There are 8 ways to get from New York to Kitakyushu by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport
best- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane JFK - KKJ
21h¥92,266–263,245Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Fukuoka Airport (FUK)plane JFK - FUK
- Take the train from Hakata to Kokuratrain
20h 36m¥59,376–227,345Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ)plane EWR - KKJ
21h 18m¥68,373–254,634Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hiroshima Airport, bus, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Hiroshima Airport (HIJ)plane JFK - HIJ
- Take the bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchibus
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Kokuratrain
21h 49m¥79,006–272,145Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ)plane JFK - UBJ
- Take the train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Kokuratrain
22h 26m¥75,966–278,305Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Oita Airport, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Oita Airport (OIT)plane JFK - OIT
- Take the train from Beppu to Kokuratrain
22h 41m¥72,206–249,245Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport, train
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ)plane EWR - UBJ
- Take the train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Kokuratrain
22h 44m¥77,073–269,694Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Matsuyama Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Matsuyama Airport (MYJ)plane JFK - MYJ
- Take the ferry from Matsuyama to Hiroshima Portferry
- Take the train from Hiroshima to Kokuratrain
24h 38m¥76,386–249,605
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from New York to Kitakyushu is to fly and train which costs ¥55000 - ¥230000 and takes 20h 36m.
The fastest way to get from New York to Kitakyushu is to fly and train which takes 20h 36m and costs ¥55000 - ¥230000.
The distance between New York and Kitakyushu is 11402 km.
It takes approximately 21h to get from New York to Kitakyushu, including transfers.
Kitakyushu is 14h ahead of New York. It is currently 2:57 PM in New York and 4:57 AM in Kitakyushu.
There are 203+ hotels available in Kitakyushu.
What companies run services between New York, NY, USA and Kitakyushu, Japan?
Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, and Star Flyer fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥90,000–260,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–260,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–240,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Detroit, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–270,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–230,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–650,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–550,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Detroit, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–650,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–700,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Oita Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–600,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Yamaguchi Ube Airport via Toronto, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–600,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Matsuyama Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Osaka Itami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥60,000–600,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–220,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–240,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥85,000–290,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–240,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥100,000–300,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fukuoka Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–200,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥65,000–250,000
- Website
- starflyer.jp
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Kitakyushu Airport via Detroit, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Hiroshima Airport via Toronto, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–260,000
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–4,400
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥2,800–3,800
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,600–4,400
- Green seat
- ¥4,300–6,000
Train from Hiroshima to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–8,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥5,500–7,500
- Reserved seat
- ¥6,500–8,000
- Green seat
- ¥8,000–11,000
Train from Shin-Yamaguchi to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–4,700
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ¥3,000–4,100
- Reserved seat
- ¥3,800–4,700
- Green seat
- ¥4,600–6,500
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥2,800–3,200
- Reserved Seat
- ¥2,100–3,000
- Green Seat
- ¥2,700–3,700
Train from Beppu to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–5,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥4,200–4,700
- Reserved Seat
- ¥3,600–5,000
- Green Seat
- ¥5,000–7,000
- Phone
- 0570-04-1717
- Website
- jrkyushu.co.jp
Train from Hakata to Kokura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Phone
- 0570-666-012
- Website
- chugoku-jrbus.co.jp
Bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Shinkansen-Guchi
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,450
- Schedules at
- chugoku-jrbus.j-server.com
- Phone
- 082-253-1212
- info@setonaikaikisen.co.jp
- Website
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
Ferry from Matsuyama to Hiroshima Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7,800
- Schedules at
- setonaikaikisen.co.jp
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