Tokyo Narita (NRT) is an international airport which is situated in Narita, Chiba, Japan. It is located in the eastern direction of the Greater Tokyo Area and lies at a distance of 57.5 kilometres towards the east of Tokyo Station and also 7 kilometre east southeast of Narita Station. This airport handles huge number of international passenger traffic to and from Japan and is also the main linking point for air traffic in between Asia and the Americas. Every year this airport serves more than 35,478,146 passengers and becomes the second busiest passenger airport in Japan. The runway length of this airport is 13123 feet and has 141 feet of elevation.
This airport is the busiest air freight centre in Japan and also the eighth busiest air freight centre in the entire world. Serving as the main international hub of Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways this airport is a significant one for the passengers all over the world. This airport also serves as an Asian centre for Delta Air Lines and is distinguished as a first class airport under Japanese Law. This airport is known as the New Tokyo International Airport and also Narita International Airport. The airport has two terminals which is linked by a free shuttle bus and also offers an official website as www.narita-airport.jp/en.
The airport lies on the Shin-kulo Expressway that connects the Higashi-Kanto Expressway and Route 295 from where you can get access to the nearby cities and also Tokyo. Once you reach at the airport you can park your car at the long and short term parking. In front of the Terminal 1 you will get car park P1 where 1,000 spaces are available and P2 is located outside Terminal 2 that has 1,300 spaces for cars available. You can even hire a car from the companies. You will get offices of car companies in the Arrivals area of both the terminals like Toyota, Nissan and Nippon. Besides this, Terminal 1 is represented by Matsuda and Terminal 2 by Japaren.
Rail, buses and taxis all are available at the airport to give the best of services to the passengers who want to reach to their destination. To get details head to the information desks situated in both the terminals. You will get many desks over there. Also if you want to get details of tourist sites or attractions of the city head towards the tourist information counter which could be found in Terminal 1. This airport provides basic facilities like banks, ATMs, bureaux de change, post office, coin operated internet terminals, wireless internet access, mobile phone hire, telephone, fax, photocopy, Japanese and Western restaurants, cafes, fast food outlets, bars, shops and duty-free shops, luggage facilities, medical clinics, dentist, nurseries, children’s play areas, sleeping rooms, and many others.
For conference and business facilities you have a business centre at Terminal 1 that offers fax, photocopying, internet access and also meeting rooms. Facilities for disabled travellers are also available in a huge way like tactile flooring, wheelchair, toilets, telephones, car parks and few others. You can also accommodate a room close to the airport as the airport has no hotels. So ANA Hotel Narita, Hilton Narita, Holiday Inn Tobu Narita, Hotel Nikko Narita and Radisson Hotel Narita Airport will be the best to stay and rest. You can even book a room from the reservation desks in Terminal 1 at the airport.
There is a huge list of airlines that are operated from this airport like Aeroflot, Aeroméxico, Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air India, Air New Zealand, Air Niugini, Air Tahiti Nui, Aircalin, Alitalia, All Nippon Airways, All Nippon Airways that are operated by Air Central, All Nippon Airways operated by Air Japan, All Nippon Airways operated by Air Nippon, All Nippon Airways operated by Ibex Airlines, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Continental Airlines, Continental Airlines which is operated by Continental Micronesia, Delta Air Lines1, EgyptAir, Emirates, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, Finnair, Garuda Indonesia, Iran Air, Japan Airlines, Japan Airlines operated by JAL Express, Japan Airlines operated by JALways, Japan Airlines operated by Japan Transocean Air, Jetstar Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Pakistan International Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Scandinavian Airlines System, Singapore Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Thai Airways International, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Uzbekistan Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Viva Macau and Vladivostok Air.
Not only this, several cargo services are also operated from the airport like Aeroflot-Cargo, AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Air France Cargo, Air Hong Kong, ANA & JP Express, Cathay Pacific, China Cargo Airlines, FedEx Express, KLM Cargo, Korean Air Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, MASkargo, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Polar Air Cargo, Singapore Airlines Cargo and UPS Airlines. In fact, the Narita Heli Express functions some charter flights in between Narita, Tokyo Heliport, Saitama-kawajima Heliport and Gunma Heliport. To enter the province of Japan you may require a visa and applying for it may take some 10 days but in some cases it take over a month. So it’s better if you contact the
Japanese Embassy or Consulate in your country to get the visa as soon as possible. Also you can get information about visa in that country is needed or not.
The city of Narita is renowned for its Shinshoji Temple which is among the great Japanese pilgrimage centers and is visited by over seven million worshippers annually. Well, Narita has plenty of attractions to see and visit. Its landscapes and natural beauty will make you even more fascinated. So whenever you get little time to spare on the breathtaking attractions just move ahead and grab them in your palms. This will make you feel pleasant with warm and temperate climate. No doubt, this is one of the most famous cities of Japan that offers mild winters, warm springs and cool autumns to every tourist and people all over the world who throng here to explore the city.