Fukuoka Airport

Fukuoka Airport is the principal aviation gateway to Kyushu and one of the busiest airports in Japan, consistently ranking in the country's top five by passenger volume and holding the distinction of being the closest major airport in the world to its host city's central business district. Located just 2.2 mi (3.5 km) east of downtown Fukuoka (Hakata) at 32 ft (10 m) elevation, FUK's extraordinary close-in position means travelers can reach the city center's Hakata Station by subway in 5 min — an airport-to-CBD connection time unmatched by any other international airport of comparable size. The airport handles 93 routes across 41 destinations through 44 airlines, the highest airline count among the airports in this batch. FUK is a secondary hub for JAL and ANA and a principal operating base for Kyushu-based Star Flyer, Solaseed Air, and the low-cost carrier Peach. The Haneda–Fukuoka route is one of the world's busiest airline city pairs, served by multiple carriers with near-shuttle frequency throughout the day. International service is heavily concentrated on East and Southeast Asia reflecting Fukuoka's geographic position at Japan's western edge, just 120 mi (193 km) from Busan, South Korea: scheduled operations connect to Seoul–Incheon, Gimpo (Seoul), Busan, Taipei–Taoyuan, Hong Kong, Shanghai–Pudong, Beijing, numerous secondary Chinese cities, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hanoi, and Honolulu. Korean and Chinese carriers including Korean Air, Asiana, Jeju Air, Jin Air, T'way Air, China Airlines, EVA Air, Air China, China Eastern, and Spring Airlines operate dense service. The airfield has two parallel runways — 16L/34R at 9,186 ft (2,800 m) in asphalt and 16R/34L at 8,202 ft (2,500 m) in asphalt — with the parallel 16R/34L runway having opened in 2024/2025 as a long-awaited capacity expansion eliminating the historical single-runway operational bottleneck that made FUK one of the most congested airports in Japan. The domestic terminal and international terminal operate separately on opposite sides of the airfield, connected by a frequent free shuttle bus — a dual-terminal configuration that creates operational complexity but reflects the airport's growth constrained by its urban site. The Fukuoka City Subway Kuko (Airport) Line terminates directly beneath the domestic terminal.