"서울대 교수도 불가능하다"라던 공항이 전 세계 1,234개 공항 중 1위가 되었습니다

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Incheon Airport has ranked first in international passenger traffic among 1,234 airports worldwide.

However, that site was a tidal flat 30 years ago that was said to be "sinking."

How did an airport built by reclaiming land from the sea, defying opposition from Seoul National University professors and environmental groups, manage to surpass the world's most famous airports? 00:00 The 1 billionth passenger was Japanese

00:52 In 1989, there were more people seeing off passengers than passengers

02:58 The plan to fill in tidal flats to lay a runway

04:51 The doors opened, and it was ranked 10th in the world

07:35 The 7 hours Narita put out the fire

12:10 Went to Fukuoka, not Tokyo

16:58 The reason the land for the runway was filled in in advance

19:22 What happened when the skies over Dubai closed

#IncheonAirport #TransitAirport #HeathrowAirport #NaritaAirport #KoreaEconomy #OjirapEconomy

Parts of this video were produced using AI technology.

🔗 Sources

Airport Council International (ACI) — Global airport international passenger performance for the first half of 2026

Incheon International Airport Corporation — Achieved 1 billion cumulative passengers (July 7, 2026)

Incheon International Airport Corporation — Transit passengers for the first half of 2026 Performance

Narita International Airport — Transit Passenger Ratio Statistics

Heathrow Airport — Submission of Third Runway Expansion Plan (July 2025)

Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport Relocation Plan