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Asahikawa Airport to town: bus, taxi or rental car, plus airport parking
Published 2026-11-12 ／ Updated 2026-11-12 ／ parking and place details update automatically from our listing data
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Asahikawa Airport is a little over 20 minutes by car from downtown. How you get there depends on one question: is it only the airport-to-town round trip, or is there somewhere else you want to drive?
This page gives the choice our operator, with 100+ visits to Asahikawa, makes every time, plus the numbers for the bus, taxis, rental cars and airport parking (web research, with the date checked). Figures change, so check official information before you travel.
The short answer: how our operator chooses
Our operator almost always rents a car. Without one, think of it this way.
Rental car
Best for: Anyone with even one place outside town they want to drive to. Our operator's usual choice
Time: A little over 20 min to townFare: Depends on company and car
Airport bus
Best for: If you want to save money and are not in a hurry. It makes many stops, so expect it to take longer than a car
Time: About 40 min at the fastest (No. 77)Fare: 750 yen adults
Taxi
Best for: If your trip is mostly the round trip between town and the airport. Go at your own pace
Time: About 30 minFare: About 5,000–5,500 yen
Airport bus
- 750 yen for adults, half for children. Take a numbered ticket when you board and pay when you get off.
- National transit IC cards (Suica etc.) are not accepted. Only the local Asaca and DoCARD cards work. There is a ticket machine for cash.
- Four routes: No. 77 (airport express, about 40 min at the fastest), No. 66 Ideyu-go (about 50 min, continues to Asahidake), No. 75 local (about 1 hour) and the Furano Bus Lavender-go (about 45 min).
- No. 77 stops at Asahikawa Station and at Showa-dori 1-jo, 5-jo and 7-jo and 6-jo 9-chome. It does not stop at hotels; walk from the station or a Showa-dori stop.
- 7–8 buses a day, timed to flight arrivals. No. 75 and the Lavender-go are regular routes and do not wait for delayed flights.
- At the airport, exit door 3 and turn left to stop 1. In town, the bus terminal's north entrance; buses to the airport leave from stop 9.
- The one-day Asakuru Pass is not valid between the airport and the station. One piece of luggage per person in the hold.
Taxi
- About 5,000–5,500 yen to Asahikawa Station, about 30 minutes, about 15 km.
- Flat-rate taxis exist: 5,600 yen for a standard car between central Asahikawa (Miyamae-dori, Miyashita-dori and 5–11 chome of 1-jo to 9-jo) and the airport. Book at least one hour ahead (Daimaru Kotsu 0166-66-2222, Asahikawa Kojin Taxi 0166-52-1933). Late-night and early-morning surcharges apply.
- The taxi stand is straight out of exit door 3. Booked cars wait to the left of exit door 4.
- Taxis usually wait for arriving flights, but at busy times or right after landing there may not be enough.
Rental car
- Our operator has no favourite company and books whatever is available.
- Eight companies have counters inside the terminal (Toyota, Nissan, Nippon, Times, Orix, World Net, Honda, Budget), next to the information desk in the 1st-floor domestic arrivals lobby.
- The cheaper companies are about 10 minutes' drive from the airport. They shuttle you, but picking up and returning takes a little longer. They are cheaper for it, so it is not a real problem.
- On nights downtown, park at the hotel. Almost every hotel has parking.
Airport parking
For drop-offs, pick-ups, short errands and leaving a car for a few days. Fees and hours are the official figures.
- There are two parking lots at Asahikawa Airport, Parking Lot 1 and Parking Lot 2, with standard fees.
- Free for up to 1 hour, 200 yen up to 1 hour 30 minutes, 300 yen up to 2 hours, 150 yen for each additional hour thereafter, with a 24-hour maximum cap of 1,000 yen (900 yen from the 6th day onwards).
- On weekends, national holidays, Obon, and New Year holidays, it is 200 yen for each additional hour thereafter, with a maximum cap of 1,200 yen (1,100 yen from the 6th day onwards).
- Open year-round from 7:00 to 21:30.
- Spending 3,000 yen (tax included) or more at the 2nd-floor shops and food court grants an additional 1 hour free (process in advance at the discount validation machine in the 1st-floor domestic arrival lobby).
- Space for 8 motorcycles is available in Parking Lot 1.
- For long-term use of 30 days or more, inquire in advance.
Figures from the Hokkaido Airports official site (checked 2026-11-11). The total number of spaces is not published.
Using the time near the airport
The airport sits south-east of town, on the border of Higashikawa and Higashikagura. Higashikawa (Kitoron, WEDNESDAY) is on the airport side; Toyooka (Ajitoku Toyooka) is on the town side.
- If you have time before your flight home, soak at Kitoron in the Kitoushi forest, 15 minutes by car. The airport also has a food court, so time passes easily.
- Going to the hot spring straight after landing? Have lunch in Higashikawa (WEDNESDAY, for example). Heading into town? Eat in Toyooka, between the airport and downtown. Kitoron first and then Toyooka is a detour.
Notes
- Fares, times and bus stops are from web research on 2026-09-12. Timetables and fares may change.
- On a bus day, check your flight time against the 7–8 daily departures first.
Asahikawa Airport flies even in snow (99.5% of flights operated). See the airport page.
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