Gimpo International Airport
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Gimpo Airport ( Official Designations: 김포 국제 공항; Gimpo International Airport ) is the second largest commercial airport in South Korea. It is located in the extreme west of the capital Seoul south of the River Han River near Gimpo and was up to the opening of the airport Incheon in 2001, the most important of the country, since the Gimpo Airport should serve only as a national airport, for some time, however, there is again more and more international connections.
The airport has two runways (3600 m × 45 m and 3200 m × 60 m), two passenger check-in areas and a cargo terminal.
In 2006 13.766.523 passengers were handled, it found 94 943 aircraft movements take place.
In 1939, Gimpo was built as a military airfield the Japanese occupation. Its location in the city of Seoul made it strategically important during the Korean War and made for a steady expansion. Airport operator Korea Airports Corporation ( Seoul). The airport is connected through the A'REX - line to the airport Incheon, which has been extended until the end of 2010 the city center of Seoul. Numerous buses leave from Incheon Airport via Gimpo in many districts of Seoul. After Seoul also leads to line 5 of the Seoul Subway.
Airlines and destinations
Internationally
- All Nippon Airways ( Tokyo -Haneda )
- China Eastern Airlines ( Shanghai Hongqiao )
- Asiana Airlines ( Tokyo -Haneda, Shanghai Hongqiao )
- Japan Airlines ( Tokyo -Haneda )
- Korea Express Air ( Tsushima )
- Korean Air ( Tokyo -Haneda, Shanghai Hongqiao )
- Shanghai Airlines ( Shanghai Hongqiao )
- Jeju Air (Chubu Central Japan Airport, Osaka Kansai International)
National
- Asiana Airlines ( Busan, Gwangju, Jeju, Jinju, Muan, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu )
- Eastar Jet ( Jeju )
- Jeju Air ( Jeju )
- Jin Air ( Jeju )
- Korean Air ( Busan, Gwangju, Jeju, Jinju, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu )
- Air Busan ( Busan)
Building of the airport