What airport is ICN?
Why the code is ICN
InChoN, the city it sits in, 48 km west of Seoul.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- ICN
- ICAO code
- RKSI
- Airport
- Incheon International Airport
- City
- Seoul, South Korea
- Opened
- 2001
- Code origin
- Documented
Incheon was built on reclaimed land between two islands and consistently ranks at or near the top of global airport service surveys. It has an ice rink, a golf course and a Korean cultural museum airside, all of which exist because a large share of its traffic is transferring and has hours to fill.
Codes people book by mistake
| Code | What it actually is |
|---|---|
| GMP | Gimpo, Seoul's older and much closer airport, now mostly domestic and short-haul regional. |
The other code, RKSI
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, ICN, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, RKSI, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why RKSI looks nothing like ICN.
Common questions
- What airport is ICN?
- Incheon International Airport, in Seoul, South Korea.
- Why is Seoul's airport called ICN?
- InChoN, the city it sits in, 48 km west of Seoul.
- What is the difference between ICN and RKSI?
- ICN is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. RKSI is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
- Is ICN the same as GMP?
- No. GMP is gimpo, Seoul's older and much closer airport, now mostly domestic and short-haul regional.
Related pages
- South Korea Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of South Korea Colours, symbols and lookalikes
- Airport codes in South Korea 1 here
Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)