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Komatsu Airport terminal building viewed across the runway with an airplane in front and KOMATSU lettering on the facade

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Komatsu Airport to Kanazawa: how to get out of the airport

Getting from Komatsu Airport into Kanazawa — 40 minutes at the quickest, plus coin locker prices, the lounges and ATMs inside and where to send your bags.

The airport for Kanazawa, 40 minutes away by bus. It shares its runway with a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base.

Getting from Komatsu Airport into Kanazawa

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Ways into Kanazawa from Komatsu Airport, from the airport's own access pages
RouteTransportToTimeFare
Hokutetsu BusBusKanazawa Station40min1400yen
Hokutetsu BusBusKomatsu Station12min310yen
Keifuku BusBusFukui Station60min1600yen
Airport busThe Kaga CAN BUS (Komatsu Airport line) to JR Kaga Onsen Station.BusKaga Onsen30–40 min500yen
TaxiTaxiKomatsu Station10min2200yen (estimate)
TaxiTaxiKanazawa Station60min14,400yen (estimate)
How long each way in takes
  1. Bus to Kanazawa Station40 min
  2. Bus to Komatsu Station12 min
  3. Bus to Fukui Station60 min
  4. Bus to Kaga Onsen30–40 min
  5. Taxi to Komatsu Station10 min
  6. Taxi to Kanazawa Station60 min
Airport bus
The Kaga CAN BUS (Komatsu Airport line) to JR Kaga Onsen Station.

Step by step from Komatsu Airport

Every route we cover, with first and last departures and where to board: airport transfers.

Inside Komatsu Airport

Opening hours, lounges, cash, SIM rental and free Wi-Fi at Komatsu Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Opening hours
06:25–22:15.
Lounge
Sky Lounge Hakusan, 2F, before security (07:00–19:30) — 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.
Lounge
ANA Lounge and JAL Lounge, 2F, inside the boarding waiting room, after security — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.
Private rest room
Lounge Nagomi, 2F; a lockable private room for up to 4, booked by phone (07:20–19:40) — 2,200 yen an hour plus tax.
Currency exchange
Currency exchange machine (Hokkoku Bank), 1F, international arrival lobby (07:00–21:00, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
ATMs
AEON Bank, 1F; the airport says it takes UnionPay, Mastercard, Maestro, Cirrus, Visa and Visa Plus cards.
SIM and pocket Wi-Fi
SIM vending machine (mainly inbound SIMs, some Asia-travel SIMs), 1F, near the international arrival exit.
Free Wi-Fi
Komatsu AP Free WiFi.
Sending a bag on
Yamato Transport Komatsu Airport office (parcel delivery), 1F (08:00–17:30, pick-up reception until 17:30).
More in the terminal
Observation deck
3F (07:00–20:00).
Duty-free shop
Koma Q Shop duty-free store (opens 1 hour before boarding on days with international flights).

Frequently asked questions

What is the quickest way from Komatsu Airport into Kanazawa?

The Hokutetsu Bus to Kanazawa Station, which the airport puts at about 40 minutes. The fare is 1,400 yen.

What is the cheapest way from Komatsu Airport into Kanazawa?

The Hokutetsu Bus to Kanazawa Station, at 1,400 yen. It takes about 40 minutes.

How much is a coin locker at Komatsu Airport?

From 300 yen for the smallest size per a day.

Can I send my suitcase from Komatsu Airport to my hotel?

Yes. Yamato Transport has a counter at the airport (1F), and the bag arrives the next day, or the day after for some areas.

Is there a lounge at Komatsu Airport?

Yes: Sky Lounge Hakusan (2F) and ANA Lounge and JAL Lounge (2F). At Sky Lounge Hakusan: 1,100 yen for 2 hours at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.

Sending your bags on, or leaving them here

Japan's courier network reaches this airport, so a case can go to your hotel without you.

Who runs it
Yamato Transport
Where the counter is
1F
How long it takes
Next day, or the day after for some areas.

Coin lockers

What it costs to put a bag down for the day.

Coin locker rates at Komatsu Airport per a day
SizeInsidePrice
SmallH430 × W330 × D550mm300yen
MediumH570 × W330 × D550mm400yen
LargeH1160 × W330 × D550mm500yen

Getting online

This is a smaller airport, so arrange an eSIM before you fly rather than counting on a counter in the arrivals hall.

eSIM
Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.
Prepaid SIM
Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.
Pocket Wi-Fi
A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.
Free Wi-Fi
Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.

What happens between the plane and the exit

The same order at every international airport in Japan.

  1. Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
  2. Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
  3. Baggage claim.
  4. Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
  5. Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.

Register on Visit Japan Web before you fly and you get one 2D code that covers both immigration and customs. You need a phone or tablet to show it.

What you can and cannot carry is in our what you can bring to Japan table, and the baggage allowance for your airline is in the airline baggage rules.

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  7. Keifuku Bus to FukuiKomatsu Airport
  8. Kaga CAN BUSKomatsu Airport
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  13. Inside the airport: Currency exchangeKomatsu Airport
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  15. Inside the airport: SIM and pocket Wi-FiKomatsu Airport
  16. Inside the airport: Free Wi-FiKomatsu Airport
  17. Inside the airport: Sending a bag onKomatsu Airport
  18. Inside the airport: Observation deckKomatsu Airport
  19. Inside the airport: Duty-free shopKomatsu Airport