Editing Tokyo (section)

=== Aviation ===
[[File:Tokyo-International-Airport Satellite.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Aerial view of [[Haneda Airport]]]]
The mainland portion of Tokyo is served by two international airports: [[Haneda Airport]] in [[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta]] and [[Narita International Airport]] in neighboring [[Chiba Prefecture]]. Haneda has served as the primary airport for Tokyo since 1931. However, the Jet Age saw an exponential increase in flights, prompting the government to build a second airport. Narita was chosen as the site for this second airport in 1966, but local farmers and left-wing activists who sympathized with them protested vehemently for more than a decade (the [[Sanrizuka Struggle]]), delaying the new airport's opening until 1978. Almost all international flights were transferred to Narita Airport upon its completion, and Haneda became primarily a domestic airport.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 September 2023 |title=45 years since the opening of Narita Airport and the fading memory of the Sanrizuka struggle {{!}} JBpress |url=https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/77169 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=JBpress（日本ビジネスプレス） |language=ja |archive-date=July 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725000941/https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/77169 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The situation changed when it was decided to expand Haneda Airport and build new runways in 2001. The new runway, Runway D, was constructed partly as a pier-like structure rather than a landfilled structure to avoid obstructing the flow of water in the bay.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Construction of Haneda's Runway D |url=https://www.penta-ocean.co.jp/business/project/pj_story/024.html |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=www.penta-ocean.co.jp |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629030441/https://www.penta-ocean.co.jp/business/project/pj_story/024.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Its opening in 2010 marked the return of international flights to Haneda, which is much closer to central Tokyo. In 2023, Haneda handled 17.9 million international passengers and 60.8 million domestic passengers,<ref>{{Cite web |title=旅客ターミナル利用実績{{pipe}}日本空港ビルデング株式会社 |url=https://www.tokyo-airport-bldg.co.jp/result/index.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=日本空港ビルデング株式会社 |language=ja |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301083220/https://www.tokyo-airport-bldg.co.jp/result/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> while Narita was used by 25.4 million international passengers and 7.7 million domestic passengers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=空港の運用状況 {{!}} 成田国際空港株式会社 |url=https://www.naa.jp/jp/airport/unyou.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.naa.jp |archive-date=July 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716003311/https://www.naa.jp/jp/airport/unyou.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a 2023 survey, Haneda is the fifth [[List of busiest airports by passenger traffic|busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic]].

[[Hachijō-jima]] ([[Hachijojima Airport]]), [[Kōzu-shima]] ([[Kōzushima Airport]]), [[Miyakejima]] ([[Miyakejima Airport]]), [[Nii-jima]] ([[Niijima Airport]]), and [[Izu Ōshima]] ([[Oshima Airport]]), located on the [[Izu Islands]], which are governed by the Tokyo Metropolis have services to Haneda and the [[Chōfu Airport]] located in [[Chōfu]].