| Gimpo International Airport 김포국제공항 金浦國際空港 Gimpo Gukje Gonghang Kimp'o Kukche Konghang |
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| IATA: GMP – ICAO: RKSS | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Korea Airports Corporation | ||
| Serves | Seoul | ||
| Location | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 58 ft / 18 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14R/32L | 10,499 | 3,200 | Asphalt |
| 14L/32R | 11,811 | 3,600 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft movements | 100,124 | ||
| Passengers | 13,811,004 | ||
| Tonnes of cargo | 248,736 | ||
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Gimpo International Airport (Korean: 김포국제공항), commonly known as Gimpo Airport (IATA: GMP, ICAO: RKSS) (formerly Kimpo International Airport), is located in the far western end of Seoul and was the main international airport for Seoul and South Korea before it was replaced by Incheon International Airport in 2001. It is now the second largest airport in Korea after Incheon International Airport.
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Gimpo Airport primarily serves domestic and limited international flights to Japan and China.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Busan | Busan |
| Air China | Beijing-Capital |
| All Nippon Airways | Tokyo-Haneda |
| Asiana Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Gwangju, Jeju, Osaka-Kansai, Pohang, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Tokyo-Haneda, Ulsan, Yeosu |
| China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| China Southern Airlines | Beijing-Capital |
| Eastar Jet | Jeju |
| Japan Airlines | Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda |
| Jeju Air | Jeju, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai |
| Jin Air | Jeju |
| Korea Express Air | Tsushima |
| Korean Air | Beijing-Capital, Busan, Gwangju, Jeju, Jinju-Sacheon, Osaka-Kansai, Pohang, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Tokyo-Haneda, Ulsan, Yeosu |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai-Hongqiao |
| T'way Airlines | Jeju |
The airport originally started out as a runway built by Japanese forces in 1939-1942. It played a major role during the Korean War, including the defection of North Korean pilot No Kum-Sok and is associated with Operation Moolah. In 1958 was designated as the international airport of the South Korean capital city.
Since then it has grown into a much more significant airport that is capable of handling 226,000 flights a year. The airport had one domestic and two international terminals before its international function was replaced by Incheon International Airport. Gimpo currently has two runways (3600 m×45 m & 3200 m×60 m), two passenger terminals, and one cargo terminal.
The airport is located south of the Han River in western Seoul. (The name "Gimpo" comes from the nearby city of Gimpo, of which the airport used to be a part.)
For many years, the airport was served by the Gimpo Line, a railway line that no longer exists. In the 1990s, Seoul Subway Line 5 was extended to Gimpo. On March 23, 2007, the AREX airport express line started operations to Incheon International Airport, with an extension to Seoul Station which opened in December 2010. Seoul Subway Line 9 also opened which links the airport to the Gangnam area.
On November 29, 2003, scheduled services between Gimpo and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) in Tokyo, Japan began. Services to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport started on October 28, 2007. Services to Kansai International Airport In Osaka, Japan started on October 26, 2008. Services to Beijing Capital International Airport started on July 1, 2011.[2]
Airlines that formerly served Gimpo but no longer fly to Korea are listed: Air New Zealand, Alitalia, Ansett Australia, British Airways (now cargo only), Continental Airlines, Iberia Airlines, Kuwait Airways, Lauda Air, Qantas (now cargo only), Saudia, Swissair, VASP.
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