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The first flight from Haneda Airport on 25 August 1931 carried a load of insects to Dairen in the Kwantung Leased Territory.

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Haneda Airport

Japan

Passengers/yr
65.9M
IATA
HND
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
7th busiest airport in the world

Haneda Airport , officially Tokyo International Airport and sometimes abbreviated to Tokyo-Haneda, is a Japanese international airport, the busier of the two serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Narita International Airport (NRT).

From the “History” section

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Haneda Airport was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for flight training during World War II.

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Haneda Airport

Japan

Passengers/yr
65.9M
IATA
HND
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
7th busiest airport in the world

Haneda Airport , officially Tokyo International Airport and sometimes abbreviated to Tokyo-Haneda, is a Japanese international airport, the busier of the two serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Narita International Airport (NRT).

From the “History” section

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY 4.0

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Haneda Airport was the most on-time international airport with the fewest delays worldwide in 2022.

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Haneda Airport

Japan

Passengers/yr
65.9M
IATA
HND
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
7th busiest airport in the world

Haneda Airport , officially Tokyo International Airport and sometimes abbreviated to Tokyo-Haneda, is a Japanese international airport, the busier of the two serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Narita International Airport (NRT).

From the “Statistics” section

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Photo: ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY 4.0

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Terminal 1, nicknamed the 'Big Bird', opened in 1993 and is exclusively used for domestic flights within Japan.

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Haneda Airport

Japan

Passengers/yr
65.9M
IATA
HND
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
7th busiest airport in the world

Haneda Airport , officially Tokyo International Airport and sometimes abbreviated to Tokyo-Haneda, is a Japanese international airport, the busier of the two serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Narita International Airport (NRT).

From the “Facilities” section

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Photo: ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY 4.0

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A ground collision on 2 January 2024 involved an Airbus A350-941 and a Japan Coast Guard De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315, resulting in five fatalities.

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Haneda Airport

Japan

Passengers/yr
65.9M
IATA
HND
City
Tokyo
Country
Japan
7th busiest airport in the world

Haneda Airport , officially Tokyo International Airport and sometimes abbreviated to Tokyo-Haneda, is a Japanese international airport, the busier of the two serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Narita International Airport (NRT).

From the “Accidents and incidents” section

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Photo: ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY 4.0

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