- Terminal 4 is a new terminal under construction at Changi International Airport in Singapore, with an expected completion date of 2017. It is expected to handle 16 million passengers annually and increase the airport's total capacity to 82 million passengers.
- The terminal is being built at a cost of $1.28 billion and will feature automated services, a central galleria, retail space, and transport links to connect to other terminals and parking areas. It is designed to process a large volume of passengers efficiently.
- Construction is led by a consortium of firms and is ongoing, with the terminal expected to be operational in 2017 to accommodate future growth in passenger traffic at Changi Airport.
3. Overview
• A new terminal, designated as Terminal 4 (T4), is being constructed at Changi
International Airport of Singapore.
• The Terminal 4 project was initiated in February 2013. The construction started in
November 2013 and is expected to be completed by 2017.
• Changi airport, operated by the Changi Airport Group (CAG), is Asia's sixth
busiest international airport. It handled more than 51.2 million passengers in 2012.
• The new T4 is expected to handle about 16 million passengers per year and will
increase Changi Airport's annual passenger handling capacity to 82 million by 2017.
4. Total Cost
•The total cost of the T4 project is
estimated at $1.28bn ($1.03bn),
including $600m for the terminal
construction and $680m for the
airfield infrastructure construction.
5. Changi airport Terminal 4 design and
construction
• The T4 will be constructed on the site of the old Budget Terminal located about
two kilometres away from the three main terminals.
• Terminal 4 will be a two-storey building with a gross floor area of about
195,000m².
• The terminal design is inspired from an orchid petal.
• The terminal building will be 25m high featuring 25 aerobridge gates.
• A separate Ramp Control Tower will be built to monitor the aircraft movements in
the apron and taxiways around the terminal.
• The 68m tall tower will provide clearance to pilots.
6. Changi airport Terminal 4 design and
construction
• The terminal will feature a 300m long Central Galleria, which will be a glazed
open space that visually connects the departure, check-in, arrival and transit
areas across the terminal.
• A new overhead vehicular bridge will be built across the airport boulevard to
connect the T4 and the aircraft stands.
• It will also enable the movement of buses and other airside vehicles.
7. Passenger facilities at Changi airport's new
terminal
• The new terminal will feature kiosks for self check-in, self bag-tagging and
self bagdrops.
• It will also feature an advanced and automated baggage handling system.
• Self-service and automated options will be offered at check-in, bag drop,
immigration counter and departure-gate boarding.
• Biometric technology and fast and seamless travel (FAST) services will
be implemented at the terminal to reduce manpower and increase
efficiency.
8. Passenger facilities at Changi airport's new
terminal
• The T4 will feature 15,000m² of shopping, dining, liquor, tobacco,
perfumes, cosmetics and other retail spaces. It will implement a new
walk-through retail concept.
• It will also feature local, cultural and heritage-theme restaurants, as well as
retail stores.
9. Changi Terminal 4 parking and transport
infrastructure
• Two new car parks will be constructed at the terminal, to accommodate up to
1,500 vehicles.
• The terminal will be internally connected to the new car parks via sheltered links.
• One of them will be a multistorey car park located next to the terminal.
• Another will be an open air car park constructed in front of the terminal.
• A 38ha plot at Terminal 3, which houses the airport nursery and a reservoir, will be
converted into an aircraft parking area.
• The aircraft parking area will be able to store up to 17 narrow-body and nine
wide-body aircraft stands.
10. Changi Terminal 4 parking and transport
infrastructure
• A new road will be constructed connected to the East Coast Parkway to
manage the outgoing traffic from T4.
• A free airside shuttle between terminal 4 and terminal 2 will be constructed
to facilitate the non-T4 airlines passengers.
• T4 will also feature a centralised departure bus lounge, with up to nine bus
bays providing quick transportation services to the passengers.
11. Contractors involved with the Terminal 4
project
• A consortium led by SAA Architects was selected by CAG to design and
construct the T4 in April 2013.
• The consortium also includes Benoy, AECOM Singapore and Beca
Carter Hollings & Ferner (SEA).
• CSC Holdings will provide foundation works for the construction of the
airport terminal building, ancillary buildings and other infrastructure under a
contract awarded in September 2013.