The City of Kitakyushu has developed an extensive transportation network including the Kitakyushu Airport which is under operation 24 hours a day.
The city also is an optimal location for Asian businesses due to its close proximity location to China and Korea.

Kitakyushu Airport is an offshore airport, allowing takeoff and landing for 24 hour a day.
By utilizing distinctive services such as early flights (arriving at Haneda Tokyo International Airport at about 7:00) and a midnight flight (leaving Haneda Tokyo International Airport at about 23:30), 16 hours of travel time is available for one day business trips to Tokyo. There are also regular flights to Shanghai, a center of China's economy, enabling business development in China with your base in Kitakyushu.
| Routes | Time | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic flights
|
Kitakyushu -- Tokyo (Haneda) early/midnight flights available |
1 hour and 30 minutes | 15 round-trips/day |
| Kitakyushu -- Okinawa (Naha) | 1 hour and 45 minutes | 1 round-trip/day | |
| International flights | Kitakyushu -- Shanghai (Pudong), China | 1 hour and 40 minutes | 3 round-trips/week |
| Kitakyushu -- Vladivostok, Russia | 3 hours | 2 round-trips/week (regular summer flight) |
As of March 2008

Kitakyushu Airport
Fukuoka Airport is the entrance way to the Kyushu sky, located approximately 1 hour from the center of Kitakyushu, allowing stress-free transfer to Asia, including Korea, the Philippines, and Singapore.
JR Kokura Station, a shinkansen stop, is located in Kokura, the city center of Kitakyushu. Kokura Station enables rapid access to major cities including Osaka, Nagoya, and Hiroshima.
JR Kokura Station