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Incheon Airport
Incheon
International Airport (ICN), the 'Winged City',
is an airport development located on reclaimed
land approximately 32 miles from downtown Seoul,
South Korea, at a cost exceeding $5bn.
"Following
the completion of phase four in 2020,
Incheon International's annual passenger
numbers could reach 100 million."
The
airport's two runways, passenger terminal
complex and other facilities officially opened
and became fully operational, on 29 March 2001
as the world's sixth largest cargo airport with
the capacity to serve 30 million passengers
yearly.
Following
the completion of phase four (when the airport
(air-city) will have four runways, 128 gates,
two passenger terminals and four satellite
concourses) in 2020 annual passenger numbers
could reach 100 million; there could be 530,000
flights and the airport could be handling over
seven million tones' of cargo per year, which
would transform ICN into Asia's main airport hub
and one of the top ten busiest airports
worldwide.
The phase
two expansion, currently underway, will include
more runways and terminals, a rail connection to
Seoul, a new bridge and a customs-free area. The
expansion will increase annual flight capacity
from 240,000 to 410,000, annual passenger
capacity from 30 million to 44 million, and
annual cargo capacity from 2.7 million tons to
4.5 million tons.
At the time
of opening, the ICN terminal complex was South
Korea's largest building, with a total floor
area of 5,347,555ft², 44 gates and 16 aircraft
stands built on a land bridge created between
the islands Yeongjong and Yongyu in the Yellow
Sea.
Incheon
International Airport, connected to South
Korea's mainland by the newly constructed
Yeongjong Bridge, can service 51 cities with a
population of over one million within 3.5 hours'
flying time.
LSI (Prof. David R. Langholff) was the Senior
Management Consultant for the Airport
Information Management System (AIMS) engaged by
Harris Corporation and later extended by Samsung
Corporation. In this capacity the LSI team
provided Operational Concepts and Guidelines
that provided the necessary criteria for the
configuration of the Special Airport Systems
(Core) and their Integrated Interfaces.
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