Terminal 1
The main terminal, designed by Renzo Piano and about 1.7 km long, for most international and domestic flights. Kansai Airport Station is next to it.
Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the main international airport for Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, in the Kansai region of Japan. It is built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, about 38 km (24 miles) southwest of Osaka Station, and is linked to the mainland by the Sky Gate Bridge. In 2025 it handled about 34 million passengers, around 80% of them on international flights.
ANA and Japan Airlines both use Kansai as a hub, and Peach, the low-cost airline, is based here. Dozens of foreign airlines connect Kansai with China, South Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. For domestic flights within Japan, many travelers use Osaka's other airport, Itami.
Kansai was Japan's first airport to operate 24 hours a day. Terminal 1, designed by Renzo Piano, is about 1.7 km long and handles most flights. Terminal 2 is a smaller, single-storey building for low-cost airlines such as Peach, Spring Airlines and Jeju Air, linked to Terminal 1 and the station by free shuttle buses.
From the airport, most travelers head into Osaka, to Namba, Umeda and Shin-Osaka, on to Kyoto and Nara, or to Kobe. Trains leave from Kansai Airport Station next to Terminal 1.