Narita Airport charges you to use it, and the amount depends on which of its three terminals your flight leaves from. An adult departing on an international flight from Terminal 1 or Terminal 2 pays 3,160 yen in airport charges; the same adult departing from Terminal 3 pays 2,070 yen. Terminal 3 is also the terminal without a railway station of its own, and the one whose floors the airport lists as open all night.
Two railway stations serve three terminals, and Terminal 3 is the one without one
The airport operator lists two stations. Narita Airport Station sits under Terminal 1. Airport Terminal 2 Building Station, which the same operator also calls Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station, sits under Terminal 2 and is the nearest station to Terminal 3 as well. The published walking times are five minutes from Narita Airport Station to Terminal 1, five minutes from the Terminal 2·3 station to Terminal 2, and ten minutes from that station to Terminal 3.
For anyone flying out of Terminal 3, the operator publishes a longer figure that measures the journey people actually make. It takes about 13 minutes on foot from the ticket gates of Airport Terminal 2 Station to the information counter in the departure lobby on the second floor of Terminal 3, and the same 13 minutes in the other direction from the arrival lobby on the first floor. The airport states plainly that this figure is an estimate and that it excludes the walk from the information counter to the check-in counter and the time taken by any procedure.
Both stations are served by the same set of operators. Keisei runs what it describes as three routes into the airport: the Skyliner, the Access Express and the Keisei Main Line rapid and limited express services. Keisei’s own English pages put the Skyliner at as little as 41 minutes from the airport to Keisei Ueno. JR East’s Narita Express and the ordinary JR line also stop at both stations, and the airport’s route list shows the JR line reaching Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro, Omiya and Yokohama among others.
The free shuttle runs three circular routes, and the ride times are not symmetrical
Before security, movement between terminals is by free shuttle bus on three circular routes. The route that serves all three terminals calls at Terminal 1, then Terminal 3, then Terminal 2, and the operator gives the ride times as about 14 minutes between Terminals 1 and 3, about 3 minutes between Terminals 3 and 2, and about 10 minutes between Terminals 2 and 1. The same route also stops at the Higashi-Narita Station bus stop after leaving Terminal 1.
The second route shuttles only between Terminals 1 and 2, at about 10 minutes in each direction. The third route shuttles only between Terminals 2 and 3, and here the two directions are not the same: about 6 minutes from Terminal 2 to Terminal 3, and about 3 minutes back from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2. Passengers who have already cleared the transit security check in the international area use a separate set of shuttles, which the airport documents on its own page.
The access corridor between Terminals 2 and 3 is the one route between terminals that runs to no timetable at all. The published figure of 13 minutes is measured from the ticket gates of Airport Terminal 2 Station rather than from inside Terminal 2 itself.
Departing from Terminal 3 costs 1,090 yen less than departing from Terminal 1 or 2
Narita levies two separate charges. The Passenger Service Facility Charge, or PSFC, pays for lobbies, lifts, flight information displays and baggage carts. The Passenger Security Service Charge, or PSSC, pays for security checks and baggage inspection. The airport publishes the two components and their totals for each terminal group, and the totals include national and local consumption tax.
| Charge | Terminal 1 or 2, adult | Terminal 1 or 2, child | Terminal 3, adult | Terminal 3, child |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International departure, PSFC plus PSSC | 3,160 yen | 1,940 yen | 2,070 yen | 1,390 yen |
| Same-day international connection, PSFC plus PSSC | 1,930 yen | 1,320 yen | 1,390 yen | 1,050 yen |
| Domestic departure, PSFC only | 450 yen | 220 yen | 390 yen | 190 yen |
| Domestic arrival, PSFC only | 450 yen | 220 yen | 390 yen | 190 yen |
The gap of 1,090 yen for an adult international departure is my own subtraction of two figures the airport prints, not a figure it prints itself. The security component is the part that does not move: the PSSC is 700 yen for an adult and 700 yen for a child, at every terminal and on every international category in the table. All of the variation between terminals, and all of the variation between adults and children, sits in the facility charge.
One condition decides which international row applies to you. The connection rates are for passengers who arrive on an international flight from another airport and leave Narita on an international flight the same day; a passenger who leaves the next day pays the ordinary departure rate. A passenger connecting from a domestic flight to an international one also pays the ordinary departure rate. Transit passengers are charged according to the terminal their onward flight leaves from, not the one they landed at.
Domestic arrivals are charged, international arrivals are not, and the child age line moves
The domestic rows in the table above appear twice for a reason. Narita collects the facility charge from domestic passengers on both departure and arrival. For international flights it does the opposite: the airport states that charges are not collected from passengers arriving on international flights.
The definition of a child also changes between the two systems. On the international charges, the airport defines an adult as 12 years or older and a child as 2 years or older. On the domestic charges, the adult line is the same 12 years, but the child line is 3 years or older. The two notes are printed on the same page, one under each set of tables, and they do not agree on where childhood begins.
The airport asks for two hours, and each terminal checks in on a different floor
The operator’s international departure walkthrough gives one number for how early to arrive: at least two hours before departure time. It immediately qualifies it, noting that the time you should be at the airport depends on when your airline opens its check-in counter, and that you should confirm that with the airline.
Where to go once you arrive is not the same in each building. International check-in counters are on the fourth floor in Terminal 1, the third floor in Terminal 2 and the second floor in Terminal 3. The airport warns that check-in counter positions change from day to day and that the display monitors or the information counter carry the current assignment, and it notes that some airlines put their international and domestic flights in different terminals, so an airline’s terminal for a domestic flight is not a guide to its terminal for an international one.
Terminal 3 is the only terminal whose listed floors are all open around the clock
Narita publishes floor-by-floor opening hours for night and early-morning use, and the three terminals do not behave the same way. In Terminal 1, the fourth floor used by international departures, the third floor used by domestic arrivals and the second floor are all listed as 05:00 to 24:00, while the first floor, used by international arrivals and domestic departures, and the basement level are available 24 hours. In Terminal 2, the fourth floor and the third floor used by international departures are listed as 05:00 to 24:00, while the second, first and basement floors are available 24 hours. Terminal 3 lists only two floors, the second for international and domestic departures and the first for international and domestic arrivals, and both are available 24 hours.
The all-night facilities are named. There is a 24-hour LAWSON on the basement floor of Terminal 1, a 24-hour 7-Eleven on the basement floor of Terminal 2, and a 24-hour LAWSON in Terminal 3. Two restaurants run through the night: Yoshinoya in the Terminal 2 main building and MATSUYA in Terminal 3. For a bed rather than a bench, there is a capsule hotel in car park P-2, which is directly connected to Terminal 2 and open 24 hours; the airport adds that it can be full on the day and suggests booking ahead. There is also a cafe and refreshment space charged by the hour that takes no reservation.
The airport’s own facility lists show the same split in the daytime. Airline lounges and the credit card company lounge are listed for Terminals 1 and 2 only. Prayer rooms, smoking areas, duty-free pick-up counters and water fountains are listed for all three terminals. The postcard mailing service and the repair service are listed for Terminals 1 and 2, the cycle station for assembling a bicycle is listed for Terminal 2 alone, and the Nail Quick salon for Terminal 1 alone. A massage chair is listed in all three.
Whichever terminal you land in, the first practical decision is usually how your phone connects, and a visitor eSIM in Japan roams onto one of the four domestic networks rather than onto a network of its own.
Sources Checked
Narita International Airport Corporation — rail access page
Confirmed that the airport lists Narita Airport Station for Terminal 1 and Airport Terminal 2 Building Station for Terminals 2 and 3, the five-minute, five-minute and ten-minute walking times, and the lists of stations served by the Skyliner, Access Express, Keisei Main Line, Narita Express and JR line.
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/train/
Narita International Airport Corporation — travelling between terminals, and walking through the access corridor
Confirmed the three circular shuttle routes, the calling order of Terminal 1, Terminal 3 and Terminal 2, the ride times of about 14, 3 and 10 minutes on that route, about 10 minutes each way on the Terminal 1 to 2 route, about 6 minutes and about 3 minutes on the Terminal 2 to 3 route, the extra stop at Higashi-Narita Station, the existence of separate shuttles after the transit security check, and the 13-minute walk between the Terminal 2 station ticket gates and the Terminal 3 lobbies with its stated exclusions.
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/shuttlebus/
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/shuttlebus/walking-through/
Narita International Airport Corporation — Passenger Service Facility Charge and Passenger Security Service Charge
Confirmed every figure in the table above, that the PSSC is 700 yen for adults and children alike, that the totals include national and local consumption tax, that international arrivals are not charged while domestic arrivals are, that the international child line is 2 years and the domestic child line is 3 years, that the same-day condition governs the connection rates, that a passenger connecting from a domestic flight pays the departure rate, and that transit passengers are charged by the terminal of their onward flight.
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/airportguide/psfc/
Narita International Airport Corporation — international departure procedure
Confirmed the instruction to arrive at least two hours before departure, the qualification about each airline’s check-in start time, the check-in counter floors of Terminal 1 4F, Terminal 2 3F and Terminal 3 2F, the warning that counter positions change daily, and the note that some airlines use different terminals for international and domestic flights.
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/airportguide/inter-dep/
Narita International Airport Corporation — terminal use at night and early mornings
Confirmed the floor-by-floor hours for all three terminals, the 24-hour LAWSON in Terminal 1 basement and in Terminal 3, the 24-hour 7-Eleven in Terminal 2 basement, the 24-hour Yoshinoya in the Terminal 2 main building and MATSUYA in Terminal 3, and the capsule hotel in car park P-2 directly connected to Terminal 2 with the airport’s advice to book ahead.
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/access/early-morning/
Narita International Airport Corporation — lounge, beauty salon and other service listings
Confirmed that airline lounges and the credit card company lounge are listed for Terminals 1 and 2 only, that prayer rooms, smoking areas, duty-free pick-up and water fountains are listed for all three terminals, that the postcard mailing and repair services are listed for Terminals 1 and 2, that the cycle station is listed for Terminal 2 and Nail Quick for Terminal 1, and that a massage chair is listed in all three.
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/service/lounge/
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/service/other/
https://www.narita-airport.jp/en/service/salon/
Keisei Electric Railway — Skyliner English site
Confirmed that Keisei presents three routes into the airport and that it states the Skyliner reaches Keisei Ueno from Narita Airport in as little as 41 minutes.
https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
Last updated: September 2026
