# New Chitose Airport (CTS)

> Sapporo, JP · IATA: CTS · ICAO: RJCC · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CTS` |
| ICAO | `RJCC` |
| City | Sapporo |
| Country | JP |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 25 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 42.77520, 141.69200 |

## Description

About 144,400 tonnes of cargo passed through New Chitose Airport (IATA: CTS, ICAO: RJCC) in 2024, making it northern Japan's principal air freight location and the export gate for Hokkaido's perishables. The airport sits roughly 50 kilometres south-east of Sapporo and handles shipments both as belly cargo on passenger flights and through the Sapporo International Air Cargo Terminal. Temperature-controlled storage and handling areas are built around scallops, sea urchin, dairy and other chilled goods, which is the decisive advantage for exporters of fresh produce. JAL Cargo and ANA Cargo provide the airline capacity, while Japanese logistics providers such as Nippon Express, Sagawa Express, Kintetsu World Express and Meitetsu Golden Air Cargo cover ground handling and trucking. Snow clearing and de-icing shape winter operations, so shippers should build buffer time into time-critical bookings between December and March. Expressway links connect the airport to Sapporo and to the seaport of Tomakomai some 25 kilometres away, which opens up multimodal sea-air routings. Intercontinental main-deck capacity normally means routing via Tokyo Narita (NRT), with Tokyo Haneda (HND) as the alternative for express traffic on connecting services. Customs formalities are handled by Japan Customs with electronic declarations through the NACCS system.

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