GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the world’s first ocean airport, built on a landfill island in Osaka Bay, Japan. Opened in 1994, KIX was a modern engineering marvel, built entirely as an artificial island. Because the site is built upon compacted fill, it suffers from subsidence, sinking 2-4 centimeters per year.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kansai International Airport is located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, 38 km southwest of Osaka Station, located within three municipalities, including Izumisano (north), Sennan (south) and Tajiri (central) in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kansai International Airport is built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, 5km off the coast of Honshu-the largest and most populated island of Japan. Opened in September 1994, it was intended to relieve pressure on the busy Osaka International Airport nearby.

Detailed explanation-4: -Opened in September 1994 off the coast of Senshu in Osaka Bay, Kansai International Airport is the world’s first offshore airport built on a completely man-made island. With multiple 4, 000-meter-long runways, it meets the global standards of a truly 24-hour operational airport.

Detailed explanation-5: -Since it opened in 1994, Kansai has sunk 38 feet. Kansai’s islands were predicted to evenly settle, or as engineers say, subside, over a 50-year period before stabilizing at 13 feet above sea level.