Central Japan International Airport, under construction off the city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, will be the third-largest international airport in Japan when it opens for round-the-clock operations next Feb. 17.
The management firm for the new Chubu (central Japan) airport, led by Yukihisa Hirano, a former executive of Toyota Motor Corp., claims to have drastically cut construction costs with thorough cost management.
The airport, being built on a 580-hectare man-made island in Ise Bay, will be linked to Tokoname on the opposite shore with a road and railroad. Work on an asphalt runway is almost complete, and landing and takeoff trials will begin in June.