All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airport Terminal Co., which operates Haneda Airport Terminals 1 and 2, unveiled the connecting facility between the North Satellite and the Main Building of Terminal 2 on March 10. It will open for use from March 19, making it possible to walk between the North Satellite and the Main Building, which currently requires a shuttle bus to traverse.
The connecting facility is approximately 300 meters long with an area of about 21,000 square meters, and five new boarding gates—50A, 50B, 51A, 51B, and 52—are being added. Gates 50A, 50B, 51A, and 51B are multi-operation gates, allowing simultaneous usage of A and B for small aircraft such as the Airbus A320, A321, and Boeing 737-800. The departure flow is on the second floor, and the arrival flow is on the third floor, each equipped with moving walkways. The second floor contains benches, sofa seats with mobile charging outlets, a “7-Eleven” near the Main Building connection, and a sushi restaurant “Matakoiya” in front of gates 50A and 50B.
In connection with the Main Building, boarding gates 46 to 48 in the North Satellite will be renumbered to 47 to 49 respectively, and the names “Satellite,” “North Pier,” and “South Pier” will be abolished.
▲Connection section between the Main Building and the connecting facility
Currently, travelers on flights arriving or departing from the North Satellite need to use a shuttle bus to connect to the Main Building. According to ANA, about 40% of the approximately 190 domestic flights departing daily from Terminal 2 currently require a bus, including open spot flights. But with the connection to the North Satellite and Main Building, this is expected to reduce to around 20%. Yoichi Katsuoka, Branch Manager of ANA Tokyo Airport, expressed optimism that “reducing bus waiting times will allow stress-free boarding and alighting, contributing to improved punctuality.”
With this connection, the distance to gate 47, the farthest from Security Checkpoint A, is about 700 meters. Since it takes about 10 minutes on foot, Japan Airport Terminal Co. has introduced two units of Gekidan iino’s electric self-driving mobility device “iino,” each capable of carrying up to six passengers, traveling at 2.5 km/h between gates 47 and 52.
Additionally, due to the expansion of domestic boarding gates, gates 66 to 70 at the South Pier, which operate with a swing operation that differentiates between international and domestic services depending on the time of day, will become exclusively for international flights from March 30. Four flights currently using Terminal 3—NH106 and NH126 on the Tokyo/Haneda to Los Angeles route, and NH971 and NH967 on the Tokyo/Haneda to Shanghai/Pudong route—will move to Terminal 2, increasing the number of international flights departing from the terminal from 30 to 34 daily.
▲Solar panels installed above the glass surface
▲Boarding gate 50A and 50B can simultaneously accommodate two small aircraft
▲Arrival flow on the 3rd floor
▲View from the waiting area at the Main Building connection
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