"Kobe Airport is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, Japan. It opened on February 16, 2006. The airport has one 2500-meter runway. It primarily handles domestic flights, but can also accommodate international charter flights." from Wikipedia

Left: Kobe port; right: artifical island as see from the air

Airport runway looking both directions

On February 2, 2006, Kobe Airport Station was connected to Sannomiya Station in central Kobe by an extension of the existing Port Liner automated guideway transit system. Travel time to Sannomiya is sixteen minutes.