Originally Posted by
Mr. Vker
A little OT. We had an overnight layover at NRT last month. Due to jet lag we were up quite early and took the 6:30am hotel shuttle to NRT.
I was very surprised to see that not much was happening at that time. JAL check in didn't open until 7am. Passport control didn't open until 7:30am.
I would have thought this airport would almost be a 24 hour operation, certainly going by 6am.
You may have noticed a plot or two of land neatly cultivated between Terminal 2 and the 1st runway, a community of about 40 people who are the cause of the massive security at the airport gates, tunnels to permit them to join the outside world from in between the runways, massive anti tank barriers in the event one of them might thing of inviting an Al Quaeda operative for supper, etc... These people are the cause of a night curfew at NRT approximately between 11.30 PM and 8.00 AM for take offs. The whole thing has cost trlllions of yens over the past 25 years. Makes you wonder about the old tar and feathers method in the wild West