Incheon International Airport is the largest international airport in South Korea where all international flights leave and arrive every day. Gimpo Airport located near city Seoul used to be the international airport for Korea. However as the population grew and needs for places to stay increased in the area, Gimpo Airport no longer could expand its capacity to meet the growing demands for international flights. To solve the problem, a construction plan for a new 24 hour airport was started in 1992. Incheon International Airport is in Incheon City Jung-gu Unseo-dong (37°27′5″N, 126°26′4″E). Incheon International Airport Railroad (A'REX) and Incheon International Airport Highway were built to join the airport to Seoul. The airport is operated by Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) and it is owned by the government of South Korea.
Incheon International Airport opened on March 29th, 2001. It was built on reclaimed land between Yongjongdo and Youngyudo. First stage of building started in 1992 and it took eight years and four months to finish. It cost 7.8 trillion Won. This allowed Incheon International Airport to have up to 170,000 flights, 27,000,000 passengers and 1,700,000 tons of cargo per year. Stage Two began in 2002 and was completed on June 20th 2008. The airport now has the capacity of holding 410,000 flights, 44,000,000 passengers, and 4,500,000 tons of cargo per year. When the airport is finished in 2020, it will have two passenger terminals, four satellite concourses, 128 gates, and four parallel runways. It will be able to have up to 100 million passengers, and 7 million tons of cargo per year.
Incheon International Airport has passenger facilities (main passenger terminal, passenger concourse A), cargo terminal complex (A, B, C terminal), and operation facilities (control tower, runways, and meteorological facilities).
* Main Terminal
| Airline | Destinations | Contact Information | Check-in Counter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asiana Airlines | Almaty, Asahikawa, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Busan, Cebu, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chicago-O'Hare, Daegu, Dalian, Delhi, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Harbin, Hiroshima, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jeju, Khabarovsk, Kota Kinabalu, Kumamoto, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manila-Aquino, Manila-Clark, Matsuyama, Miyazaki, Nagoya-Centrair, Nanchang, Nanjing, New York-JFK, Okinawa/Naha, Osaka-Kansai, Palau, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Qingdao, Saipan, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Sendai, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Shizuoka, Siem Reap [seasonal], Singapore, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Takamatsu, Tashkent, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Toyama, Weihai, Xi'an, Yanji, Yantai, Yonago, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 82-744-2132~3 | L,M |
| Jejuair | Kitakyūshū, Osaka-Kansai | ||
| Korean Air | Akita, Amsterdam, Aomori, Atlanta, Auckland, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Brisbane, Busan, Cairo, Cebu, Changsha, Chiang Mai, Chicago-O'Hare, Daegu, Dalian, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denpasar/Bali, Dubai, Frankfurt, Fukuoka, Guam, Guangzhou, Hakodate, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta, Jinan, Kagoshima, Kathmandu, Komatsu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur-Sepang, Kunming, Las Vegas, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Milan-Malpensa, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Mumbai, Nadi, Nagasaki, Nagoya-Centrair, New York-JFK, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Osaka-Kansai, Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Phnom Penh, Phuket, Prague, Qingdao, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Petersburg [seasonal], San Francisco, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sapporo-Chitose, Seattle/Tacoma, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Shizuoka, Siem Reap, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tashkent, Tel Aviv, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Toronto-Pearson, Ulan Bator, Ürümqi [seasonal], Vancouver, Vienna, Vladivostok, Washington-Dulles, Weihai, Wuhan, Xi'an, Xiamen, Yanji, Yantai, Zhengzhou, Zürich | 82-32-742-7654 | A,B,C,D |
* Concourse A & Cargo Terminal
| Airline | Destinations | Contact Information | Check-in Counter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeroflot | Moscow-Sheremetyevo | 82-32-744-8672 | D |
| Air Astana | Almaty | 82-32-743-2620 | D |
| Aircalin | Nouméa | 82-32-743-5396 | E |
| Air Canada | Toronto-Pearson [seasonal], Vancouver | 82-32-744-0898~9 | J |
| Air China | Beijing-Capital, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Tianjin, Yanji | 82-32-744-3255~8 | H |
| Air Hong Kong | 82-32-744-6766 | ||
| Air India | 82-32-743-5439 | J | |
| Air France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle | 82-32-744-4900~1 | E |
| Air Macau | Macau | 82-32-743-5405~06 | H |
| Alas Air | 82-32-743-5220,3 | ||
| All Nippon Airways | Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita | 82-32-744-3200 | J,K |
| Cargolux Airlines Int. SA | 82-32-744-3711 | ||
| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan | 82-32-744-6777 | H |
| Cebu Pacific | Cebu, Manila | 82-32-743-5704~5 | G |
| China Airlines | Taipei-Taoyuan | 82-32-743-1513~4 | D |
| China Cargo airlines | 82-32-744-3793 | ||
| China Eastern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Kunming, Nanjing, Qingdao, Sanya, Shanghai-Pudong, Yancheng, Yantai | 82-32-744-3780/6 | F |
| China Hainan Airlines | 82-2-779-0600 | D | |
| China Postal Airlines | |||
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Changchun, Changsha, Dalian, Guangzhou, Harbin, Mudanjiang, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Yanji | 82-32-744-3270 | E |
| Dalavia Far East Airways | 82-32-743-2620 | H | |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta | 82-32-744-3772~3 | E |
| Emirates Airline | Dubai | 82-32-743-8101 | H |
| EVA Air | Taipei-Taoyuan | 82-2-756-0015 | J |
| Federal Express | 82-32-744-6100 | ||
| Finnair | Helsinki | J | |
| Garuda Indonesia | Denpasar/Bali | 82-32-744-1990 | D |
| GreatWall Airlines | 82-32-743-0775 | ||
| Hainan Airlines | Tianjin [begins 9 July] | ||
| Hong Kong Express Airways | 82-2-755-8088 | D | |
| Iran Air | Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tokyo-Narita | 82-32-744-3728 | K |
| Jade Cargo International | 82-32-743-2361 | ||
| Japan Airlines | Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita | 82-32-744-3601~3 | G |
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Amsterdam | 82-32-744-6700~1 | E |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich, Shenyang | 82-32-744-3400 | J |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur | 82-32-744-3501 | D |
| Mandarin Airlines | Kaohsiung | ||
| MIAT Mongolian Airlines | Ulan Bator | 82-32-744-6800 | E |
| Nippon Cargo Airlines | 82-32-744-3224~5 | ||
| Northwest Airlines | Tokyo-Narita | 82-2-732-1700 | E |
| Orient Thai Airlines | 82-32-743-1014 | K | |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila | 82-32-744-3720~3 | J |
| PMT Air | 82-32-743-7473 | H | |
| Polar Air Cargo | 82-32-744-4215 | ||
| Qatar Airways | Doha | 82-32-744-3370~72 | J |
| S7 Airlines | 82-2-3455-1234,5 | H,K | |
| SAT Airlines | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 82-32-741-6035 | H |
| Shandong Airlines | Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai | 82-2-775-2691 | H,K |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong | 82-2-774-8800 | H |
| Shenzhen Airlines | Shenzhen | 82-2-766-9933 | E |
| Singapore Airlines | San Francisco, Singapore | 82-32-744-6500~2 | K |
| SkyStar Airways Co.,Ltd | 82-32-743-5460 | J,K | |
| Southern Air .Inc. | 82-2-322-7038 | ||
| Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan | 82-32-744-3571 | J |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk | 82-32-744-3737 | G |
| UNI Airways Corp | 82-32-743-5669 | J | |
| United Airlines | San Francisco, Tokyo-Narita | 82-32-744-6666 | K |
| UPS | 82-2-2022-1000 | ||
| Uzbekistan Airways | Tashkent | 82-2-734-6075~6 | H,J |
| Vietnam Airlines | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City | 82-32-744-6565~6 | D |
| Vladivostok Air | Khabarovsk, Vladivostok | 82-2-733-2920~3 | E |
| Xiamen Airlines | Xiamen | 82-2-3455-1662~6 | K |
