The New Tokyo International Airport Authority applied Friday for government approval of its plan to build a shorter-than-planned second runway at the airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture.
Toru Nakamura, president of the airport operator, submitted the application to Transport Minister Jiro Kawasaki.
According to the plan, the airport authority will build a 2,180-meter runway by the end of November 2001 for use mainly by short- and medium-range aircraft, such as the Boeing 767, flying international and domestic routes.