CHANGI AIRPORT / Terminal 4

[mcarling]

I would build a new budget terminal between runways 2C/20C and 2R/20L, along with SATS and anything else in the way of building Terminal 4 about where the current budget terminal is located. As soon as Terminal 4 opens, I would demolish (at least the angled parts of) the piers of Terminal 1 (keeping the part which connects terminals 2 and 3). Then Terminal 5 could someday be built where Terminal 1 is located.

Prior to someday building Terminal 5, I would move the cargo operations to the space between runways 2C/20C and 2R/20L.

[klm.b777]

Any pictures or renderings of the new terminal 4, or maybe some expansion pictures of Changi airport in the future..????????

[Aranho]

So far, neither renderings for Terminal 4 nor Changi Airport expansion plans have yet to be released to the public.

[deskoh91]

Rebuilding the budget terminal into T4 is a very recent development that is definitely not part of any master plan previously envisaged. I think they will take some time to prepare something presentable. Just wait for it

P.S. Isn't it funny how they spent money running a competition to name the airport only to tear it down a short few years later?

[Aranho]

Originally Posted by deskoh91

P.S. Isn't it funny how they spent money running a competition to name the airport only to tear it down a short few years later?

And there goes your "taxes".

[downsouth]

I notice Goh Cok Tong's name on the wall of T2 and assume that T1 has LKY' name on it and T3 has BG Lee's. So, whose name will be on T4's?

[derrick_gth]

Any idea which are the architect for the T4

[mgear088]

Think not decided yet

[ZNaseer]

I just hope the new T4 comes with a good observation deck/viewing gallery!

[hakz2007]

Singapore's Changi Clears Land to Park More Planes

Singapore. Changi Airport is clearing a plot of land — the size of over 40 football fields — to park more than 30 single-aisle planes.

This will boost its current capacity by more than a fifth and cater for future growth.

Last year, the airport handled an all-time high of more than 50 million passengers.

Sited along a stretch of land where Terminal 3 is and across a road from where Terminal 4 will be built, the 38.5 hectare area currently houses a plant nursery, a reservoir and a pond.

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[ddes]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

Singapore's Changi Clears Land to Park More Planes
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This is certainly an interesting development.

I could see Terminal 4 following a similar style to Taipei Taoyuan's airport or Guangzhou Baiyun where the terminal straddles the road, with concourses on either side of the airport.

[cuatudong]

thanks for the infomation

[lezat2010]

hi guys, so far anyone got the news about the design?

[Mith252]

They have announced the construction of Terminal 4.

Construction of Changi Airport's T4 to begin
Posted: 08 February 2013 1436 hrs

SINGAPORE: Construction of Changi Airport's Terminal 4 (T4) is expected to begin soon, with a total estimated budget of S$1280 million.

S$600 million is set aside for the construction of the T4 building on the old Budget Terminal site. It will be a two-storey building with a gross floor area of about 160,000 square metres.

The remaining S$680 million will be for the construction of additional parking stands, supporting airfield infrastructure, security requirements, specialised airport systems, ancillary buildings and road and drainage works.

In a media statement released on Friday, Changi Airport Group said T4 will be designed with the flexibility to meet the operational needs of both regional full service and low-cost carriers.

T4 wil primarily handle narrow body aircraft and be designed to enable quick turnaround of flights.

The transfer of passengers and baggage between T4 and the other terminals will also be provided for.

In terms of feel and ambience, T4 will be comparable to Terminals 1 and 2.

Unlike Budget Terminal, T4 will have aerobridges at its boarding gates.

Departure and arrival immigration control and pre-boarding security screening will be centralised for more efficient deployment of manpower and equipment.

T4 will have more kiosks for self check-in, self bag-tagging and self bag-drops.

Bag sorting at T4 will be fully automated. The baggage handling system will be equipped with the latest technology to enable heavy and odd-sized bags to be handled with ease even by older workers.

The number of aircraft parking stands will also be increased.

A 38-hectare land plot south of Terminal 3, which houses the airport nursery and 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 built to enable buses and other airport vehicles to move from T4 to the aircraft stands.

Major drainage works, including the construction of a new reservoir, will be undertaken to prevent flooding in the event of heavy downpour.

A new road will be built to facilitate outgoing traffic from T4 onto the East Coast Parkway.

A multi-storey car park with spaces for 1,200 vehicles will be built next to the terminal.

T4 is expected to be ready in 2017.

- CNA/xq

source: CNA

[Vrooms]

Exciting news surprised it will aerobridges though.....

[horlick97]

I am keen to see Changi's expansion and upgrading. But, I am concerned with the approach that I am reading.

It does not give me a clear sense of integration of all the terminals, and the perspective of the long term developmental strategy beyond T4. I can anticipate there will be smart and quick answers to say that the roads, baggage systems are link. But, these are just physical linkages. The ultimate test is how seamlessly can these be effected in practice. Eg, I wonder if there are KPIs for the transfer time (of baggage and passengers) from one terminal to another, and how much hassle will this take.

Also, what are the best practices for large airports in terms of the number of terminals one should have? One? two? three? four? five?

Having two or three may be good. Beyond that, will it lead to complexity and other sub-optimality? I do not know. I hope the those who are in-charge will go through the deep thinking and plan the long term solutions accordingly.

I hope T4 will not be a stop gap measure, which may become a constraint at the very moment it is open in 2017.

[Mith252]

News on the new terminal from Straits Times.


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source: The Straits Times

[Mith252]

Another article from TODAY.


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source: TODAY

[horlick97]

When I read the articles this moring, I thought I was just reading what I feared.

By saying it is integrated does not make it really integrated. Even if it is stop gap, it need not be patch work, which is what the plan appears to me to be.

Not to mention Beijing, Inchon, Hong Kong, it pales in comparisn with KL's LCCT, though it was not meant to be a direct competitor with it.

With this T4, it wll be a long long time before the next expansion in the area betwee runway 2 ad 3. Meanwhile, to say the least, we may just have to bear with the untidiness. But, the greatest fear is that Changi may start to lose ground which may prove to be too costly to recove in future.

Won't there be better ideas? I thought macro plan of T1, T2 and T3 do present some continuity and would support seamless integrated. On hindsight, each of these could have been planned and build larger to make a total of say, 90 mil.

Notwithstanding tha T1, T2 and T3 have been build in their present forms, I would still think it will be a superior approach to expand T2 and T3 rather than to build a stop gap T4. Expansion of T2 and T3 may entail lengthening the terminal buildings southward, reconfiguring the finger piers (eg, to allow more piers at perpendicular orientation to the terminal building, etc)

If need be, the T2 South carpark, VIP complex, flight kitchen may be shifted and reconfigured.

The expanded T1, T2, T3 and the associated reconfiguration should be presented as a purposeful response to the competition and to stay ahead. This should make Changi competitive beyond 2030 and push-off the need a 'New Changi' between Runway 2 and 3 to a much later period. This may also be more cost effective in the holistic scheme of things.

[Mith252]

Somehow, I think it is still okay. I may sound a little too optimistic, but I think until we see the proper plans with detailed descriptions of the connections between the terminals, I will wait and see.