Tokyo's Narita International Airport reopened its main runway Tuesday as workers finished clearing the wreckage of a crashed FedEx plane, an airport spokeswoman said.
"We reopened it at 9:10 am (0010 GMT)," the Narita spokeswoman said, adding the runway was ready for full operation.
The wreckage was removed for inspection by the transport authority, she said.
A FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames Monday at Narita, killing both pilots.
The crash forced the closure of the 4,000-metre Runway A, the longer of Narita's two runways, mainly used by medium and large aircraft. More than 350 flights a day use the runway.
It was the first fatal accident at Japan's biggest international airport and the country's first since 1996. Scores of flights were cancelled Monday and the disruption was likely to continue Tuesday.
The nation's biggest carrier Japan Airlines said Tuesday there would be no fresh cancellation of departing flights although 17 flights that had been to arrive at Narita on Tuesday were off.
Unable to find lodgings, about 500 people spent the night at the airport, according to a Narita official.
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