Research on Enhancing International Passenger Transport of Fukuoka, The Border City of Japan
臨境都市・福岡の国際交通の拡充に関する研究

3. Hakata Port

1.Current Transport Condition
Kyushu's First Class Airports

7

Kyushu's Int'l Seaports

3(28 in All-Japan)

Airports Gather in Kyushu
Highspeed Railway Network
Convenient

Accessing to Airport & Seaport
Both Near City Centre

Required Durations for Major Stations from Fukuoka(Hakata)
On Kyushu Shinkansen
On Nippo Main Line
Shin-tosu
0:13
Oita
2:04
Kurume0:15
On San'yo Shinkansen
Kumamoto
0:33
Kokura0:15
Kagoshima-Chuo1:19
Hiroshima
1:02
Miyazaki
3:08Okayama
1:38
Shin-osaka
2:25
On Nagasaki Main LineOn Tokaido Shinkansen
Saga
0:38
Kyoto
2:51
Nagasaki
2:01
Nagoya3:29
Sasebo
1:55
Tokyo
5:13

Hakata Port
AirportDomestic
Terminals 1-3

etroym5min.

b

6-15 min.
by busTenjin15 min.
by busHakata Stn.
AirportInternational
Terminal

city centre

213km
2:55

Problems
Flights Only To Asian Cities

SparseFlights
Frequency
Distribution

Dalian
Seoul
Busan

Wuhan

ManilaGuam
Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore

Honolulu

Runway Capacity At Its Limit
x 10,000 times

International Annual Runway Capacity(Take-offs & Landings)Domestic
Approx. 145,000 times /year

Departing TokyoTo Seoul
6 10 1078 30 55
9 00 15 25
10 00 00 55
11 30
12 05 10 20 30
13 00 30 55
1415 40
16 20
17 00
18 20 40
19 00 20 45 55
20 20
2122

From Tokyo
To Seoul

Departing Fukuoka
To Seoul
678910 30
11 55
12131415
16 45
17 10
18
19 1020
21 00
22From Fukuoka
To Seoul

Inadequate Loading Spots for Aircrafts

Spots Occupancy on Sundays

limit = 8 (= 7 for scheduled + 1 for chartered)

14:55

Ferry
JetfoilJetfoil

12:30

18:00

13:30

16:25

14:3017:25

Jetfoil

17:00

19:55

Catamaran

17:30

20:55

Catamaran

1:30

+1

4:55

Hakata Stn.

TenjinExtending Metros+1(Summer Schedule Example
Introducing Two Catamarans)

Access TransportProblems
Airport Near, International
Terminal Far Away

Branching
Existing Line

Extending
Existing Line

Tokyo, JapanBus Routes
to Hakata Port
Complicated Domestic
Terminal

International Terminal

Remarkable Difference
In Spite Of Similar Population

Fukuoka, Kyushu& West Japan

EuropeNorth America

TokyoNarita & Haneda

Without direct flights, Fukuoka & Kyushu passengers
are counted as Tokyo Narita or Haneda Airports users.
How to count the correct international trip demandof Fukuoka & Kyushu toward North America or Europe?
(invisible demand to enhance Fukuoka's flight network)

Fukuoka Airport loses 400,000
Address of Settlement
Kyushu international passengers
annualy as they use Tokyo,
Nation to Visit
Osaka or Nagoya's international
airports!
(current annual international passengers
directly from Fukuoka Airport: 730,000)

1 Tokyo-Narita 8.47 Million
2 Osaka
3.25 Million
3 Nagoya1.59 Million
4 Tokyo-Haneda 1.16 Million
5 Fukuoka
1.14 Million
6 Hiroshima
0.12 Million
Fukuoka already has 12 %of Tokyo's international demand!
Current Weekly
Flights from Tokyo
To Los Angeles 63
7.6
To New York 47
5.6
x12%=
To London
334.0
To Paris39
4.7

Hakata Stn.

Fukuoka

Privatization of Airport
Central Govt.

(Nagoya Centrair Airport)

The airport would be
privatized and the(flights between North America Southeast Asia or Europe - Oceania)

189Additional Loading Spots
Additional loading spots
would supplement
the capacity of the airport.

Additional
Piers & Bridges

Long-haul Flights with
Small-sized Aircraft

CentralOthers Govt.
33 % 40Local
local and private Private
sectors would take Companies Govt.
its control throughthe acquisition of its stocks.

Additional
Spots in theUnused
Apron Area

Boeing 787
Dreamliner

747
777
787
767

Fukuoka's Weekly
Flight DemandInternational
Terminal

13,000km

223

14,200km

158

10,500km

202
Passengers

Flight Ranges

Things we're not usually aware(or, what we [Fukuoka people] findinconvenient when we are abroad)

Warm WinterClose to Hot Springs
Delightful Dining

Fukuoka's Notable Characteristic?

Cooperation with Tokyo
Fukuoka and Tokyo,
both of which are"International Strategy
Comprehensive Zones"
could cooperate withthe keyword "Asia."

Asia, Europe& AmericaShinagawa
14 min.

Domestic
Hakata Sta. 5 min.
Higashi-hie

Additional
Piers & Bridges

12,300km374

Latent Sightseeing Resources of Fukuoka

Tokyo"Asia HeadQuarter"

Fukuoka Airport could perform asa fueling airport for long-distance
flights passing nearby.

Fukuoka

6. Proposals

100Long-distance Flights Via Fukuoka

ManilaIII. Toward Enhancing International Transport%

With Additional 400,000 passengers...

New York

Tenjin13.13 Million
91
1838
6978 miles

Passengers Disappered

DomesticTerminals

InternationalTerminal

1.62 Million
111
1716
6914 miles

Analysis Using
Enbarkment/Disembarkment Cardsmax = 7

Public Transport
Vehicle

12:55

12:00

Barcelona, Spain

1.48 Million
19International Flights Weekly
206
Longest Distance
2803 milesof International Flight

TaipeiHong Kong

10:00

4. Enhancing Aviation Network

Central City Population
International Routes

AviationHakata Stn.

(Summer Schedule Example)

Speed: 70km/h
Fukuoka-Busan 3:25
Former Operation in Japan:
between Hakodate-Aomori

JetfoilJetfoilInt'l Terminal
Extending Proposed
Nanakuma Line Beyond Hakata Sta.

Fukuoka

Ha Noi

9:55
13:30
11:55
12:55
14:55
16:55
17:55
21:30
19:55
5:25+1

DomesticTerminal

Jetfoil RouteBusanProblems
Highspeed jetfoils cannot
be operated at nighttime

Bangkok

JetfoilJetfoilJetfoilJetfoilJetfoil
Ferry
Jetfoil
Ferry

7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
12:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
23:55

International Terminal

Hakata Stn.

Marine Transport

Shenyang
Beijing
TianjinJeju-do Qingdao

Introducing Catamaran Vessels
Vessel Type Hakata dp. Busan Ar.
2 or 3 ferry services daily Operates
Jetfoil
7:00
9:55
High-speed
Vessel Type Hakata dp. Busan Ar.
Jetfoil
9:00
11:55
Jetfoil
6:30
9:25
At Nighttime
12:55
9:30
Catamaran
Jetfoil
FerryIntroducing Shinkansen Highspeed Rail

Circular Bus Operation

Additional Ferries

Fukuoka, Japan

2. Problems

5. Improving Access Transport

II. Enhancing International Transport

I. Current Problems

10 min.

Haneda90 min.

10 min.
International

Asia, Europe& America
developmentof new routes
Fukuoka"Green Asia"