is also a food court here with a good
selection of places to eat.
The observation deck, branded
the Sky Deck is said to be one of the
world’s finest for visitors and aircraft
enthusiasts. It sits on top of the cen-
tral pier of the terminal and stretch-
es to the end of the terminal building,
close to the main taxiway and single
runway. Except for a few jets parked
on remote stands, all the action can be
photographed using a standard
telephoto lens. There is also an
aviation shop, beer garden that is open
in the summer and, for those who have
the time, a bathhouse on the top floor
where guests can relax in the soothing
waters while watching the aircraft.Airport Access
Centrair is around 22 miles (35km)
south of central Nagoya and enjoys
excellent ground transport links, most
of them accessible from the Access68 AIRLINER WORLD SEPTEMBER 2017
A small section of
the gate area on the
departures concourse.
Domestic flying
accounts for just over
half of all Centrair ́s
passengers.
The commercial retail
area on the terminal’s
top floor has been
designed to look like a
Japanese village.
The airport’s control
tower, next to the
passenger terminal,
has commanding views
across the airport.
The airport can handle
all sizes of aircraft right
up to the Airbus A380
and Antonov An-124.
The latter are regular
visitors here with
this Volga-Dnepr
example, RA-82043
(c/n 9773054155101),
parked on a remote
stand.
Plaza opposite the main terminal.
There are numerous bus lines, train
links to downtown Nagoya Station
and, because of its island location,
high-speed boat services to near-
by towns and cities. From Nagoya
Station, most of central Japan is just aquick train ride away and there are also
direct Shinkansen ‘bullet’ train servic-
es to Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto depart-
ing every few minutes. It will be inter-
esting to see how Centrair evolves into
a larger regional hub and perhaps a
future global gateway for Japan.