OSAKA
KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Updated: 2024/12/10

Airport guide Print

Flow of boarding international flights

Departure

Departure flow

  1. 1

    Check-in

  2. 2

    Security check

  3. 3

    Immigration

Layout

Key to symbols

  • Arrival
  • Departure
  • Connection
  • Security Zone
  • Public Zone
  • Security Zone (no use)
  • Stairs/
    Escalator
  • Toilets
  • Bus
  • Currency Exchange
  • Elevator
  • Taxi
  • Information
  • Train
  • Parking
  • At the 4th floor Departure area, there are check-in counters, Self Check-in Machines, airport information counters, currency exchange offices, toilets, JAL's airport baggage delivery service counter (ABC) and JAL's mobile phone rental sevice counter (QL Liner).Once you pass through security and Fast Security Lane, there are stairs/escalators to the 3rd floor. After passing through immigration control on the 3rd floor, there are currency exchange offices, airport information counters and stairs/escalators to the 2nd and the 4th floor.On the 2nd floor, there is Sakura Lounge.

Departure regulations

Check-in

Check-in opens

Check-in opens 3 hours prior to departure. 
Please go to the JAL international check-in counters on the departures floor, level 4.
* Open time and location of Check-in Counter would be changed depending on the flight status.

Check-in for codeshare flights (flight numbers 5-7000) is at the check-in counter for the operating airline. For more details,
please see [Information about codeshare flights].

Information about codeshare flights

Security Check

After going through the departure gate, your carry-on baggage will be X-rayed.

Immigration

Please go down to level 3 and show your completed immigration card, passport, and boarding pass to the immigration officer. (Japanese citizens are not required to complete an immigration card.)

Arrival

Arrival flow

  1. 1

    Quarantine

  2. 2

    Immigration

  3. 3

    Baggage Claim

  4. 4

    Customs

Layout

Key to symbols

  • Arrival
  • Departure
  • Connection
  • Security Zone
  • Public Zone
  • Security Zone (no use)
  • Stairs/
    Escalator
  • Toilets
  • Bus
  • Currency Exchange
  • Elevator
  • Taxi
  • Information
  • Train
  • Parking
  • Once you pass through quarantine and immigration screening on the 2nd floor, there are toilets and stairs/escalators to the 1st floor. On the 1st floor, there is baggage claim and once you pass through customs, there are currency exchange offices, airport information counters, toilets and elevators. You can find buses and taxis outside.

Arrival regulations

Quarantine

If you have concerns about your health arising from your stay abroad, please report to the health consultation room or notify a quarantine officer.

Immigration

When leaving the country, please fill in the immigration card stapled to your passport, and present the card and your passport for inspection. (Japanese citizens are not required to complete an immigration card.)

Baggage Claim

Please check the information board to find the baggage carousel for your flight number.

Customs

If you have nothing to declare, proceed to the green inspection table. Show your passport and undergo an inspection by an official. You may be asked questions about your destination and purpose of travel. If you are carrying items exceeding the tax exemption range, proceed to the inspection table with the red light.
All passengers must submit a customs declaration form, regardless of whether they have anything to declare or not.

Transfers

Transfers from international to domestic flights

After arrival on an international flight, passengers transferring to Haneda or other domestic flights should retrieve all of their baggage, proceed through Customs, and then check in at the domestic check-in counters. Please be aware that baggage is not checked through to the final domestic destination.

Transfers from domestic to international flights

If your seat allocation is complete and your baggage has already been checked through, please proceed directly through Immigration to your departure gate. If you have only checked your baggage through, please complete check-in procedures for your connecting flight at the transfers check-in counter on level 4. If your seat allocation is not complete and you have not checked your baggage through, please complete check-in procedures for your connecting flight at the transfers check-in counter on level 4.

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