New Chitose Airport serves the Sapporo metropolitan area being merely 40 minutes by express train. The airport has a semicircular domestic terminal with eighteen gates, and a smaller international terminal with six gates. The new international wing has direct flights to various parts of Asia, and also Guam and Hawaii. On the domestic front, the Tokyo International Airport – Sapporo Shin Chitose Route is one of the busiest airline routes in the world and offers very competitive pricing year round. Tokyo for the weekend anyone?