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Exterior of Sendai Airport's domestic terminal building with a wave-shaped roof, buses and cars parked outside

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Sendai Airport to central Sendai: how to get out of the airport

Getting from Sendai Airport into central Sendai — 25 minutes at the quickest, plus coin locker prices and the lounges and showers inside.

The gateway to the Tohoku region, with a rail line that runs straight into Sendai Station. The station is connected to the terminal with no steps.

Getting from Sendai Airport into central Sendai

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Ways into central Sendai from Sendai Airport, from the airport's own access pages
RouteTransportToTimeFare
Sendai Airport Access Line672 yen with an IC card. The station is a two-minute walk from the terminal and step-free.TrainSendai Station25min680yen
Sendai Airport Access LineTrainNatori—420yen
Sendai Airport Access Line
672 yen with an IC card. The station is a two-minute walk from the terminal and step-free.

Step by step from Sendai Airport

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

Inside Sendai Airport

Opening hours, lounges, showers, cash and SIM rental at Sendai Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Opening hours
06:10–22:00, every day.
Lounge
Business Lounge, 3F (07:00–20:30) — 1,100 yen an hour at the door, or free with some gold credit cards.
Lounge
ANA Lounge, 2F, after security — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.
Lounge
JAL Sakura Lounge, 2F, after security — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.
Shower
Runners' Port shower room, 1F, domestic arrivals lobby, before security (07:00–21:00, last reception 20:30) — 800 yen.
Currency exchange
Travelex - International Arrival Lobby store, 1F, near the international arrival exit (hours change by day of the week, mostly 10:00–19:00, from 1 August 2026).
ATMs
AEON Bank, 77 Bank and Seven Bank; the airport says Seven Bank ATMs take cards issued abroad.
SIM and pocket Wi-Fi
GLOBAL WiFi counter (routers, SIM and eSIM), 1F, near the international arrival exit (10:00–19:00); GLOBAL WiFi and NINJA WiFi pick-up and return, 1F near the international arrival exit (06:30–18:00); WiFiBOX (self-service rental), 2F, beside the international security checkpoint (06:10–22:00); SIM card vending machine, 1F (06:10–22:00).
Free Wi-Fi
Network 00-FREE_Wi-Fi_Sendai_Airport; up to 3 hours a day (two 90-minute sessions).
Leaving or sending a bag
Yamato Transport (sending, collecting and short-term storage), 2F, shopping area (08:00–18:00).
Prayer room
2F (06:10–21:30).
More in the terminal
Observation deck
RF (rooftop) (06:45–20:00, open every day, may close in bad weather).
Duty-free shop
2F, international boarding lounge (restricted area) (from 2 hours before departure until the last international flight).
Tourist information
Michinoku tourist information (Tohoku sightseeing and transport information), 1F, domestic arrivals lobby (09:00–18:00).

Frequently asked questions

What is the quickest way from Sendai Airport into central Sendai?

The Sendai Airport Access Line to Sendai Station, which the airport puts at about 25 minutes. The fare is 680 yen.

What is the cheapest way from Sendai Airport into central Sendai?

The Sendai Airport Access Line to Sendai Station, at 680 yen. It takes about 25 minutes.

How much is a coin locker at Sendai Airport?

From 300 yen for the smallest size per a use.

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

Yes. Yamato Transport has a counter at the airport (2F), and the bag arrives the next day, or the day after for some areas.

Is there a lounge at Sendai Airport?

Yes: Business Lounge (3F), ANA Lounge (2F) and JAL Sakura Lounge (2F). At Business Lounge: 1,100 yen an hour 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
2F
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 Sendai Airport per a use
SizeInsidePrice
Smallabout 37 × 60 × 43cm300yen
Mediumabout 43 × 60 × 58cm400yen
Largeabout 44 × 60 × 85cm500yen
Extra largeabout 43 × 60 × 119cm600yen

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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