The Business Aviation Gate at Haneda

Why it is on the list

At Haneda, the business aviation gate is at Terminal 3; Terminals 1 and 2 have none.¹ The gate has its own check-in counter, lounge, security checkpoint, customs, immigration and quarantine, a private driveway and parking, and it runs 24 hours.² Passengers keep to a corridor of their own from car to aircraft, which cuts the time at immigration and keeps them out of the public halls.¹²

The gate is for business aviation only, so it is the wrong choice on a scheduled flight.¹

How to get it

The gate is used through a ground handler; the terminal lists twelve at Terminal 3, among them JAL Business Aviation, ANA, Universal Aviation and Japan Aviation Service.¹ JAL Business Aviation's ground handling desk answers on +81 3 5460 5868 and at jalba@jal.com, weekdays 9:30 to 17:00; it also arranges the charter itself, paid in full in advance.¹³ The gate charges JPY 400,000 before tax per arrival or departure for up to 20 people, and JPY 20,000 for each person beyond that; a waiting room during a technical stop is JPY 300,000 per flight.²

Discretion

Cars pull up under the gate's own porte-cochère and wait in its own parking, and passengers pass security and immigration in private rooms rather than the public terminal.¹² There is no check-in queue; the handler's staff escort passengers through.³