Connecting at Nagoya Centrair airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at NGO.

How connections work at NGO

At Nagoya Chubu Centrair airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.

The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal 1, Terminal 2 (low-cost airlines)). They are not connected after security: changing means going through security again.

Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at NGO long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Terminal 1, Terminal 2 (low-cost airlines)

Getting between them: Walking between terminals (10 to 15 minutes) or free shuttle bus (2 minutes, every 15 minutes from 5:45 to 22:45)

Both terminals handle domestic and international flights; the split is by airline. Terminal 1 is the large, well-equipped building and Terminal 2 a small one mainly for low-cost carriers (Cebu Pacific, HK Express, Jeju Air, Jetstar, Spring Airlines, Tigerair). With both flights on one booking you never change terminal. International-to-international passengers go through a transit security check, without immigration, and bags are transferred automatically.

Official transfer times:

  • Terminal 1 → Terminal 2: up to 15 min walking
  • Terminal 1 → Terminal 2: up to 2 min by bus

International to domestic: immigration, bag collection and recheck at the connecting counter on the departure level, then security. Domestic to international: security and passport control.

  • Average transfer times: domestic to domestic 10 to 20 minutes, international to domestic 40 to 65, domestic to international 30 to 55, international to international 15 to 25.
  • On a domestic-to-international connection, confirm before your first flight that your bags are checked through.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: cestee.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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