We welcome the addition of Incheon International Airport.
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If the devs had returned Russian airlines there should be a connection to Vladivilstok and other Far East Russian cities, Moscow maybe can also be added
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If I’m not mistaken (please correct me if I’m wrong), ICN would be the largest airport in WOA. Considering its land area, yes, it still has 4 runways like IAD, but the number of stands for cargo planes and the amount of space for passenger and remote stands — it’s like a mix of LEJ and LHR.
But I really like the takeoff and landing system with 4 parallel runways (one for arrivals, one for departures, and the other two parallel ones working as well).
If we take BKK as an example, all 3 runways are used for landings, and two of them are also used for takeoffs — which, first of all, leads to delays for departures, arrivals, and runway crossings
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Yes, it would be great. There were direct flights to Moscow before: Sheremetyevo (SVO) with Aeroflot (SVO-ICN) and Korean Air (ICN-SVO), as well as Asiana Airlines (ICN-DME) to Domodedovo. Korean Air, Asiana, Aeroflot, S7, and others used to operate flights between Russia and Seoul, flying to Moscow, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and Novosibirsk
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This is a rough draft (maybe very clumsy), but something like that
An approximate diagram of takeoff and landing operations.
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Unique Features or Challenges
Incheon Airport experiences a variety of weather conditions throughout the year. In winter, snowfalls are common, requiring de-icing procedures and sometimes causing flight delays. In the summer, the region is affected by monsoon rains, which bring heavy precipitation, reduce visibility, and increase the risk of flooding.
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Currently it is. However, BKK and LHR (but will be very very far, I can see it) also has an ambitious expansion program. Guessing the one in BKK will arrive first although there is no exact masterplan on how it would be done (so cannot estimate the expansion scale). Seems there will be at least 1 south terminal and 1 east terminal (I feel from the tone the planned SAT-2 will be postponed like ICN). Don’t know if it will surpass ICN and I don’t know if ICN will expand further except another satellite terminal that looks very straightforward in the middle of the airfield.
See the source.
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It’s possible that Incheon Airport has a slightly lower passenger capacity, but in terms of occupied area and expected growth, considering the number of aircraft parking spaces, the future outlook is significant. I still need to study this in more detail.
Incheon Airport has completed Phase 4 of its expansion, adding a fourth runway, expanding Terminal 2, and increasing its capacity to 106 million passengers per year. This solidified its status as one of the world’s major aviation hubs.
Phase 5 is now in preparation, including the construction of Terminal 3 and a fifth runway. The new terminal will focus on low-cost carriers. Completion is expected by 2030, raising total passenger capacity to 130 million annually.
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Remote boarding facility
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T1-Concourse
shuttle train 2~3coaches, no driver
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It might also be a good idea to include a camera view or observation footage from the viewing deck, similar to what we see at BRI and SXM airports. Based on what I found through Kakao Map and Google Maps, there is indeed a PR Observation Deck located on the 5th floor of Terminal 2. It’s situated in the public area of the terminal, so it’s accessible to everyone — including those not going through security.
The deck features:
– panoramic glass walls overlooking the runways and apron,
– a 12-meter interactive model of the airport,
– exhibitions about aviation and the construction of Incheon Airport.
Photos sourced from Kakao Map and Google Maps.
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This APM look like Singapore’s Sengkang and Punggol LRT