Representatives from Japan’s Nagoya Airport are here at NBAA (Booth 1290) to promote its convenient location within the country and its utility for business aviation travelers. The Aichi-Nagoya region is one of the country’s three largest metropolitan areas, and as the first airport in Japan with a full-fledged business aviation terminal, Nagoya remains one of the few airports in the country to be considered business aviation specific, with the larger Central Japan International Airport built nearby to handle most of the commercial traffic.

The Nagoya area has been designated as a “Special Zone to Create Asia’s No. 1 Aerospace Industrial Cluster” by the Japanese government, and the airport will be the site of final assembly, flight test and delivery for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which will be Japan’s first indigenous airliner. Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries, which supply 35 percent of the content for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, also have factories in the area, which is home to Toyota Motor Corp.

For business aviation operations, Nagoya is removed from the congestion of the Tokyo area, yet due to its central location it is easily connected by high-speed train to the capital and to hubs such as Osaka and Kyoto. The airport, which is open from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., offers a dedicated customs, immigration and quarantine facility for international business arrivals. Two FBOs supply ground handling: Nakanihon Air Service and Aero Asahi. The business aviation terminal is centrally located, less than 300 feet from the ramp, and aircraft can taxi directly to their own parking spaces under their own power.