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Kansai International Airport

airport serving Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto, Japan
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Kansai International Airport

Summary

Kansai International Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of international_airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,643 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kansai International Airport received the BCS Prize[3].
  • Kansai International Airport received the AIJ Prize[4].
  • Kansai International Airport is located in Izumisano[5].
  • Kansai International Airport is located in Tajiri[6].
  • Kansai International Airport is located in Sennan[7].
  • Kansai International Airport is in the country of Japan[8].
  • Kansai International Airport is on the body of water Osaka Bay[9].
  • Kansai International Airport's instance of is recorded as international airport[10].
  • Kansai International Airport's instance of is recorded as artificial island airport[11].
  • Kansai International Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[12].
  • Kansai International Airport's architect is recorded as Renzo Piano[13].
  • Kansai International Airport is operated by Kansai Airports[14].
  • Kansai is named after Kansai International Airport[15].
  • Kansai International Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as KIX[16].
  • Kansai International Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as RJBB[17].
  • Kansai International Airport is part of three Kansai airports[18].
  • Kansai International Airport's Commons category is recorded as Kansai International Airport[19].
  • Kansai International Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Asia/Tokyo[20].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Tokyo International Airport[21].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Narita International Airport[22].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as New Chitose Airport[23].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Fukuoka Airport[24].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Naha Airport[25].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Nagasaki Airport[26].
  • Kansai International Airport's scheduled service destination is recorded as Miyazaki Airport[27].

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Recognition

Awards received include BCS Prize[3], an architecture award[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1960[30] and AIJ Prize[4], an architecture award[31], in Japan[32].

Why It Matters

Kansai International Airport ranks in the top 5% of international_airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,643 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Kansai International Airport receive?

Honors received include BCS Prize[3] and AIJ Prize[4].

Related Entities

All Nippon Airways Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Japan Japan Airlines Renzo Piano Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport

References

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  11. [3] ↑ . nikkenren.com. nikkenren.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . aij.or.jp. aij.or.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Izumisano, Tajiri, Sennan
    Scheduled service destination → Tokyo International Airport, Narita International Airport, New Chitose Airport +55
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 34.43055555555556, 'lon': 135.2302777777778}
    Named after → —
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "RJBB"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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