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Narita is pretty much why all sizable international airports in Japan since then have either been converted from military bases or built in the sea on artificia
by bobthepanda 4y ago
Narita is pretty much why all sizable international airports in Japan since then have either been converted from military bases or built in the sea on artificial islands, because neither involves land appropriation. And Narita still has a farm that wasn't appropriated in the middle of it. https://i.redd.it/zrftut6xrws31.jpg https://i.redd.it/zrftut6xrws31.jpg
What's interesting is that flights are actually now relocating back from Narita to Haneda, which was over capacity at the time, but Haneda has since added more capacity.
- thematrixturtle 4y agoHaneda has added capacity by massive reclamation of land, allowing it to build new runways.
- JetAlone 4y agoWas the expansion as helpful they seemed to need Narita for? Could it have been done in the 1960's? If yes on both counts, it really gets the noggin joggin'. Maybe a pretense for stomping on the anti-government folks in Narita was the original motivation.