Narita International Airport - Quiz
Narita International Airport
  • 1. In what year did Terminal 2 open?
A) 1995
B) 1990
C) 2000
D) 1992
  • 2. Terminal 2 is divided into a main building and what other structure?
A) Concourse
B) Satellite
C) Annex
D) Terminal
  • 3. What company designed the Terminal 2 Shuttle System?
A) Toshiba
B) Japan Otis Elevator
C) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
D) Hitachi
  • 4. The Terminal 2 Shuttle System was noted as the first of what type of system in Japan?
A) Cable-driven people mover
B) Underground subway
C) Maglev train
D) Monorail
  • 5. When did the new walkway between the main and satellite buildings of Terminal 2 begin operation?
A) 27 September 2013
B) 8 April 2015
C) 10 October 2010
D) 15 June 2012
  • 6. Which large aircraft can Terminal 2 handle?
A) Antonov An-225
B) Airbus A380
C) Boeing 737 MAX
D) Concorde
  • 7. What is the total area of Terminal 2?
A) 250,000 m2
B) 391,000 m2
C) 500,000 m2
D) 66,000 m2
  • 8. How many boarding gates does Terminal 2 have?
A) 11
B) 32
C) 20
D) 45
  • 9. Which airline is currently the main operator in Terminal 2?
A) All Nippon Airways
B) Jetstar Japan
C) Japan Airlines
D) Emirates
  • 10. Terminal 2 has served as a hub for all Oneworld alliance carriers since what year?
A) 2006
B) 2010
C) 2015
D) 1992
  • 11. Which airline moved from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 in 2010?
A) China Airlines
B) Emirates
C) Philippine Airlines
D) British Airways
  • 12. Which SkyTeam carriers use Terminal 2?
A) Korean Air and Delta Air Lines
B) China Airlines and China Eastern Airlines
C) Air France and KLM
D) Vietnam Airlines and Garuda Indonesia
  • 13. Which Star Alliance connecting partner uses Terminal 2?
A) United Airlines
B) Juneyao Air
C) Lufthansa
D) Singapore Airlines
  • 14. Which airline group used Terminal 2 prior to the expansion of the Terminal 1 South Wing in 2006?
A) SkyTeam carriers exclusively
B) Low-cost carriers exclusively
C) All Nippon Airways and several Star Alliance carriers
D) Japan Airlines and Oneworld carriers
  • 15. When did Terminal 3 open?
A) 27 September 2013
B) 1992
C) 15 January 2013
D) 8 April 2015
  • 16. Terminal 3 is primarily a terminal for which type of airlines?
A) Full-service legacy carriers
B) Cargo carriers
C) Low-cost carriers
D) Charter airlines
  • 17. Where is Terminal 3 located relative to Terminal 2?
A) 500 metres north
B) Adjacent to the west
C) 200 metres east
D) 1 kilometre south
  • 18. What used to sit in the location where Terminal 3 was built?
A) An aircraft hangar
B) A parking lot
C) A cargo building
D) An old control tower
  • 19. What is the flight capacity of Terminal 3 per year?
A) 50,000 flights
B) 25,000 flights
C) 100,000 flights
D) 200,000 flights
  • 20. How many gates does Terminal 3 have?
A) 11
B) 5
C) 32
D) 15
  • 21. What cost-cutting measure is used in Terminal 3 instead of lighted directional signs?
A) Digital projections
B) Painted arrows
C) Paper signs
D) Decals
  • 22. Instead of jet bridges, what does Terminal 3 use for boarding?
A) Mobile lounges
B) Automatic shuttles
C) Enclosed walkways
D) Outdoor gates and airstairs
  • 23. By what percentage are facility costs intended to be reduced for international flights at Terminal 3?
A) Around 15%
B) Around 50%
C) Around 25%
D) Around 40%
  • 24. By what percentage are facility costs intended to be reduced for domestic flights at Terminal 3?
A) Around 10%
B) Around 15%
C) Around 30%
D) Around 40%
  • 25. Which company was awarded the contract to build Terminal 3 in January 2013?
A) Shimizu Corporation
B) Taisei Corporation
C) Kajima Corporation
D) Obayashi Corporation
  • 26. How much was the contract awarded to build Terminal 3?
A) ¥8.5 billion
B) 15 billion yen
C) ¥20 billion
D) ¥11.2 billion
  • 27. How many additional parking slots for Airbus A320 and similarly sized aircraft were added to the LCC apron north of Terminal 3?
A) Seven
B) Ten
C) Five
D) Three
  • 28. Which low-cost carrier uses Terminal 3?
A) Emirates
B) Starlux Airlines
C) Jetstar Japan
D) AirAsia (non-affiliated)
  • 29. What feature of Terminal 3 is described as the largest airport food court in Japan?
A) A duty-free restaurant zone
B) An international noodle bar
C) A rooftop dining terrace
D) A 24-hour food court
  • 30. How many multifaith prayer rooms are located in Terminal 3?
A) One
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 31. What was the total construction cost of Terminal 3?
A) 8 billion yen
B) ¥11.2 billion
C) 20 billion yen
D) 15 billion yen
  • 32. What is the total floor space of Terminal 3?
A) 66,000 m2
B) 50,000 m2
C) 391,000 m2
D) 100,000 m2
  • 33. According to Skytrax, how was Terminal 3 ranked in 2024 for low-cost airlines in Asia?
A) Fifth best terminal
B) Best terminal
C) Second best terminal
D) Third best terminal
  • 34. According to Skytrax in 2024, what was Terminal 3's ranking overall in the world for low-cost airlines?
A) 5th overall
B) 1st overall
C) 2nd overall
D) 3rd overall
  • 35. What is the IATA code for Narita International Airport?
A) HND
B) KIX
C) RJAA
D) NRT
  • 36. What was Narita International Airport originally known as?
A) Sanrizuka International Airport
B) Chiba International Airport
C) New Tokyo International Airport
D) Greater Tokyo International Airport
  • 37. Approximately how far east of central Tokyo is Narita International Airport located?
A) 30 kilometers
B) 60 kilometers
C) 15 kilometers
D) 100 kilometers
  • 38. What is the current approximate area covered by Narita International Airport?
A) 500 hectares
B) 1,137 hectares
C) 2,300 hectares
D) 5,700 hectares
  • 39. What prolonged series of protests was caused by the decision to construct the airport without consent?
A) Tokyo Riots
B) Tomisato Conflict
C) Sanrizuka Struggle
D) Chiba Rebellion
  • 40. What kind of privately held property remains within the airport complex around which a runway was built?
A) A farm
B) A temple
C) A factory
D) A residential house
  • 41. How many international passengers did Narita handle in 2018?
A) 50 million
B) 2.2 million
C) 14,000
D) 33.4 million
  • 42. In 2018, Narita was the second-busiest airport in Japan in terms of aircraft movements, trailing which airport?
A) Osaka Airport
B) Nagoya Airport
C) Haneda Airport
D) Kansai International Airport
  • 43. What was Narita's global ranking as an air freight hub in 2018?
A) Fiftieth-busiest
B) Tenth-busiest
C) First-busiest
D) Second-busiest
  • 44. What is the length of Narita's main runway?
A) 2 kilometers
B) 4 kilometers
C) 1.5 kilometers
D) 6 kilometers
  • 45. What was Tokyo's main international airport before Narita opened?
A) Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport)
B) Kansai International Airport
C) Osaka Airport
D) Narita Domestic Airport
  • 46. In what year did the Japanese transport ministry commission a study of alternate airport locations?
A) 1978
B) 1965
C) 1963
D) 1966
  • 47. In what year was the plan to build a five-runway airport in Tomisato selected?
A) 1963
B) 1965
C) 1972
D) 1966
  • 48. Whose large farming estate was located at the Sanrizuka and Shibayama site?
A) The Japanese Transport Ministry
B) The Imperial Household
C) The Chiba Prefectural Government
D) The Takenaka Corporation
  • 49. In what year was the development plan for Sanrizuka and Shibayama made public?
A) 1963
B) 1966
C) 1978
D) 1965
  • 50. How did local residents learn of the selection of the airport site?
A) Through a direct government letter
B) Through local farmers
C) Through a town hall meeting
D) Through the news
  • 51. What group of left-wing activists opposed building Narita because they believed it promoted capitalism and provided US military facilities?
A) Liberal Democratic Party
B) Zengakuren
C) Chūkaku-ha
D) Sanrizuka-Shibayama Union
  • 52. What resistance group was formed around 1966 by residents, student activists, and left-wing political parties?
A) Tomisato Defense League
B) Sanrizuka-Shibayama Union to Oppose the Airport
C) Imperial Farming Association
D) Tokyo Air Traffic Union
  • 53. In what year did the Sanrizuka-Shibayama Union fracture?
A) 1983
B) 1978
C) 1986
D) 1966
  • 54. When did the Transport Ministry begin surveying the perimeter of the airport, prompting Union members to set up roadblocks?
A) November 1967
B) March 1978
C) June 1966
D) February 1986
  • 55. How many policemen were killed by activists during eminent domain conflicts?
A) Three
B) Six thousand
C) Fourteen thousand
D) Zero
  • 56. On what date was the airport originally scheduled to open before being disrupted by protestors?
A) 26 March 1978
B) 30 March 1978
C) 19 November 1967
D) 20 May 1978
  • 57. On what date did protestors break into the control tower and cause about $500,000 in damage?
A) 30 March 1978
B) 26 March 1978
C) June 1966
D) 20 May 1978
  • 58. On what date did Narita finally open after the control tower incident?
A) 20 May 1978
B) 30 March 1978
C) 26 March 1978
D) February 1986
  • 59. Which airport did a Japanese newscaster compare Narita to on its opening day?
A) Kansai International Airport
B) Haneda Airport
C) Saigon Airport
D) Tachikawa Air Base
  • 60. Where was the separate group of protestors located who cut the power supply to an air traffic control facility on Narita's opening day?
A) Sanrizuka
B) Shibayama
C) Tomisato
D) Tokorozawa
  • 61. What is the name of the special statute passed by the National Diet specifically banning the construction and use of buildings for violent and coercive purposes relating to the airport?
A) Tokyo Airport Security Statute
B) Tomisato Expropriation Law
C) Sanrizuka Struggle Act
D) Emergency Measures Act Relating to the Preservation of Security at New Tokyo International Airport
  • 62. The conflicts at Narita were a major factor in deciding to build which airport offshore on reclaimed land?
A) Kansai International Airport
B) Haneda Airport
C) Tachikawa Air Base
D) Narita International Airport
  • 63. In which city is Kansai International Airport located?
A) Chiba
B) Osaka
C) Narita
D) Tokyo
  • 64. Which airline transferred its Pacific Division, including its Narita hub, to United Airlines in February 1986?
A) All Nippon Airways
B) Japan Airlines
C) Pan American
D) Nippon Cargo Airlines
  • 65. In what month and year did Pan American transfer its Pacific Division to United Airlines?
A) May 1978
B) February 1986
C) March 1978
D) November 1967
  • 66. In what year did All Nippon Airways begin scheduled international flights from Narita to Guam?
A) 1978
B) 2018
C) 1986
D) 1966
  • 67. What destination was served by All Nippon Airways' first scheduled international flight from Narita in 1986?
A) Tomisato
B) Guam
C) Osaka
D) Saigon
  • 68. What is the ICAO code for Narita International Airport?
A) RJAA
B) KIX
C) NRT
D) HND
  • 69. In which Japanese prefecture is Narita International Airport located?
A) Tokyo
B) Osaka
C) Chiba
D) Tokorozawa
  • 70. What caused capacity and noise issues at Haneda Airport in the early 1960s?
A) Conversion to a military base
B) Protests by local farmers
C) Lack of runways
D) Jet aircraft becoming common
  • 71. What was the original village chosen in 1965 for the five-runway airport before the site was moved?
A) Shibayama
B) Tomisato
C) Tokorozawa
D) Sanrizuka
  • 72. By what year was Narita's operator considering dispensing with security checks?
A) 2010
B) 2012
C) 2015
D) 2013
  • 73. Who headed the council that proposed scrapping the ID checks?
A) The Prime Minister
B) NAA Director
C) Chiba Governor
D) Kensaku Morita
  • 74. In what year was the Narita International Airport Corporation Act passed?
A) 2003
B) 2004
C) 1996
D) 1988
  • 75. What is the usual abbreviation for the Narita International Airport Corporation?
A) NIA
B) NAA
C) NTIA
D) NRT
  • 76. When did the Japanese Cabinet make the decision to make the authority a special corporation, leading to the move of the head office?
A) July 1994
B) April 2004
C) September 1995
D) July 1988
  • 77. When did NAA acquire the former Japan Airlines operations center?
A) March 1996
B) July 1988
C) September 1995
D) July 1994
  • 78. In which Tokyo district is the Kishimoto Building located?
A) Sanrizuka, Narita
B) Marunouchi, Chiyoda
C) Osato, Shibayama
D) Shinjuku
  • 79. What is another name for Runway A (16R/34L)?
A) The northeast-southwest runway
B) The Shibayama runway
C) The Narita Shinkansen
D) The first completed parallel runway
  • 80. What was the name of the proposed high-speed rail line intended to connect the airport to central Tokyo?
A) Shibayama Railway
B) Narita Express
C) Narita Shinkansen
D) Japan Airlines
  • 81. What happened to the Narita Shinkansen project?
A) It was privatized in 2004
B) It was cancelled
C) It was expanded in 1991
D) It was completed in 1978
  • 82. How much land did the remaining families own that needed to be expropriated?
A) Slightly more than 100 acres (40 ha)
B) 5 miles (8 km)
C) Slightly less than 53 acres (21 ha)
D) Exactly 13 acres (5 ha)
  • 83. When was Runway B extended northward to 2,500 meters?
A) August 2011
B) 20 October 2011
C) 17 April 2002
D) 22 October 2009
  • 84. When was the building in the taxiway path finally removed under a court order?
A) October 2009
B) November 1986
C) April 2002
D) August 2011
  • 85. What was the hourly departure capacity after the simultaneous runway approval?
A) 60
B) 46
C) 32
D) 16
  • 86. When was the permitting for the Runway B extension approved?
A) January 2020
B) December 2021
C) September 2022
D) March 2018
  • 87. In what direction is Runway B scheduled to be extended?
A) Northwest
B) Southeast
C) South
D) East
  • 88. What highway section needs to be replaced with a tunnel for the Runway B extension?
A) Narita Expressway
B) Higashi-Kanto Expressway
C) Chiba Highway
D) Tokyo Bay Expressway
  • 89. What is the length of the highway section that will be replaced with a tunnel for Runway B?
A) 1,410 meters
B) 320 meters
C) 500 meters
D) 430 meters
  • 90. By which fiscal year is the Runway B extension construction scheduled to be complete?
A) 2030
B) 2022
C) 2025
D) 2028
  • 91. Which major town is located on the planned departure/arrival routes causing noise abatement issues for the original Runway C?
A) Yachimata
B) Narita
C) Tokyo
D) Chiba
  • 92. What type of approach would have been necessary for the original Runway C if noise abatement negotiations failed?
A) Narita style approach
B) Visual steep approach
C) Kai-Tak style approach
D) ILS Category III approach
  • 93. How long was the process for local authorities to agree to the expansion plan?
A) 6 months
B) 18 months
C) 12 months
D) 24 months
  • 94. What primary reason led local authorities to agree to the expansion plan?
A) The need for further local revitalization
B) Government financial subsidies
C) Increased international tourism
D) Reduction of ticket prices
  • 95. When was the final plan for Runway C published?
A) September 2022
B) January 2020
C) March 2018
D) December 2021
  • 96. What is the name of the single facility proposed to consolidate the three existing terminals?
A) 'Mega Terminal'
B) 'Central Terminal'
C) 'Terminal United'
D) 'One Terminal'
  • 97. Which airline alliance uses the North Wing of Terminal 1 at Narita?
A) SkyTeam and Star Alliance
B) Star Alliance
C) Oneworld
D) SkyTeam
  • 98. Which airline alliance uses Terminal 2 at Narita?
A) SkyTeam
B) Star Alliance
C) Oneworld
D) SkyTeam and Oneworld
  • 99. How many total gates with jet bridges does Narita have?
A) 58
B) 40
C) 83
D) 47
  • 100. When did the South Wing and Satellite 5 open?
A) June 2006
B) 2010
C) March 2020
D) 2007
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