NARITA: Gateway to the World

Gateway to the world

World Airports Ranking 2007 Passenger Traffic (International)

RankingCitytotal passengers% change
1 London (Heathrow) 62,099,395 1.2
2 Paris 54,904,358 5.8
3 Amsterdam 47,692,521 3.8
4 Frankfurt 47,087,699 3.0
5 Hong Kong 46,304,879 7.0
6 Singapore 35,221,203 5.6
7 Narita 34,237,175 1.1
8 Dubai 33,481,257 19.9
9 Bangkok 31,632,716 6.9
10 London (Gatwick) 31,140,044 3.7

(source: Airport Council International)

World Airports Ranking 2007 Cargo Traffic (International)

Ranking City total passengers % change
1 Hong Kong 3,741,827 4.5
2 Seoul 2,523,677 9.4
3 Narita 2,211,826 (1.1)
4 Frankfurt 2,030,169 1.7
5 Paris 1,994,027 8.8
6 Singapore 1,894,766 (0.9)
7 Shanghai 1,825,574 (0.2)
8 Anchorage 1,662,721 (20.9)
9 Miami 1,610,895 5.9
10 Amsterdam 1,610,282 5.5

From Narita to Other Cities in the World

Duration (hours)
New York (JFK)(JFK) 13.5
Los Angeles (LAX) 10
Paris (Charles de Gaulle) 12
Frankfurt 11.5
Shanghai 3
Hong Kong 4.5
Singapore 7
Sydney 9.5

From Narita to Major Japanese Cities

Duration (minutes)
Sapporo 13.5
Sendai 10
Nagoya 12
Osaka 11.5
Fukuoka 3

Access from Narita International Airport

By Railway

Railway Company Train Line Destination Duration (minutes)
JR Narita Express Tokyo Station 53
Shinjuku Station 80
Ikebukuro Station 90
Yokohama Station 90
Sobu Line Rapid Service Tokyo Station 90
Keisei Electric Railway Skyliner Keisei Ueno Station 51
Limited Express Keisei Ueno Station 75
Narita Rapid Railway(Due to start operation in 2010) Nippori Station 36

By bus 

Operator Destination Duration
Airport Limousine(Airport Transport Service) Central Tokyo(Tokyo Station, Shinjuku, Yokohama, etc.) 60〜90
Keisei Bus(and other lines) Makuhari 40 
Narita Airport Transport Kashiwa 90
Narita Airport Transport Tsukuba 120
Keisei Bus(and other lines) Omiya 100
Chiba Kotsu Utsunomiya 170
Kanetsu Kotsu Maebashi 210