Airport in Japanese

If you're traveling by air in Japan, you need to know what to say at the airport in Japanese. The Rocket Japanese team is here to help!

Not sure how much luggage you can take? Wondering how long you’ll stop over? Need to ask what time you should be at the gate? We’ve got it covered. Stick with us and you’ll be sure to get on the plane safely and on time—in Japanese!

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空港
くうこう
kūkō
airport

Important Airport Words

Here are some important words you will need to use at the airport:

入口
いりぐち
iriguchi
entrance
出口
でぐち
deguchi
exit
出発ロビー
しゅっぱつ ロビー
shuppatsu robī
departure hall
到着ロビー
とうちゃく ロビー
tōchaku robī
arrival hall
入国審査
にゅうこく しんさ
nyūkoku shinsa
immigration check
Airplane landing at a Japanese airport

Japanese Airport Phrases

Now, here are the important questions that you will need when checking in at the counter. Listen to each word and its English translation and repeat the words aloud.

搭乗口にはいつ頃行くべきでしょうか?
とうじょうぐち に は いつ ごろ いく べき でしょう か?
Tōjōguchi ni wa itsu goro iku beki deshō ka?
When do (I) have to be at the gate?
飛行時間は何時間ですか?
ひこう じかん は なん じかん です か?
Hikō jikan wa nan jikan desu ka?
How long is the flight?
ストップオーバーは何時間ですか?
ストップ オーバー は なん じかん です か?
Suttopu ōbā wa nan jikan desu ka?
How long is the stop over?
温かい機内食はでますか?
あたたかい きないしょく は でます か?
Atatakai ki'naishoku wa demasu ka?
Will (you) serve a hot meal?
飛行機は込んでいますか?
ひこうき は こんで います か?
Hikōki wa konde imasu ka?
Is the flight busy?
ビザは必要ですか?
ビザ は ひつよう です か?
Biza wa hitsuyō desu ka?
Do (I) need a visa?
ビザの有効期限はいつですか?
ビザ の ゆうこう きげん は いつ です か?
Biza no yūkō kigen wa itsu desu ka?
How long is the visa valid for?
荷物の個数の制限は何ですか?
にもつ の こすう の せいげん は なん です か?
Nimotsu no kosū no seigen wa nan desu ka?
How many pieces of luggage can (I) take?
Some people prefer window seats, some want to sit close to the aisle. I always ask for a window seat, that way I can get a first impression of the city we are going to land in, from above. Whichever one you prefer, here are the Japanese words for it:
窓側の席
まどがわ の せき
madogawa no seki
window seat
通路側の席
つうろ がわ の せき
tsūro gawa no seki
aisle seat
窓側の席をお願いします。
まど がわ の せき を おねがいします。
Mado gawa no seki o onegaishimasu.
(I) like to have a window seat.
通路側の席をお願いします。
つうろ がわ の せき を おねがいします。
Tsūro gawa no seki o onegaishimasu.
(I) would like to have an aisle seat.
Here are some possible answers you might get:
ご出発時刻の15分前までに搭乗口に行って下さい。
ごしゅっぱつ じこく の じゅうご ふん まえ まで に とうじょうぐち に いって ください。
Goshuppatsu jikoku no jūgo-fun mae made ni tōjōguchi ni itte kudasai.
Please be at the gate 15 minutes prior to departure.
申し訳御ございませんが、窓側の席は全て塞がっています。
もうしわけ ございません が、 まど がわ の せき は すべて ふさがって います。
Mōshiwake gozaimasenga, mado gawa no seki wa subete fusagatte imasu.
I am sorry, (we) don't have any window seats left.
ビザは必要ありません。
ビザ は ひつよう ありません。
Biza wa hitsuyō arimasen.
(You) don't need a visa.
機内食は軽食と夕食が出ます。
きない しょく は けいしょく と ゆうしょく が でます。
Kinai shoku wa kēshoku to yūshoku ga demasu.
(We) will serve a snack and dinner.
機内持ち込み手荷物は1つまでです。
きない もちこみ てにもつ は ひとつ まで です。
Ki'nai mochikomi tenimotsu wa hitotsu made desu.
(You) can only take one piece of hand luggage.
すみませんが、あなたの荷物は重量オーバーです。
すみません が、 あなた の にもつ は じゅうりょう オーバー です。
Sumimasen ga, anata no nimotsu wa jūryō ōbā desu.
Excuse me, your luggage is overweight.

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