That area between the two islands was reclaimed for the construction project, effectively connecting the once separate Yeongjong and Yongyu islands.
The two islands were originally separated by shallow sea. Incheon International Airport is located west of Incheon's city center, on an artificially created piece of land between Yeongjong and Yongyu Islands. The airport opened for business on 29 March 2001 to replace the older Gimpo International Airport, which now serves mostly domestic destinations and shuttle flights to several East Asian metropolitan areas including Beijing, Osaka, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo. Incheon International Airport also reports 0.0001% of baggage mishandling rate. Its duty-free shopping mall has been rated the world's best for three years in a row in 2013 by Business Traveller. The airport's average departure and arrival take 19 minutes and 12 minutes respectively, as compared to worldwide average of 60 minutes and 45 minutes, ranking it among the fastest airports in the world for customs processing.
The airport has a golf course, spa, private sleeping rooms, an ice skating rink, a casino, indoor gardens, video game center and a Museum of Korean Culture.
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ACI also rated the airport as the best airport in Asia-Pacific for 10 consecutive years from 2006 to 2016 until the ranking series ended in 2017. ĭuring the entire run of the best airport worldwide ranking by Airports Council International (ACI) from 2005 to 2011, Incheon International Airport topped the ranking every year. The airport is one of Skytrax's 5-star airports and also has been awarded for the best airport security in 2021. Skytrax also has rated the airport as the world's best international transit airport and one of the world's cleanest airports. It is the primary airport serving the Seoul Capital Area and one of the largest and busiest airports in the world.Īs of 2021, the airport has been rated by Skytrax as the fourth best airport in the world. Incheon International Airport ( IIA Korean: 인천국제공항) ( IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Incheon International Airport) is the largest airport in South Korea.
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