Gimhae International Airport
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| Gimhae International Airport 김해국제공항 金海國際空港 Gimhae Gukje Gonghang Kimhae Kukche Konghang |
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IATA: PUS – ICAO: RKPK
 PUS
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| 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 | ||
| Coordinates | 35°10′46″N 128°56′18″E / 35.17944°N 128.93833°E | ||
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| 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] |
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Gimhae International Airport (formerly Kimhae International Airport) (IATA: PUS, ICAO: 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.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| 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 |
| 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, Hong Kong, Jeju, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Siem Reap, Tokyo-Narita |
| Lufthansa | Munich 1 |
| Philippine Airlines | Manila |
| Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong |
| 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.
[edit] Ground transportation
The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit line connects the airport to the Busan Subway network and the city centre of Gimhae.
[edit] Curfew
The curfew prevents aircraft from taking off or landing between the hours of 11pm and 6am.
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- On January 31, 2001: Japan Airlines Flight 958, bound for Narita International Airport from Busan, nearly collided with another Japan Airlines aircraft. The other aircraft, a Boeing 747, suddenly dived and avoided the Narita-bound DC-10. See 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident
- On April 15, 2002, a Boeing 767-200ER jet, operating as Air China Flight 129 from Beijing to Busan, crashed into a hill while trying to land at Gimhae during inclement weather, killing 128 of the 166 people on board.
- On August 12, 2007, at 9:37 local time, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft, operated by Jeju Air, skidded off the runway at Gimhae International Airport, Busan, injuring 6 people and damaging the aircraft, particularly the left propeller.[4][5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for RKPK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- ^ Air Traffic by Airport[dead link]
- ^ "김해국제공항 ‘하늘길 두 배로’". http://www.naeil.com/News/politics/ViewNews.asp?nnum=366197&sid=E&tid=2. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ Jeju Air skids of runway in South Korea Flight Global 13/08/07
- ^ "Jeju Air Dash 8 skids off runway". Flight International: p. 18. 21–27 August 2007.
[edit] External links
- Gimhae International Airport English homepage
- Information about Gimhae International Airport
- City of busan: Busan official website
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