Gimhae International Airport

Gimhae International Airport
김해국제공항
金海國際空港

Gimhae Gukje Gonghang
Kimhae Kukche Konghang
IATA: PUSICAO: RKPK
PUS
Location of airport in South Korea
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Air Force
Location Busan
Hub for Air Busan
Elevation AMSL 6 ft / 2 m
Website airport.co.kr
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18L/36R 2,745 9,007 Asphalt
18R/36L 3,200 10,499 Concrete
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft movements 58,119
Passengers 6,870,157
Sources: World Aero Data[1]
Korea Airports Corporation[2]

Gimhae International Airport (formerly Kimhae International Airport) (IATA: PUSICAO: RKPK) is located on the western end of Busan, South Korea. It opened in 1976. A new international terminal opened on October 31, 2007.[3] Gimhae International Airport is the main hub for Air Busan. Runway 18L/36R is used for military purposes only, but due to increasing traffic, there are plans to open the runway for airliners.

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Busan Cebu, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Jeju, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Gimpo, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita
Air China Beijing-Capital
Asiana Airlines Beijing-Capital, Changsha, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jeju, Manila, Osaka-Kansai, Saipan, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Weihai
Business Air Phuket
Cebu Pacific Cebu, Manila
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai-Pudong, Yantai
China Southern Airlines Shenyang
Delta Air Lines Tokyo-Narita
Seasonal: Saipan [begins 6 January 2012]
Dragonair Hong Kong
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital
Japan Airlines Tokyo-Narita
Jeju Air Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Cebu, Hong Kong, Jeju
Korea Express Air Tsushima
Korean Air Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Cebu, Fukuoka, Guam, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Jeju, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Siem Reap, Tokyo-Narita
Lufthansa Seoul-Incheon, Munich 1
Philippine Airlines Manila
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Pudong
Singapore Airlines Singapore [ends 22 January 2012]
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
TransAsia Airways Taipei-Taoyuan
Vietnam Airlines Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
Vladivostok Air Vladivostok
Zest Airways Kalibo

^1 Although Lufthansa's flight to Munich stops in Seoul, it has no rights to transport passengers between Busan and Seoul.

Ground transportation

The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit line connects the airport to the Busan Subway network and the city centre of Gimhae.

Curfew

The curfew prevents aircraft from taking off or landing between the hours of 11pm and 6am.

Incidents and accidents

See also

South Korea portal
Aviation portal

References

  1. ^ Airport information for RKPK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ^ Air Traffic by Airport
  3. ^ "김해국제공항 ‘하늘길 두 배로’". http://www.naeil.com/News/politics/ViewNews.asp?nnum=366197&sid=E&tid=2. Retrieved 2007-11-06. 
  4. ^ Jeju Air skids of runway in South Korea Flight Global 13/08/07
  5. ^ "Jeju Air Dash 8 skids off runway". Flight International: p. 18. 21–27 August 2007. 

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