Daegu Airport

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Daegu Airport 대구국제공항 大邱國際空港 Daegu Gukje Gonghang Taegu Kukche Konghang

IATA: TAE – ICAO: RKTN
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Korea Airports Coorporation
Location		Daegu
Elevation AMSL		116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates		35°53′39″N 128°39′32″E / 35.89417, 128.65889
Website		daegu.airport.co.kr
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
13L/31R	2,755	9,039	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Passengers			1,177,490
Sources: World Aero Data^[1] Korea Airports Corporation^[2]

Daegu Airport (Hangul: 대구국제공항; Hanja: 大邱國際空港; Revised Romanization: Daegu Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Taegu Kukche Konghang) (IATA: TAE, ICAO: RKTN) is primarily a domestic airport in the city of Daegu, South Korea. Asiana Airlines and Korean Air provide international flights to China, Thailand, and occasional charters to Fukuoka and Manila. A new runway (13R/31L) is under construction.

1 Main Characteristics
- 1.1 Passenger Terminal
- 1.2 Parking lot
2 Airlines and destinations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Main Characteristics

Daegu is important spot of Youngnam region transportation that railroads such as Gyeongbu Line and Daegu Line, Gyeongbu Express Highway, 88 Olympic Express Highway. And it is performing function of central point of logistics and trade of Gyeongsangdo where are total trade center and total circulation complex etc.^[3]

[edit] Passenger Terminal

By adopting arrangement concept symbolizing Ouga (Song of five friends; water, rock, pine tree, bamboo and moon) by Yun Seon Do and the shape of flying crane, comfortable and pleasant environment is composed.

[edit] Parking lot

The parking lot at the airport can accommodate about 1,097 cars. The largest feature of it is using automatic parking system.

Paid parking lot in Daegu International Airport On the front of passenger terminal, there is a parking lot that can park 1,100 cars at the same time, and it opens from 6 am to 10 pm.^[4]