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The Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), one of Japan's principal airports
handling some 38 million passengers (more than half of domestic air passengers
through Japan.) annually, celebrated its 60th Anniversary on August 25, 1991.
The Tokyo Airport, predecessor to the Tokyo International Airport, had positions
for only 6 aircraft, at a time when nationwide there were no more than 8,000
air passengers annually. Now celebrating its 60th birthday, the airport handles
jumbo aircraft, each aircraft carrying 560 passengers.
In FY1990, international passengers to Japan exceeded 31 million, and domestic
passengers exceeded 65 million. Air transport is a principal national transport
facility, used by citizens from every sphere of society.
The majority of international airport functions were transferred to the
New Tokyo International Airport (Narita). However the Tokyo International Airport
is still firmly positioned as a principal airport - both for Japan's domestic
routes, and for the arrival and departure of national and international state
guests in the metropolitan area.
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