Regarding air transport, in addition to an increase of transportability of main trunk routes by large aircraft, it is essential that an array of route developments between regional cities, regional cities and major cities take place as well as an increase in the frequency of established routes using medium and small-sized aircraft. In order to make this possible, every effort must be made to ensure that a bottleneck in route patterns does not happen. However, even at this point in time, all base airports at which demand is now concentrated have no room in their capacity. To that end, it is most vital and immediate that capacity is obtained at these base airports and thus increasing capacity at the major cities' airports. Furthermore, the improvement of airport access is necessary so that the high speed characteristic of air cargo can be maximized.

Construction and Maintenance of Regional Base Airports

Current situation regarding construction and maintenance of regional base and major city base airports
  (1) Completed Construction Projects
Fukuoka Airport
1. New Chitose Airport Terminal : In service from 1992 New Runway: In service from FY1996 (B Runway 3000m)
2. Sendai Airport Runway Extension: In service from FY1997 (from 2500m to 3000m)
3. Niigata Airport Terminal: In service from FY1996 Runway Extension: In service from FY1995 (from 2000m to 2500m)
4. New Tokyo International Airport No. 2 Terminal: In service from FY1992
5. Tokyo International Airport West Terminal: In service from FY1993 New Runway: In service from FY1996 (C Runway: 3000m) In service from FY1999 (B Runway: 2500m)
6. Kansai International Airport Opened in September 1994 (A Runway: 3500m)
7. Hiroshima Airport New Airport Construction: In service from FY1993
8. Fukuoka Airport Terminal: In service from FY1999
9. Naha Airport Terminal Construction: In service from FY1999


Naha Airport
 (2) Current Projects Under Construction
1. Sendai Airport Terminal Construction: Scheduled to be completed in FY2000 Access Rail Transport Construction: Scheduled to commence operations in 2006
2. New Tokyo International Airport Runway Construction: Scheduled to be in-service in FY2002 (Provision parallel runway: 2200m. The usual length of a parallel runway is 2500m)
3. Tokyo International Airport East Passenger Terminal Construction: Scheduled to be in-service in FY2003
4. Central Japan International Airport New Airport Construction: Schedule to open in 2005
5. Kansai International Airport New Runway Construction: Scheduled to be in-service in FY2007 (B Runway: 4000m)
6. Hiroshima Airport In-service Runway Extension: Scheduled to be commence in FY2000 (from 2500m to 3000m)

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