Gimhae International Airport

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Gimhae International Airport
김해국제공항
金海國際空港
Gimhae Gukje Gonghang
Kimhae Kukche Konghang
IATA: PUS – ICAO: RKPK
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Korea Airports Corporation
Location Busan
Elevation AMSL 6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 35°10′46″N 128°56′18″E / 35.17944°N 128.93833°E / 35.17944; 128.93833
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 (2007)
Aircraft movements 58,119
Passengers 7,403,262
Sources: World Aero Data[1]
Korea Airports Corporation[2]

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/33R 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

[edit] International

Airlines Destinations
Air Busan Fukuoka [begins 29 March], Osaka-Kansai [begins 25 April]
Air China Beijing-Capital, Hangzhou
Asiana Airlines Beijing-Capital, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Manila, Osaka-Kansai, Saipan, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Singapore [begins 10 January], Weihai
Cebu Pacific Cebu
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai-Pudong
China Southern Airlines Shenyang
Dragonair Hong Kong
Japan Airlines Osaka-Kansai [ends 12 January], Tokyo-Narita
Korean Air Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sapporo-Chitose, Shanghai-Pudong, Siem Reap [begins 1 January], Tokyo-Narita, Xi'an [seasonal]
Lufthansa1 Munich
Northwest Airlines Tokyo-Narita
Philippine Airlines Manila
Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
Shandong Airlines Qingdao
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Pudong
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
TransAsia Airways Taipei-Taoyuan
Vietnam Airlines Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City
Vladivostok Air Vladivostok
Notes
  • Note 1: Although Lufthansa's flight to Munich stops in Seoul, it has no rights to transport passengers between Busan and Seoul.

[edit] Domestic

Airlines Destinations
Air Busan Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo
Asiana Airlines Seoul-Incheon
Jeju Air Jeju
Korean Air Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon

[edit] Proposed routes

Gimhae-Haneda route service to be launched in October 2010[4]

[edit] Ground transportation

The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit line, scheduled to open in 2010, will connect the airport to the Busan Subway network and the city centre of Gimhae.

[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.[5][6]

[edit] See also

[edit] 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. ^ 부산 하늘길 세계로 더 넓어진다
  5. ^ Jeju Air skids of runway in South Korea Flight Global 13/08/07
  6. ^ "Jeju Air Dash 8 skids off runway". Flight International: p. 18. 21-27 August 2007. 

[edit] External links

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