 km |
| Nanki Shirahama AirportShirahama | SHM | 86 km |
| Takamatsu AirportTakamatsu | TAK | 115 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,478 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,325 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,577 km | 9 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,532 km | 12 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,155 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,221 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,902 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 432 km | 1 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,782 km | 9 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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