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Tokyo International Airport (東京国際空港) is an
international
airport in the ward of
Ota in
Tokyo, Japan. It is more commonly known as Haneda Airport
(羽田空港). The airport has the nickname, "Big
Bird". Its
IATA airport code is HND.
By passenger throughput, Haneda is the busiest airport in Asia and the
fifth-busiest airport in the world, handling 59 million passengers
annually.
Haneda handled most of Tokyo's air traffic until the opening of
New Tokyo International Airport. Except for flights to
Gimpo Airport in
Seoul, it now handles domestic flights exclusively. Despite this, it
remains classified as a
first class airport.
History
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1931: Tokyo Airport opens.
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1945: U.S. occupation forces take over the airport, renaming it
Haneda AFB.
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1947:
Northwest Airlines begins scheduled flights from Haneda to the
United States, Korea, China, and the Philippines.
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1951:
Japan Airlines begins its first domestic operations from Haneda.
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1958: The U.S. military completes the return of the airport to
Japan.
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1961:
Instrument landing system becomes operational.
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1964:
Tokyo Monorail opens, linking Haneda to the city center.
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1970: New International Terminal is completed.
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1974: On
April 21, all Tokyo-Taipei flights are discontinued following the
normalization of Japanese relations with the
People's Republic of China.
Japan Asia Airways takes over Tokyo-Taipei flights the following
year.
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1978:
New Tokyo International Airport opens. All international flights are
moved to NTIA by the end of the year, and customs/immigration facilities
are removed from the main terminal to allow it to accommodate more
domestic passengers.
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1982:
Japan Airlines flight 350 crashes near the airport.
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August 12,
1985:
Japan Airlines flight 123, bound for
Osaka International Airport,Itami/Toyonaka,
loses control and crashes into a mountain after takeoff from Haneda; it
is the worst single-aircraft disaster in history, with over 500 dead.
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1991: The Japanese government's
Boeing 747, used for transporting government delegations overseas,
is based at Haneda.
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1993: The West Passenger Terminal opens.
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1999:
All Nippon Airways Flight 61 is hijacked shortly after takeoff. The
hijacker kills the pilot before he is subdued; the aircraft lands
safely.
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2000: JAL, ANA, and JAS launch "shuttle service" from Haneda to
Osaka International Airport and
Kansai International Airport.
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2002:
China Airlines moves its
Taipei and
Honolulu flights to Narita, temporarily ending HND's scheduled
international services.
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2003: JAL, ANA,
KE and
OZ service to
Gimpo Airport in
Seoul,
Korea starts, providing a "city to city" service.
Airlines
West Passenger Terminal
("Big Bird")
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Air Do (Hokkaido
International Airlines)
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Air Nippon
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All Nippon Airways
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Japan Airlines
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Japan Air System
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Japan Transocean Air
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Skymark Airlines
International Terminal
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Asiana Airlines
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Korean Air
Other carriers
Ground transportation
Haneda Airport is served by the
Keihin Kyuko Railway and
Tokyo Monorail. There is also regular bus service to
New Tokyo International Airport and most major train stations in the
Kanto region.
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