Narita International Airport facts for kids
Narita International Airport (成田国際空港, Narita Kokusai Kūkō) (IATA: NRT, ICAO: RJAA) is a Japanese airport that is in Chiba, near Tokyo. It is one of the two primary airports in the Tokyo region.
The airport is 57.5 km (35.7 mi) east of Tokyo Station and 7 km (4.3 mi) east-southeast of Narita Station in the city of Narita in Chiba Prefecture.
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Main control tower, old and new ramp control towers. The middle tower, which served as the airport's main control tower for 25 years from its opening in 1978 until 1993, was occupied and vandalized by protesters on March 26, 1978, contributing to the two-month delay. It was converted into a ramp control tower in 1993, following the construction and opening of a new control tower (left of photo) and was demolished in 2018, transferring ramp control to the new ramp tower (right of photo).
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At Narita, simultaneous landing is performed to process busy traffic. Here, an ANA Boeing 767-300ER is landing on the closer runway while a Skymark Airlines Boeing 737-800 lands in the background.
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In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Narita para niños