Narita Airport Breaks Flight & Passenger Records

Above, the greeting gate at Narita Airport's Terminal One Arrival Lobby. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Narita International Airport broke their own flight and passenger records during the 2013 fiscal year that ended in March. Looks like my flights in and out of Narita were counted during that period.

The Japan Times wrote:

NARITA, CHIBA PREF. – Takeoffs and landings at Narita International Airport rose 7 percent from a year earlier to a record 226,182 in fiscal 2013, according to the airport operator. 

In the year that ended in March, the number of passengers grew 8 percent to over 36 million, rewriting the all-time high, Narita International Airport Corp. said Thursday. 

The record reflects an increase in domestic flights by low-cost carriers and steady growth in passengers from overseas lured by a weakened yen, it said.

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