{"id":168372,"date":"2025-01-15T10:03:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T01:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168372&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T01:03:42","slug":"fukuoka-airports-second-runway-open-march-20","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-airports-second-runway-open-march-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Airport\u2019s Second Runway to Open March 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism has announced that Fukuoka Airport&#8217;s second runway will begin operations on March 20, earlier than planned due to smooth construction progress. Dedicated primarily to international departures, the new runway will increase annual takeoff and landing capacity by 12,000 flights. Local officials are calling for its optimal utilization to enhance airport efficiency further.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlit.go.jp\/report\/press\/kouku09_hh_000277.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLIT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-runway_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1392%2C878&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Airport\u2019s Second Runway to Open March 20\" width=\"1392\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-runway_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-runway_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-runway_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C646&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/fnn_fukuoka-airport-runway_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C484&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism has announced that Fukuoka Airport&#8217;s second runway will begin operations on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168372","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}