Incheon Internaitional Airport

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Incheon Internaitional Airport (IIA) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) (Korean: 인천국제공항) is the lairgest airport in Sooth Korea, the primar airport servin the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie, an ane o the lairgest an busiest airports in the warld. For seeven year in a row (2005–2012), it wis ratit the best airport warldwide bi Airports Council International.[2][3] The airport haes a gowf coorse, spa, private sleepin ruims, ice skeitchin rink, a casino, indoor gairdens an a Museum o Korean Cultur. Airport authorities claim that average depairtur an arrival taks anerly 19 minutes (60 minutes warld-wide industry average) an 12 minutes (45 minutes) respectively, significantly lawer than the rest o the warld, makkin it ane o the fastest airports in the warld for customs processin.[2] Its duty-free shopping mall has been rated the world's best for three year in a row in 2012 by Business Traveler.[4] Incheon Internaitional Airport claims that it haes anerly a 0.0001% baggage mishandlin rate an aw.[5]

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An Asiana Airlines Boeing 767-300 touchin doun at Incheon Internaitional Airport. A Korean Air Boeing 777-200ER can be seen in the backgrund.

Locatit 48 km (30 mi) wast o Seoul, the caipital an lairgest ceety o Sooth Korea, Incheon Internaitional Airport is the main hub for Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Jeju Air, an Polar Air Cargo. The airport serves as a hub for internaitional ceevilian air transportation an cargo traffec in East Asie. Incheon Internaitional Airport is currently Asie's aicht busiest airport in terms o passengers, the warld's fowert busiest airport bi cargo traffec, an the warld's nint busiest airport in terms o internaitional passengers in 2013. In that year, 40,785,953 internaitional passengers uised the airport.[6]

The airport opened for business in early 2001 tae replace the aulder Gimpo Internaitional Airport, which nou serves maistly domestic destinations plus shuttle flichts tae alternate airports in Cheenae, Japan, an Taiwan.

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