Kansai International Airport (KIX)
A working profile of Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan: identifiers, location, the destinations served by scheduled flights, and the airlines that operate there.
Quick facts
- Full name: Kansai International Airport
- Serves: Osaka, Japan
- Coordinates: 34.4273, 135.2440
- Elevation: 26 ft
- Time zone: Asia/Tokyo
Kansai International Airport sits inside the air network of Japan. It shows 152 distinct scheduled departures across 57 destinations and 51 operating carriers in the OpenFlights routes table. Whether it works as a primary hub, a focus city, or a regional feeder depends on the size of those numbers. The bigger they get, the more likely the airport supports connecting traffic on top of its point-to-point passengers.
Destinations from KIX
Destinations are listed in order of how many distinct airline codes serve them. Click any code for the destination's own airport profile, or jump to the dedicated route page.
| IATA | Destination | City | Country | Route | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Taipei | Taiwan | KIX→TPE | 8 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | KIX→ICN | 7 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | KIX→PVG | 7 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | KIX→HKG | 6 |
| GMP | Gimpo International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | KIX→GMP | 5 |
| PUS | Gimhae International Airport | Busan | South Korea | KIX→PUS | 5 |
| TAO | Liuting Airport | Qingdao | China | KIX→TAO | 5 |
| HNL | Daniel K Inouye International Airport | Honolulu | United States | KIX→HNL | 4 |
| GUM | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport | Agana | Guam | KIX→GUM | 4 |
| CTS | New Chitose Airport | Sapporo | Japan | KIX→CTS | 4 |
| NRT | Narita International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | KIX→NRT | 4 |
| OKA | Naha Airport | Okinawa | Japan | KIX→OKA | 4 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | KIX→BKK | 4 |
| MNL | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines | KIX→MNL | 3 |
| HND | Tokyo Haneda International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | KIX→HND | 3 |
| DLC | Zhoushuizi Airport | Dalian | China | KIX→DLC | 3 |
| TNA | Yaoqiang Airport | Jinan | China | KIX→TNA | 3 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | KIX→KUL | 3 |
| FUK | Fukuoka Airport | Fukuoka | Japan | KIX→FUK | 3 |
| CNS | Cairns International Airport | Cairns | Australia | KIX→CNS | 3 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | KIX→DOH | 3 |
| OOL | Gold Coast Airport | Coolangatta | Australia | KIX→OOL | 3 |
| ISG | New Ishigaki Airport | Ishigaki | Japan | KIX→ISG | 3 |
| HEL | Helsinki Vantaa Airport | Helsinki | Finland | KIX→HEL | 2 |
| HGH | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | Hangzhou | China | KIX→HGH | 2 |
| PEK | Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | KIX→PEK | 2 |
| KHH | Kaohsiung International Airport | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | KIX→KHH | 2 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | KIX→CAN | 2 |
| SHE | Taoxian Airport | Shenyang | China | KIX→SHE | 2 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | KIX→DXB | 2 |
| CGK | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia | KIX→CGK | 2 |
| DPS | Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport | Denpasar | Indonesia | KIX→DPS | 2 |
| CJU | Jeju International Airport | Cheju | South Korea | KIX→CJU | 2 |
| HAN | Noi Bai International Airport | Hanoi | Vietnam | KIX→HAN | 2 |
| NKG | Nanjing Lukou Airport | Nanjing | China | KIX→NKG | 2 |
| SGN | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | KIX→SGN | 2 |
| YNT | Yantai Laishan Airport | Yantai | China | KIX→YNT | 2 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | KIX→FRA | 2 |
| FOC | Fuzhou Changle International Airport | Fuzhou | China | KIX→FOC | 2 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | KIX→IST | 2 |
| MFM | Macau International Airport | Macau | Macau | KIX→MFM | 2 |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco | United States | KIX→SFO | 2 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | KIX→SIN | 2 |
| WUX | Sunan Shuofang International Airport | Wuxi | China | KIX→WUX | 2 |
| CDG | Charles de Gaulle International Airport | Paris | France | KIX→CDG | 1 |
| FCO | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Rome | Italy | KIX→FCO | 1 |
| JFK | John F Kennedy International Airport | New York | United States | KIX→JFK | 1 |
| RMQ | Taichung Ching Chuang Kang Airport | Taichung | Taiwan | KIX→RMQ | 1 |
| HRB | Taiping Airport | Harbin | China | KIX→HRB | 1 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | KIX→AMS | 1 |
| KOJ | Kagoshima Airport | Kagoshima | Japan | KIX→KOJ | 1 |
| MYJ | Matsuyama Airport | Matsuyama | Japan | KIX→MYJ | 1 |
| NGS | Nagasaki Airport | Nagasaki | Japan | KIX→NGS | 1 |
| SDJ | Sendai Airport | Sendai | Japan | KIX→SDJ | 1 |
| HKD | Hakodate Airport | Hakodate | Japan | KIX→HKD | 1 |
| SPN | Saipan International Airport | Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands | KIX→SPN | 1 |
| NOU | La Tontouta International Airport | Noumea | New Caledonia | KIX→NOU | 1 |
Airlines operating at KIX
Carriers ranked by the number of routes they file from this airport.
| IATA | Airline | Country | Routes from KIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| NH | All Nippon Airways | Japan | 29 |
| JL | Japan Airlines Domestic | Japan | 24 |
| MM | Peach Aviation | Japan | 14 |
| CA | Air China | China | 6 |
| KE | Korean Air | Republic of Korea | 5 |
| CI | China Airlines | Taiwan | 4 |
| CZ | China Southern Airlines | China | 4 |
| GK | Genesis | Pakistan | 4 |
| MU | China Eastern Airlines | China | 4 |
| OZ | Asiana Airlines | Republic of Korea | 4 |
| 3K | Jetstar Asia Airways | Singapore | 2 |
| 7C | Jeju Air | Republic of Korea | 2 |
| CX | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong SAR of China | 2 |
| DL | Delta Air Lines | United States | 2 |
| GA | Garuda Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 |
| JQ | Jetstar Airways | Australia | 2 |
| LH | Lufthansa Cargo | Germany | 2 |
| NU | Japan Transocean Air | Japan | 2 |
| QF | Qantas | Australia | 2 |
| SC | Shandong Airlines | China | 2 |
| UA | United Airlines | United States | 2 |
| VN | Vietnam Airlines | Vietnam | 2 |
| ZH | Shenzhen Airlines | China | 2 |
| 5J | Cebu Pacific | Philippines | 1 |
| 7G | Star Flyer | Japan | 1 |
| 9C | China SSS | China | 1 |
| AA | American Airlines | United States | 1 |
| AF | Air France | France | 1 |
| AI | Air India Limited | India | 1 |
| AY | Finnair | Finland | 1 |
| AZ | Alitalia | Italy | 1 |
| BR | EVA Air | Taiwan | 1 |
| BX | Air Busan | Republic of Korea | 1 |
| D7 | AirAsia X | Malaysia | 1 |
| EK | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| FM | Shanghai Airlines | China | 1 |
| GE | TransAsia Airways | Taiwan | 1 |
| HA | Hawaiian Airlines | United States | 1 |
| HO | Juneyao Airlines | China | 1 |
| KL | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Netherlands | 1 |
| MH | Malaysia Airlines | Malaysia | 1 |
| NX | Air Macau | Macao | 1 |
| PG | Bangkok Airways | Thailand | 1 |
| PR | Philippine Airlines | Philippines | 1 |
| QR | Qatar Airways | Qatar | 1 |
| SB | Air Caledonie International | France | 1 |
| SQ | Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore | 1 |
| TG | Thai Airways International | Thailand | 1 |
| TK | Turkish Airlines | Turkey | 1 |
| UO | Hong Kong Express Airways | Hong Kong SAR of China | 1 |
| ZE | Eastar Jet | South Korea | 1 |
Inbound origin airports
Where flights into KIX typically originate, ranked by the number of operators on file.
| IATA | Origin airport | City | Country | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Taipei | Taiwan | 8 |
| ICN | Incheon International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | 7 |
| PVG | Shanghai Pudong International Airport | Shanghai | China | 7 |
| HKG | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 6 |
| GMP | Gimpo International Airport | Seoul | South Korea | 5 |
| PUS | Gimhae International Airport | Busan | South Korea | 5 |
| TAO | Liuting Airport | Qingdao | China | 5 |
| HNL | Daniel K Inouye International Airport | Honolulu | United States | 4 |
| GUM | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport | Agana | Guam | 4 |
| CTS | New Chitose Airport | Sapporo | Japan | 4 |
| NRT | Narita International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | 4 |
| OKA | Naha Airport | Okinawa | Japan | 4 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 4 |
| MNL | Ninoy Aquino International Airport | Manila | Philippines | 3 |
| HND | Tokyo Haneda International Airport | Tokyo | Japan | 3 |
| DLC | Zhoushuizi Airport | Dalian | China | 3 |
| TNA | Yaoqiang Airport | Jinan | China | 3 |
| KUL | Kuala Lumpur International Airport | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 3 |
| FUK | Fukuoka Airport | Fukuoka | Japan | 3 |
| CNS | Cairns International Airport | Cairns | Australia | 3 |
| DOH | Hamad International Airport | Doha | Qatar | 3 |
| OOL | Gold Coast Airport | Coolangatta | Australia | 3 |
| ISG | New Ishigaki Airport | Ishigaki | Japan | 3 |
| HEL | Helsinki Vantaa Airport | Helsinki | Finland | 2 |
| HGH | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport | Hangzhou | China | 2 |
| PEK | Beijing Capital International Airport | Beijing | China | 2 |
| KHH | Kaohsiung International Airport | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2 |
| CAN | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport | Guangzhou | China | 2 |
| SHE | Taoxian Airport | Shenyang | China | 2 |
| DXB | Dubai International Airport | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| CGK | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2 |
| DPS | Ngurah Rai (Bali) International Airport | Denpasar | Indonesia | 2 |
| CJU | Jeju International Airport | Cheju | South Korea | 2 |
| HAN | Noi Bai International Airport | Hanoi | Vietnam | 2 |
| NKG | Nanjing Lukou Airport | Nanjing | China | 2 |
| SGN | Tan Son Nhat International Airport | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 2 |
| YNT | Yantai Laishan Airport | Yantai | China | 2 |
| FRA | Frankfurt am Main Airport | Frankfurt | Germany | 2 |
| FOC | Fuzhou Changle International Airport | Fuzhou | China | 2 |
| IST | Istanbul Airport | Istanbul | Turkey | 2 |
| MFM | Macau International Airport | Macau | Macau | 2 |
| SFO | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco | United States | 2 |
| SIN | Singapore Changi Airport | Singapore | Singapore | 2 |
| WUX | Sunan Shuofang International Airport | Wuxi | China | 2 |
| CDG | Charles de Gaulle International Airport | Paris | France | 1 |
| FCO | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport | Rome | Italy | 1 |
| JFK | John F Kennedy International Airport | New York | United States | 1 |
| RMQ | Taichung Ching Chuang Kang Airport | Taichung | Taiwan | 1 |
| HRB | Taiping Airport | Harbin | China | 1 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1 |
| KOJ | Kagoshima Airport | Kagoshima | Japan | 1 |
| MYJ | Matsuyama Airport | Matsuyama | Japan | 1 |
| NGS | Nagasaki Airport | Nagasaki | Japan | 1 |
| SDJ | Sendai Airport | Sendai | Japan | 1 |
| HKD | Hakodate Airport | Hakodate | Japan | 1 |
| SPN | Saipan International Airport | Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 |
| NOU | La Tontouta International Airport | Noumea | New Caledonia | 1 |
How to read this page
The destinations table is the core of an airport profile. It tells you, at a glance, where you can fly directly from KIX on a published schedule. The "operators" column doesn't measure frequency. It measures how many distinct airline codes file the route. So a "3" means three different carriers list KIX to that destination, even if one of them runs the route many times a day while the others only manage it weekly. For practical trip planning, use the table as a starting list and confirm the airline's own schedule for your travel dates.
The airline list shows which carriers treat KIX as part of their network. Many will be foreign carriers running one or two flights, while a handful will use the airport as a base. To see where those carriers fly elsewhere, click through to any airline page. Each airline profile includes a route sample drawn from the same dataset.