Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4

Changi Airport Terminal 4
General information
Type	Airport terminal
Location	Changi, Singapore
Address	10 Airport Boulevard Singapore 819665
Country	Singapore
Coordinates	1°20′24″N 103°59′01″E / 1.3400739°N 103.9837049°E / 1.3400739; 103.9837049
Construction started	2014
Completed	16 December 2016
Opened	2017
Cost	S$985 million
Client	Changi Airport Group
Height	25 m (984 in)
Technical details
Floor count	2 storey
Floor area	225,000 square metres (2,420,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	SAA Architects Pte Ltd Benoy AECOM Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner (SEA)
Main contractor	Takenaka Corporation

Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4 is a newly built passenger terminal building at Singapore Changi Airport.

Overview

The construction of the new Terminal 4 commenced in early 2014 and was completed on 16 December 2016.^[1] It is scheduled to officially open in the second half of 2017. Under a new concept of "Fast And Seamless Travel at Changi" (FAST@Changi), it will see options such as self-service check-in; and automated bag drop, immigration clearance and boarding being rolled out extensively in the new building. The new Terminal 4 will be a two-storey, 25-metre-high building with a gross floor area of 225,000 square metres. 17 stands will be available for narrow body aircraft, 4 stands for wide body aircraft. A bridge across Airport Boulevard will be constructed to enable buses and other airside vehicles to move from T4 to the aircraft stands. A new dedicated 68-metre-high Ramp Control Tower was also built to "enhance air traffic controllers' management of aircraft movements in the apron and taxiways around the terminal".^[1] It will be connected to the Terminal 2 by complimentary shuttle bus services rather than the automated Changi Airport Skytrain that links the other terminals.^[2]

Local cultural and heritage items will be used in decorating the terminal interior. The retail space at the 'Heritage Zone' will feature traditional Peranakan shop front facades. Changi Airport Group (CAG) has given out all its 80+ concession contracts to various retail and food and beverage outlets including but not limited to Charles & Keith, Coach & Furla, Gassan Watches, Michael Kors, London Fat Duck, Old Street Bak Kut Teh and Sushi Goshin by Akashi.^[3]

Concurrent with the development of Terminal 4, major airfield works will also be undertaken at Changi Airport to increase the number of aircraft parking stands to support the needs of all airlines operating at Changi. A 38-hectare land plot south of Terminal 3, housing the airport nursery as well as a reservoir, will be converted into an aircraft parking area to house 17 narrow-body and nine wide-body aircraft stands. An overhead vehicular bridge across Airport Boulevard will be constructed to enable buses and other airside vehicles to move from T4 to these aircraft stands. Including new aircraft stands to be constructed at the T4 site, the number of parking stands at Changi Airport will be increased by 24% to more than 180.

There are a total of 21 contact gates and 8 bus gates in Terminal 4, Gates G1 to G21. Gates G1 to G17 can only be used by single-aisle aircraft such as the Airbus A320 & Boeing 737. Gates G18 to G21 can be used by both single-aisle & wide-bodied aircraft. Single-aisle aircraft can also utilise the Multiple Aircraft Receiving Stands (MARS) at Gates G18 to G21, which are designated as Gates G18L to G21R. Bus Gates H1 to H8 are located on the ground floor in an annexe next to the Heritage Zone, and serve planes that are parked at remote stands.

Cathay Pacific will be the first airline to operate out of Terminal 4, followed by Korean Air, Vietnam Airlines, the AirAsia Group, Cebu Pacific and Spring Airlines.

Airlines

Updated as of March 2017 ^[4]

Open House

The terminal will be open to the public from 7 August 2017 to 20 August 2017 during its Open House. Registration for about 200,000 tickets have been completed and closed.^[5][6]

External links

Media related to Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 4 at Wikimedia Commons

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