CTS · Sapporo, Japan
New Chitose Airport.
--:--:-- · JST (UTC+09:00) · 42.7748° N, 141.6904° E
New Chitose Airport
Largest commercial airport serving Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for CTS
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 5544; ident RJCC; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
hokkaido-airports.com
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
New Chitose Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
CTS / RJCC
OurAirports ident
RJCC
GPS / local code
RJCC
ISO region
JP-01
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
hokkaido-airports.com
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q908296
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:08 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--JST · UTC+09:00
Time zone
JST
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
43 km
Approximate distance to central Sapporo.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Tokyo
Languages
Japanese
Currency
JPY (¥)
Country area
377,930 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
9,843 ft / 3,000 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1988 · Hokkaido Airports
Owner / entity
Q908296
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
New Chitose Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo's built-up core sits roughly 43 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Tokyo (UTC+09:00, JST). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
New Chitose Airport (CTS / RJCC) is at 42.7748° N, 141.6904° E, elevation 82 ft (25 m), serving Sapporo, Japan.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Sapporo is in Japan (capital Tokyo); regulated by Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB); on Asia/Tokyo (JST, UTC+09:00); working languages: Japanese; currency: JPY (¥).
Distance from central Sapporo: 43 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for CTS.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
New Chitose Airport (CTS / RJCC)
New Chitose Airport · Largest commercial airport serving Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Known label 1
新千歳空港
Alternate airport-name cue retained for CTS, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
RJCC · RJCC · JP-01
hokkaido-airports.com · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
By both traffic and land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for CTS; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
New Chitose Airport is an international airport located 2.7 nautical miles south-southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Chitose
chitose · 5.9 km from CTS
Japan · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · population 97,950 · city coordinates 42.8194, 141.6522
2. Eniwa
eniwa · 16 km from CTS
Japan · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · population 70,331 · city coordinates 42.8936, 141.5760
3. Tomakomai
tomakomai · 17 km from CTS
Japan · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · population 174,806 · city coordinates 42.6369, 141.6033
4. Kitahiroshima
kitahiroshima · 25 km from CTS
Japan · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · population 58,918 · city coordinates 42.9758, 141.5672
5. Shiraoi
shiraoi · 37 km from CTS
Japan · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · population 17,759 · city coordinates 42.5500, 141.3500
6. Ebetsu
ebetsu · 39 km from CTS
Japan · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · population 133,953 · city coordinates 43.1081, 141.5506
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. SDJ RJSS
Sendai Airport · Natori
520 km from CTS · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · elevation 15 ft (5 m) · airport coordinates 38.1397, 140.9170
2. KIJ RJSN
Niigata Airport · Niigata
579 km from CTS · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · elevation 29 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates 37.9542, 139.1122
3. NRT RJAA
Narita International Airport · Narita
787 km from CTS · Asia/Tokyo · +0h · elevation 141 ft (43 m) · airport coordinates 35.7686, 140.3887
Route-time reference set
1. CTS-SDJ
Natori · 520 km · 1h 29m
Asia/Tokyo · +0h from CTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. CTS-KIJ
Niigata · 579 km · 1h 34m
Asia/Tokyo · +0h from CTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. CTS-NRT
Narita · 787 km · 1h 50m
Asia/Tokyo · +0h from CTS; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 9,843 ft / 3,000 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for CTS.
Runway identifiers
01L/19R · 01R/19L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. SDJ RJSS
Sendai Airport · Natori · 520 km from CTS
large airport · Asia/Tokyo · japan · 15 ft (5 m) · 38.1397, 140.9170
2. KIJ RJSN
Niigata Airport · Niigata · 579 km from CTS
large airport · Asia/Tokyo · japan · 29 ft (9 m) · 37.9542, 139.1122
3. NRT RJAA
Narita International Airport · Narita · 787 km from CTS
large airport · Asia/Tokyo · japan · 141 ft (43 m) · 35.7686, 140.3887
4. HND RJTT
Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Tokyo · 820 km from CTS
large airport · Asia/Tokyo · japan · 35 ft (11 m) · 35.5497, 139.7870
5. NGO RJGG
Chubu Centrair International Airport · Tokoname · 976 km from CTS
large airport · Asia/Tokyo · japan · 15 ft (5 m) · 34.8584, 136.8050
6. ITM RJOO
Osaka Itami International Airport · Osaka · 1040 km from CTS
large airport · Asia/Tokyo · japan · 50 ft (15 m) · 34.7809, 135.4408
Country and authority
CTS sits in Japan (Japan), whose capital is Tokyo. Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Asia, Eastern Asia.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: Japanese. Currency context: JPY (¥). CTS is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
CTS is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with 新千歳空港. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Largest commercial airport serving Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: By both traffic and land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō. Location cue: New Chitose Airport is an international airport located 2.7 nautical miles south-southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q908296 · New Chitose Airport. Administrative area: Tomakomai · Chitose. Entity official-site cross-check: hokkaido-airports.com
Field and clock profile
New Chitose Airport is a near sea-level field at 82 ft (25 m), positioned at 42.7748° N, 141.6904° E in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 9,843 ft / 3,000 m. The airport clock uses Asia/Tokyo (JST, UTC+09:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Chitose is the closest retained city-time anchor at 5.9 km. SDJ Natori is the closest retained airport alternative at 520 km.
Country airport peers
CTS is compared with SDJ Natori at 520 km, KIJ Niigata at 579 km, NRT Narita at 787 km, HND Tokyo at 820 km, NGO Tokoname at 976 km inside the retained Japan airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
CTS-SDJ Natori: 520 km, about 1h 29m, +0h. CTS-KIJ Niigata: 579 km, about 1h 34m, +0h. CTS-NRT Narita: 787 km, about 1h 50m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident RJCC backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. hokkaido-airports.com is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 9,843 ft / 3,000 m
Runway identifiers
01L/19R, 01R/19L
OurAirports classifies CTS as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
CTS (RJCC) is a near sea-level field at 82 ft (25 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
CTS sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
CTS's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 9,843 ft / 3,000 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Hokkaido Airports is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for CTS.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at hokkaido-airports.com, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for CTS
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
CTS uses Asia/Tokyo (JST, UTC+09:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
New Chitose Airport is about 43 km from central Sapporo; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
SDJ Natori is the closest retained alternate at 520 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
hokkaido-airports.com is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place CTS inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
CTS ranks #1 in the curated Japan airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 18 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
CTS shares Asia/Tokyo with FUK Fukuoka JP · HIJ Hiroshima JP · HND Tokyo JP · HSG Saga JP · ITM Osaka JP · KIJ Niigata JP. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
CTS is 82 ft (25 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include ALG 82 ft (25 m) (0 ft delta) · FOR 83 ft (25 m) (1 ft delta) · LHR 83 ft (25 m) (1 ft delta) · HLP 84 ft (26 m) (2 ft delta) · LPL 80 ft (24 m) (2 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
CTS's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are SDJ 520 km +0h · KIJ 579 km +0h · NRT 787 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natori | SDJ | 520 km | 1h 29m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Niigata | KIJ | 579 km | 1h 34m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Narita | NRT | 787 km | 1h 50m | +0h | --:--:-- |
CTS to SDJ
Natori
Distance 520 km; estimated travel window 1h 29m; destination zone Asia/Tokyo is +0h from CTS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CTS to KIJ
Niigata
Distance 579 km; estimated travel window 1h 34m; destination zone Asia/Tokyo is +0h from CTS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
CTS to NRT
Narita
Distance 787 km; estimated travel window 1h 50m; destination zone Asia/Tokyo is +0h from CTS. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Because the airport sits well outside central Sapporo, surface transfer planning matters almost as much as flight timing, especially for late arrivals and early departures.
Sapporo is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
New Chitose Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from CTS, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Chitose
chitose · 5.9 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Eniwa
eniwa · 16 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tomakomai
tomakomai · 17 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Kitahiroshima
kitahiroshima · 25 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Shiraoi
shiraoi · 37 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ebetsu
ebetsu · 39 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sapporo
sapporo · 43 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Iwamizawa
iwamizawa · 48 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Tōbetsu
tobetsu · 51 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Noboribetsu
noboribetsu · 55 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Ishikari
ishikari · 58 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Bibai
bibai · 63 km · Asia/Tokyo
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
New Chitose Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Natori (SDJ), Niigata (KIJ), Narita (NRT). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 9,843 ft / 3,000 m; identifiers 01L/19R, 01R/19L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Hokkaido Airports.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1988.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from CTS. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Sendai AirportSDJ
Natori · large airport
- Distance
- 520 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 15 ft (5 m)
Compare against SDJ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Niigata AirportKIJ
Niigata · large airport
- Distance
- 579 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 29 ft (9 m)
Compare against KIJ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Narita International AirportNRT
Narita · large airport
- Distance
- 787 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 141 ft (43 m)
Compare against NRT when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is New Chitose Airport (CTS) in?▾
New Chitose Airport is in the Asia/Tokyo timezone (UTC+09:00, JST).
What are the codes for New Chitose Airport?▾
New Chitose Airport uses IATA code CTS and ICAO code RJCC.
Where is New Chitose Airport located?▾
New Chitose Airport is located in Sapporo, Japan at coordinates 42.7748° N, 141.6904° E, with an elevation of 82 ft (25 m) (near sea-level field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is New Chitose Airport from central Sapporo?▾
New Chitose Airport sits roughly 43 km from the nearest mapped city center for Sapporo.
Which route reference is most useful from CTS?▾
Natori (SDJ) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 29m, destination timezone Asia/Tokyo, and a +0h difference from CTS.
Which authority regulates CTS?▾
New Chitose Airport sits inside Japan, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB).
What other airports in Japan are close peers to CTS?▾
CTS's curated peers in Japan on this site include SDJ Natori, KIJ Niigata, NRT Narita, plus 3 more.
How many runways does New Chitose Airport have?▾
New Chitose Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,843 ft / 3,000 m; identifiers include 01L/19R, 01R/19L.