Kansai

Airports

The region has three major airports (one under construction):

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• Kansai International Airport, south of Osaka, which handles some domestic and all of the international traffic. It is famous for being built on an artificial island.
• Osaka International Airport, in Itami and Toyonaka, handles most of the domestic traffic
• Kobe Airport, near Kobe, an airport under construction, which will handle domestic traffic

There are three minor airports:

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• Nanki-Shirahama Airport, in Shirahama, Wakayama, handles scheduled flights between Tokyo and scenic flights mainly for tourists
• Tajima Airport, in Toyooka, Hyogo, handles commuter services between Osaka International Airport
• Yao Airport, in Yao, Osaka, for general aviation and no scheduled transport services