{"id":539,"date":"1992-09-02T17:53:00","date_gmt":"1992-09-02T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/junglim.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2026-04-10T17:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:17:45","slug":"incheon-intl-airport-terminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junglim.com\/en\/incheon-intl-airport-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Incheon International Airport Passenger Terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1361\" data-id=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2001_incheon-international-airport-passenger-terminal_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1625\" data-id=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2001_incheon-international-airport-passenger-terminal_003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1589\" data-id=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2001_incheon-international-airport-passenger-terminal_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2588\" data-id=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2001_incheon-international-airport-passenger-terminal_005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2534\" data-id=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2001_incheon-international-airport-passenger-terminal_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1618\" data-id=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/junglim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2001_incheon-international-airport-passenger-terminal_008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-544\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group pjtText is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Due to explosive growth in domestic and international air travel demand in the 1980s, concerns arose that the transport capacity of South Korean airports such&nbsp;as Gimpo Airport would reach their limits. Consequently, from June 1989 to April 1990, the government conducted a feasibility study for a new international airport site covering the entire metropolitan area. After thorough investigation,&nbsp;Yeongjongdo&nbsp;Island and its surrounding area were chosen in June 1990. The airport was constructed on about 3.55 million&nbsp;pyeong&nbsp;(about 11.7 square kilometers), out of a&nbsp;total&nbsp;14.35 million&nbsp;pyeong&nbsp;of land reclaimed by building a 17.3km long, 9m high seawall between&nbsp;Yeongjongdo&nbsp;and&nbsp;Yeongyudo&nbsp;islands. Phase 1 construction from 1992 to 2001 included the first passenger terminal, two runways, aprons, and various auxiliary facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terminal&#8217;s international design competition was won by the BJHW consortium (including Junglim Architecture,&nbsp;Heerim&nbsp;Architects &amp; Planners, Baum Architects, and&nbsp;Wondoshi&nbsp;Architects Group), with C. W. Fentress J. H. Bradburn &amp; Associates handling architectural planning and&nbsp;McClier&nbsp;Aviation Group responsible for engineering. Detailed design was led by the KBHJW consortium (comprising&nbsp;KACI, Baum,&nbsp;Heerim, Junglim, and&nbsp;Wondoshi) with international partners such as Fentress and Bradburn. The terminal roof is shaped symbolically like a bird about to take flight, resembling the natural curved lines of traditional Korean roofs. Columns soaring skywards evoke the image of ships docked at a harbor, emphasizing the airport&#8217;s maritime character.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to explosive growth in domestic and international air travel demand in the 1980s, concerns arose that the transport capacity of South Korean airports such&nbsp;as Gimpo Airport would reach their limits. Consequently, from June 1989 to April 1990, the government conducted a feasibility study for a new international airport site covering the entire metropolitan area. 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