Easy Drop — Check Your Bags Downtown & Skip the Airport Queue
Check in baggage downtown at Seoul Station and breeze through the airport without queuing.
Easy Drop (or City Airport Terminal) allows you to check in your baggage and receive your boarding pass at Seoul Station — before even boarding the train to the airport. You then travel light with only hand luggage.
Where is the City Airport Terminal?
📍 Located inside Seoul Station, on B1 of the KTX/AREX concourse. Signs direct you to '도심공항터미널' (City Airport Terminal).
🕐 Open daily: 05:20 – 19:00. You must complete check-in at least 3 hours before your flight — the desk closes 3 hours prior to departure.
Which Airlines Participate?
✅ Korean Air, Asiana Airlines — full check-in including baggage drop.
✅ Jeju Air, Jin Air, Air Busan — baggage drop (boarding pass via app check-in).
⚠️ Foreign carriers currently do not participate. Check the latest list on the official AREX website before your trip.
Step-by-Step Process
- 1
Go to Seoul Station City Terminal (B1)
Bring your passport, ticket (app or printout), and all checked bags.
- 2
Check in at the counter
Select seat, drop bags. You'll receive a boarding pass here.
- 3
Clear immigration at Seoul Station
Korean Air and Asiana passengers can clear departure immigration here — arriving at the airport 'airside' directly. Skip the immigration queue at Incheon entirely.
- 4
Board AREX and go directly to security
Travel luggage-free on the AREX Express. At the airport, go straight to security — no check-in counter, no immigration queue.