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title: "HND is which airport? Tokyo"
description: "HND is Tokyo Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. Why the code is HND and not something you could guess, what RJTT means, and the codes it gets mixed up with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/airport/hnd/
site: "At One Place"
---

# What airport is HND?

**HND is: Tokyo Haneda Airport**

Tokyo, Japan

## Why the code is HND

HaNeDa, the district it sits in.

The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.

## The airport

- **IATA code:** HND
- **ICAO code:** RJTT
- **Airport:** Tokyo Haneda Airport
- **City:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Opened:** 1931
- **Code origin:** Documented

Haneda is 14 km from central Tokyo against Narita's 60 km, and international flights were largely moved away from it in 1978 and then gradually moved back from 2010 — so the "which Tokyo airport" question has had three different right answers in fifty years. It is consistently ranked among the most punctual large airports in the world.

## Codes people book by mistake

| Code | What it actually is |
| --- | --- |
| NRT | Narita, an hour further out. TYO covers both, and booking the wrong one costs a two-hour transfer. |

## The other code, RJTT

Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, HND, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, RJTT, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why RJTT looks nothing like HND.

## Common questions

### What airport is HND?

Tokyo Haneda Airport, in Tokyo, Japan.

### Why is Tokyo's airport called HND?

HaNeDa, the district it sits in.

### What is the difference between HND and RJTT?

HND is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. RJTT is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.

### Is HND the same as NRT?

No. NRT is narita, an hour further out. TYO covers both, and booking the wrong one costs a two-hour transfer.

## Related pages

- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [The flag of Japan](https://atoneplace.net/flag/japan/)
- [Airport codes in Japan](https://atoneplace.net/airport/in/japan/)
- [What airport is NRT?](https://atoneplace.net/airport/nrt/)
- [What airport is NRT?](https://atoneplace.net/airport/nrt/)
- [What airport is KIX?](https://atoneplace.net/airport/kix/)

## Sources

- OurAirports — OurAirports (https://ourairports.com/data/) [Public domain]