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On the Way to the Airport Promotional poster
Also known as Road to the Airport Genre Created by KBS Drama Production Written by Lee Sook-yeon Directed by Kim Cheol-kyu Creative directors Yoo Ho-joon Kwak Jung-hoo Kim Jung-uk Starring Composer Lee Im-woo Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Executive producers Kang Byung-taek Jinnie Jin-hee Choi Park Ji-young Producers No Sang-hoon Lee Young-bum Production locations Editors Lee Young-seop Lee Yoon-jung Camera setup Single-camera Running time 60 minutes Production company Studio Dragon [a] Network KBS2 Release September 21 (2016-09-21 ) – November 10, 2016 (2016-11-10 )
On the Way to the Airport (Korean : 공항가는 길 ; RR : Gonghangganeun Gil ) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Ha-neul , Lee Sang-yoon , Shin Sung-rok , Choi Yeo-jin , and Jang Hee-jin , about married individuals who meet by fate and become more involved in each other's lives. It aired every Wednesday and Thursday on KBS2 at 22:00 KST for 16 episodes.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Synopsis
Choi Soo-ah (Kim Ha-neul ) is an experienced AirAsia stewardess who is married to Park Jin-seok (Shin Sung-rok ), a pilot who dominates every aspect of her and their daughter Park Hyo-eun's (Kim Hwan-hee ) life. Despite the protest, Jin-seok sends Hyo-eun to an international school in Malaysia where she meets Annie Seo/Seo Eun-woo, Seo Do-woo's (Lee Sang-yoon ) daughter. Tragedy strikes when Annie dies while in an attempt to come back home and despite their denial, Soo-ah and Do-woo's lives get intertwined together.
Cast
Main cast at the press conference
Main
Supporting
Soo-ah's family
Lee Young-ran as Kim Young-sook.
Kim Hwan-hee as Park Hyo-eun, Soo-ah and Jin-seok's daughter.
Kim Kwon as Choi Je-ah.
Do-woo's family
Ye Soo-jeong as Go Eun-hee.
Park Seo-yeon as Annie Seo / Seo Eun-woo.
Son Jong-hak as Min-seok.
People around Soo-ah
People around Do-woo
Choi Song-hyun as Han Ji-eun.
Park Gyeong-ree as Kim-yeong
Kim Gyun-woo as Jang Hyun-woo.
Jo Kyung-sook as Hong Kyung-ja.
Kim Sa-hee as Hwang Hyun-jeong.
Song Yoo-hyun as Choi Kyung-sook.
Airline staff
Kim Sung-hoon as Park Chang-hoon.
Kim Tae-hyung as Kevin Oh.
Park Seon-im as Kim Joo-hyun.
Na Hye-jin as Yang Hye-jin.
Choi Seo-yeon as Lee Seon-young.
Jung Yeon-joo as Kang Eun-joo.
Lee Jung-hyuk as Park Sang-hyeop.
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Released on October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04 ) Title Artist 1. "Only you" (이방인) Morra 3:48
Part 2
Released on October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06 ) Title Artist 1. "Would that be Alright?" (이방인) LeeSa 4:06
Part 3
Released on October 19, 2016 (2016-10-19 ) Title Artist 1. "For Nothing" (이방인) Han Hee-jun 2:50
Part 4
Released on October 26, 2016 (2016-10-26 ) Title Artist 1. "City Sunset" (이방인) Sunwoo Jung-a 4:39
Part 5
Released on November 2, 2016 (2016-11-02 ) Title Artist 1. "Knot" (이방인) The Ray 3:58
Disc 2: Title Artist 1. "On the way to the Airport" (Opening Title) Various Artists 1:50 2. "Autmn sky" Various Artists 2:11 3. "In the Memories" Various Artists 3:01 4. "Love is coming" Various Artists 2:51 5. "Obscured Love" Various Artists 3:05 6. "Persona Solitario" Various Artists 2:47 7. "Separate the wind" Various Artists 2:31 8. "Sad memories" Various Artists 3:41 9. "Soo Ah's love song" Various Artists 2:55 10. "You and Me" Various Artists 2:04
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
TNmS[6]
AGB Nielsen[7]
Nationwide
Seoul
Nationwide
Seoul
1
September 21, 2016
8.5% (15th)
9.6% (8th)
7.4% (18th)
7.4% (18th)
2
September 22, 2016
7.1% (NR)
7.5% (NR)
7.5% (19th)
7.9% (15th)
3
September 28, 2016
7.6% (19th)
8.1% (13th)
9.0% (13th)
9.3% (11th)
4
September 29, 2016
8.1% (19th)
9.3% (10th)
8.3% (15th)
8.4% (13th)
5
October 5, 2016
6.6% (NR)
6.1% (NR)
7.5% (NR)
7.8% (15th)
6
October 6, 2016
7.1% (NR)
7.4% (20th)
9.1% (10th)
9.9% (7th)
7
October 12, 2016
6.9% (20th)
6.8% (20th)
8.5% (14th)
8.8% (11th)
8
October 13, 2016
6.8% (NR)
6.8% (NR)
7.4% (19th)
8.1% (15th)
9
October 19, 2016
6.6% (NR)
6.8% (NR)
7.8% (18th)
8.1% (15th)
10
October 20, 2016
6.8% (NR)
7.4% (NR)
8.1% (16th)
8.7% (14th)
11
October 26, 2016
7.1% (NR)
6.7% (19th)
8.8% (13th)
10.1% (9th)
12
October 27, 2016
7.2% (19th)
7.2% (19th)
9.3% (9th)
9.8% (9th)
13
November 2, 2016
6.7% (20th)
7.4% (NR)
8.5% (13th)
9.2% (9th)
14
November 3, 2016
6.5% (NR)
6.5% (NR)
9.1% (11th)
9.4% (10th)
15
November 9, 2016
6.1% (NR)
6.8% (19th)
8.1% (18th)
8.9% (11th)
16
November 10, 2016
6.5% (NR)
6.1% (NR)
9.3% (11th)
9.8% (9th)
Average
7.0%
7.3%
8.4%
8.9%
Awards and nominations
International broadcast
It can be streamed internationally, on DramaFever, Viki and Viu.
In the Philippines, it aired on Asianovela Channel from August 20, 2018 to September 21, 2018.
Notes
^ Studio Dragon (스튜디오드래곤) is CJ E&M 's drama production subsidiary founded in May 2016. On the Way to the Airport is the first drama produced by the company for a free-to-air, public and/or terrestrial broadcast network.
References
^ Son, Ji-hyoung. " 'On the Way to the Airport' stars share on melodrama roles" . Kpop Herald . Herald Corporation. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
^ Jo, Yoo-gyeong (2016-05-27). 김하늘·이상윤 '공항 가는 길' 합류 확정 '기적의 랑데부' . DongA (in Korean). DongA. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
^ Jin, Min-ji. "Shin will appear in 'Airport' " . Korea Joongang Daily . Korea Joongang Daily. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
^ Kwak, Hyeon-soo (September 2016). 김하늘-이상윤 뭉친 감성 멜로 '공항 가는 길' 티저 공개 . Sport DongA (in Korean). DongA. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
^ Park, Ah-reum (2016-09-07). "김하늘X이상윤 '공항가는 길', 감성멜로에 빠질 준비 되셨나요" . Herald Pop (in Korean). Herald Corporation. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu" . TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu" . AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
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