Why go
- Prefecture of Japan.
- Served by Ibaraki Airport (IBR).
History
Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 and has a geographic area of 5,157 km2 (1,991 sq mi). Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the northwest, and Tokyo to the west.
Airports
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 66 airlines, 103 direct destinations
- All Nippon Airways NH (767-300, 777, 777-300ER, 737, 787-8, 737-800…) · 57 routes: Abu Dhabi*, Agana*, Auckland*, Bangkok, Beijing, Calgary*, Chengdu, Chicago, Dalian*, Delhi, Denpasar, Denver*, Doha*, Duesseldorf, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hiroshima*, Ho Chi Minh City*, Hong Kong*, Honolulu*, Houston*, Istanbul*, Jakarta, Kanazawa*, Kaohsiung, London, Los Angeles, Macau*, Manila, Mumbai, Nagoya, New York, Newark*, Niigata*, Okinawa, Osaka, Osaka*, Paris, Qingdao … +17 more
- Japan Airlines Domestic JL (767, 787-8, 777-300, 777, 737-800, A320…) · 49 routes: Agana, Babelthuap, Bangkok, Beijing, Boston, Busan, Cairns*, Cheju*, Chicago, Coolangatta*, Dalian, Dallas-Fort Worth*, Delhi, Doha, Dubai*, Frankfurt, Fukuoka*, Guangzhou, Hanoi, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Khabarovsk*, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, London*, Los Angeles, Manila, Moscow, Nagoya, Nanjing*, New York, Okinawa*, Osaka, Papeete*, Paris, San Diego … +9 more
- American Airlines AA (767-300, 787, 737, 777-300, 777) · 22 routes: Bangkok, Boston, Busan, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Nagoya, New York, Osaka, San Diego, Sapporo, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Vancouver
- Delta Air Lines DL (747-400, 777, 76W, A330-300, 757-200, A330-200) · 17 routes: Agana, Atlanta, Babelthuap, Bangkok, Detroit, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Manila, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, Saipan, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei
- United Airlines UA (777, 787-8, 747-400, 737-800, 777-300ER) · 15 routes: Agana, Bangkok*, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York*, Newark, San Francisco, San Jose*, Seattle*, Seoul, Singapore, Washington
- Air China CA (767-300, 737-800, A321, 737, A320) · 9 routes: Beijing, Chengdu*, Dalian, Guangzhou*, Hangzhou*, Qingdao*, Shanghai, Shenyang*, Xiamen*
- Genesis GK (A320) · 8 routes: Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Matsuyama, Oita, Okinawa, Osaka, Sapporo, Takamatsu
- China Eastern Airlines MU (767, A320, A321, A330-200, A330-300, 737-800) · 5 routes: Beijing*, Dalian*, Guangzhou*, Nanjing, Shanghai
- China Southern Airlines CZ (A320, A321, A319, A330-200, 767, 737-800) · 5 routes: Beijing*, Changchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenyang
- Air Canada AC (767-300, 777, 777-300ER) · 4 routes: Bangkok*, Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver
- Arrow Air JW (A320) · 4 routes: Okinawa, Sapporo, Seoul, Taipei
- Korean Air KE (A330-300, 737-900, A330-200, 747-400, 737-800, 777-300ER…) · 4 routes: Busan, Cheju, Honolulu, Seoul
- Malaysia Airlines MH (777, 737-800, 777-200) · 4 routes: Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur
- US Airways US (777, A380) · 4 routes: Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Singapore
- Air India Limited AI (A380, 787-8) · 3 routes: Delhi, Los Angeles*, Singapore*
- Alitalia AZ (777-200) · 3 routes: Milano, Rome, Venice
- Asiana Airlines OZ (A321, 777-200, A330-300, 74E) · 3 routes: Auckland, Busan*, Seoul
- China Airlines CI (A330-300, 747-400, 737-800) · 3 routes: Honolulu, Kaohsiung, Taipei
- Jetstar Airways JQ (A330-200) · 3 routes: Cairns, Coolangatta, Melbourne
- Qantas QF (A330-200, 747-400) · 3 routes: Cairns*, Coolangatta*, Sydney
- S7 Airlines S7 (A320, 787) · 3 routes: Khabarovsk, Moscow*, Vladivostok
- Skymark Airlines BC (737) · 3 routes: Miho, Okinawa, Sapporo
- Air France AF (A380, 757-200, 787-8, 777-300ER) · 2 routes: Paris, Saipan*
- Air Tahiti Nui TN (A330-300, A340-300) · 2 routes: Papeete, Seoul
- Cathay Pacific CX (747-400, A330-300, A340-300, 777-200, 777-300, 777-300ER) · 2 routes: Hong Kong, Taipei
- EVA Air BR (A321, A330-200) · 2 routes: Kaohsiung, Taipei
- Garuda Indonesia GA (A330-300, 767-300, 777) · 2 routes: Denpasar, Jakarta
- Ibex Airlines FW (CRJ) · 2 routes: Hiroshima, Kanazawa
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (747-400, 787-8) · 2 routes: Duesseldorf*, Osaka
- Philippine Airlines PR (A321, 330, 777-300) · 2 routes: Cebu, Manila
- Shenzhen Airlines ZH (767-300) · 2 routes: Guangzhou*, Xiamen*
- Singapore Airlines Cargo SQ (A380, 777-300ER) · 2 routes: Los Angeles, Singapore
- Vietnam Airlines VN (330, 777, A321) · 2 routes: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A330-300) · 1 route: Moscow
- AeroMéxico AM (787) · 1 route: Mexico City
- Air Busan BX (A321) · 1 route: Busan
- Air Caledonie International SB (A330-200) · 1 route: Noumea
- Air Macau NX (A319, A320, A321) · 1 route: Macau
- Air New Zealand NZ (767-300, 777-200) · 1 route: Auckland
- Air Niugini PX (737-800) · 1 route: Port Moresby
- Austrian Airlines OS (777-200) · 1 route: Vienna
- Bangkok Airways PG (767) · 1 route: Bangkok
- British Airways BA (777) · 1 route: London
- Cebu Pacific 5J (A320) · 1 route: Manila
- Eastar Jet ZE (737-800) · 1 route: Seoul
- Emirates EK (777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai
- Etihad Airways EY (A330-200) · 1 route: Abu Dhabi
- Finnair AY (A330-300, 787-8) · 1 route: Helsinki
- Jeju Air 7C (737) · 1 route: Seoul
- Jet Airways 9W (737) · 1 route: Mumbai*
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (747, 777, 74M) · 1 route: Amsterdam
- MIAT Mongolian Airlines OM (737) · 1 route: Ulan Bator
- Pakistan International Airlines PK (310) · 1 route: Beijing
- Peach Aviation MM (A320) · 1 route: Osaka
- Qatar Airways QR (777-200LR) · 1 route: Doha
- Sat Airlines HZ (737) · 1 route: Yuzhno-sakhalinsk
- Scandinavian Airlines System SK (A340-300) · 1 route: Copenhagen
- Scoot TZ (777-200) · 1 route: Taipei
- Shandong Airlines SC (767-300) · 1 route: Qingdao*
- SriLankan Airlines UL (A330-200, A340-300) · 1 route: Colombo
- Swiss International Air Lines LX (A340-300) · 1 route: Zurich
- Thai Airways International TG (330, 380) · 1 route: Bangkok
- TransAsia Airways GE (A320) · 1 route: Taipei
- Turkish Airlines TK (330, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (767-400) · 1 route: Tashkent
- Virgin Atlantic Airways VS (A340-600) · 1 route: London
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 32 airlines, 73 direct destinations
- All Nippon Airways NH (767, 737, A320, 737-800, 787, 777-200…) · 60 routes: Akita, Asahikawa*, Bangkok, Beijing, Denpasar, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Hachijojima, Hakodate, Hanoi, Hiroshima, Hong Kong, Honolulu*, Ishigaki, Iwakuni, Iwami, Jakarta, Kagoshima, Kanazawa, Kitakyushu*, Kobe, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kushiro, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Matsuyama, Memanbetsu*, Miho, Miyazaki, Monbetsu, Munich, Nagasaki, Nakashibetsu, Obihiro*, Odate Noshiro, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa … +20 more
- Japan Airlines Domestic JL (737-800, 767, 777, 777-300, Embraer 170, 777-200…) · 45 routes: Akita*, Amami, Aomori, Asahikawa, Bangkok, Beijing, Dubai*, Fukuoka, Hakodate, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Izumo, Kagoshima, Kanazawa, Kitakyushu, Kochi, Kumamoto, Kushiro, London, Matsuyama, Memanbetsu, Misawa, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Nanki-shirahama, Obihiro, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Osaka, Paris, San Francisco, Sapporo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore … +5 more
- Hokkaido International Airlines HD (735, 767-300) · 6 routes: Asahikawa, Hakodate, Kushiro, Memanbetsu, Obihiro, Sapporo
- Skymark Airlines BC (737) · 6 routes: Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kobe, Miho, Okinawa, Sapporo
- Star Flyer 7G (A320) · 3 routes: Fukuoka, Kitakyushu, Osaka
- Air China CA (A321, 330, 777) · 2 routes: Beijing, Shanghai*
- American Airlines AA (777, 787) · 2 routes: Honolulu, San Francisco
- Asiana Airlines OZ (A321, A330-300) · 2 routes: Seoul, Seoul
- China Eastern Airlines MU (A321, 767) · 2 routes: Beijing*, Shanghai
- Delta Air Lines DL (76W) · 2 routes: Los Angeles, Seattle
- Garuda Indonesia GA (A330-200, 787-8) · 2 routes: Denpasar, Jakarta
- Japan Transocean Air NU (734) · 2 routes: Ishigaki, Miyako
- Korean Air KE (777-200, 777-300, 737-800) · 2 routes: Seoul, Seoul
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A340-600, 747-400) · 2 routes: Frankfurt, Munich
- United Airlines UA (767-300, 777) · 2 routes: Honolulu*, Los Angeles*
- Air Canada AC (767-300) · 1 route: Vancouver
- Air France AF (777-200, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Paris
- AirAsia X D7 (330) · 1 route: Kuala Lumpur
- Bangkok Airways PG (767, 777) · 1 route: Bangkok
- British Airways BA (777) · 1 route: London
- Cathay Pacific CX (747-400) · 1 route: Hong Kong
- China Airlines CI (A330-300) · 1 route: Taipei
- Emirates EK (777-200LR) · 1 route: Dubai
- EVA Air BR (A330-300) · 1 route: Taipei
- Hawaiian Airlines HA (A330-200) · 1 route: Honolulu
- Hong Kong Express Airways UO (A320) · 1 route: Hong Kong
- Philippine Airlines PR (A321, 330) · 1 route: Manila
- Qantas QF (777-200) · 1 route: Singapore*
- Shanghai Airlines FM (A330-300) · 1 route: Shanghai
- Singapore Airlines Cargo SQ (A330-300, 777-300) · 1 route: Singapore
- Thai Airways International TG (747-400) · 1 route: Bangkok
- Virgin Atlantic Airways VS (777-300ER) · 1 route: London
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 2 airlines, 5 direct destinations
- Skymark Airlines BC (737) · 4 routes: Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Sapporo
- China SSS 9C (A320) · 1 route: Shanghai
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Getting there by ferry
Where things are
Photographs
credit: Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons · See source page
When to go
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Ibaraki Airport (IBR); 11 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: IBR has direct flights to 5 destinations on 2 airlines (incl. Fukuoka, Kobe, Nagoya, Sapporo, Shanghai). By water: 6 ferry terminals within 20 km (nearest: Venetian Gondolas, 20 km).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Chiba, Japan. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
Coaches & shuttles
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.