FUKUOKA, Japan -- Fukuoka Airport in southwestern Japan is known as the country's most congested air travel hub, with a second runway that opened on Thursday unlikely to do much to address the bottleneck.
Opening of Fukuoka Airport's second runway is not expected to ease bottleneck

The two runways at Fukuoka Airport are too close together to allow two planes to take off and land at the same time. (Photo by Toshiki Sasazu)
FUKUOKA, Japan -- Fukuoka Airport in southwestern Japan is known as the country's most congested air travel hub, with a second runway that opened on Thursday unlikely to do much to address the bottleneck.