How much did the phase 1 of Kansai International Airport cost?
Kansai International Airport is the offshore airport on an artificial island in Osaka Bay serving Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan, whose phase 1 opened on 4 September 1994 with the 3,500 m runway A on an island of about 510 ha, and whose phase 2 brought the 4,000 m runway B on a second island of about 545 ha into service on 2 August 2007. The Kansai International Airport Master Plan Promotion Council gives the phase 1 project cost as 1,562.3 billion yen (1 chou 5,623 oku yen) and the total project cost of phase 2 as 1,420 billion yen (1 chou 4,200 oku yen).
Reported project cost
¥1562.3 billion
Approximately $15.29 billion
Cost basis: 1994
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Basis of the published figure
Reported project cost1994
Project record
Opened or launched
Kansai International Airport Master Plan Promotion Council4 September 1994