空港線 (Kuko Line) · Line introduction

From the harbour to the airport

The orange Kuko Line (K) runs 13 stations from Meinohama to Fukuoka Airport. It follows Hakata Bay's shore past Nishijin and Ohori Park, crosses the city centre at Tenjin and Nakasu-Kawabata, then reaches Hakata Station and the domestic terminal. Every station is included, so either direction is a full terminal-to-terminal run.

Route and transfers

The map keeps the line's real east–west sweep: a gentle rise from Meinohama to Tojinmachi, the straight stretch under the old castle town, and the final climb north-east to the airport. Change to the Hakozaki Line at Nakasu-Kawabata and to the Nanakuma Line at Hakata to build longer journeys in Route Planner. Tenjin and the Nanakuma Line's Tenjin-minami are separate stations here, as they are on the network. West of Meinohama, JR Chikuhi Line trains run through onto the subway; the city's six-car fleet includes the 1000N and 2000N series and the newer 4000 series, which the mascot shows.

Typing rhythm

姪浜 is めいのはま — the の is easy to drop. 西新 reads にしじん, 唐人町 is とうじんまち, and 大濠公園 is おおほりこうえん, where the doubled お and ほ come close together. 東比恵 (ひがしひえ) rewards a steady hand on the two ひ. Finish on 福岡空港 (ふくおかくうこう), whose long vowels suit kana mode; kanji mode practises the written names instead.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the 空港線 — all 13 stops of it.

Operator: Fukuoka City Subway
Line symbol: K
Stations: 13
Shape: Terminal to terminal
Termini: 姪浜 — 福岡空港

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 117 keystrokes, an average of 9 per station. The longest name is 中洲川端 (nakasu-kawabata) at 14 keystrokes; the shortest is 祇園 (gion) at 5. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 0 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 0 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 4 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

2 of the 13 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

中洲川端H 箱崎線
博多N 七隈線

Every station on the line

All 13 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#	No.	Station	Kana	Romaji
1	K01	姪浜	めいのはま	meinohama
2	K02	室見	むろみ	muromi
3	K03	藤崎	ふじさき	fujisaki
4	K04	西新	にしじん	nishijin
5	K05	唐人町	とうじんまち	tojinmachi
6	K06	大濠公園	おおほりこうえん	ohori-koen
7	K07	赤坂	あかさか	akasaka
8	K08	天神	てんじん	tenjin
9	K09	中洲川端	なかすかわばた	nakasu-kawabata
10	K10	祇園	ぎおん	gion
11	K11	博多	はかた	hakata
12	K12	東比恵	ひがしひえ	higashi-hie
13	K13	福岡空港	ふくおかくうこう	fukuoka-kuko