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Gimhae International Airport 김해국제공항 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||||||
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Serves | Busan–Gyeongnam Area and Gyeongsangdo | ||||||||||||||
Location | Gangseo District, Busan, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 August 1976 | ||||||||||||||
Hub for | Air Busan | ||||||||||||||
Focus city for | |||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 6 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°10′46″N128°56′18″E / 35.17944°N 128.93833°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Statistics (2023) | |||||||||||||||
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Gimhae International Airport | |
Hangul | 김해국제공항 |
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Hanja | 金海國際空港 |
Revised Romanization | Gimhae Gukje Gonghang |
McCune–Reischauer | Kimhae Kukche Konghang |
Gimhae International Airport( IATA :PUS, ICAO :RKPK) is located on the western end of Busan,South Korea. Opened in 1976,the airport is named after the nearby city of Gimhae. A new international terminal opened on October 31,2007. [3] Gimhae International Airport is the main hub for Air Busan,and a focus city for Jeju Air,Jin Air and Korean Air. Runway 18L/36R is used for military purposes only for Gimhae Air Base,but due to increasing traffic,there are plans to open the runway for airliners.[ citation needed ] In 2018,17,064,613 passengers used the airport.
As the airport is now beyond its design capacity and surrounded by mountains,buildings and other objectives,a new airport is currently being built on Gadeokdo to meet growing demand. [4] [5] Because the airport is shared with military facilities,photography and video of the apron,runway,and military stations are prohibited according to the airport website. [6]
In August 1976,Gimhae Airport opened,and commercial air traffic shifted there from the old airport. A new domestic terminal was completed in May 1983. [7] Korean Air launched a route to Honolulu in October 1992. [8] In April 2002,Northwest Airlines began service to its hub at Tokyo's Narita Airport,where people could board connecting flights to the United States. [9] [10] In March 2007,Lufthansa inaugurated service to Munich via Seoul. This was the first route between Busan and Europe. [11] [12] President Roh Moo-hyun opened a new international terminal seven months later. [13] Delta Air Lines,which had merged with Northwest,ended the Tokyo link in May 2012. [9] [11] Lufthansa terminated its flight to Busan in March 2014. [14]
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Air traffic statistics | |||
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Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | |
2001 | 61,242 | 9,168,089 | 203,335 |
2002 | 60,090 | 9,173,288 | 204,464 |
2003 | 58,600 | 8,782,835 | 185,372 |
2004 | 52,212 | 7,674,153 | 175,850 |
2005 | 50,735 | 7,045,806 | 152,407 |
2006 | 52,935 | 7,071,037 | 135,607 |
2007 | 58,119 | 7,403,262 | 126,947 |
2008 | 59,575 | 7,202,117 | 113,710 |
2009 | 61,171 | 6,870,157 | 105,320 |
2010 | 62,225 | 8,160,546 | 119,390 |
2011 | 66,525 | 8,749,153 | 126,710 |
2012 | 71,713 | 9,196,090 | 121,256 |
2013 | 77,665 | 9,671,381 | 116,185 |
2014 | 78,646 | 10,378,867 | 123,242 |
2015 | 87,709 | 12,382,150 | 146,694 |
2016 | 99,358 | 14,900,815 | 185,472 |
2017 | 107,363 | 16,403,541 | 186,471 |
2018 | 110,924 | 17,064,613 | 183,507 |
2019 | 111,276 | 16,931,023 | 171,953 |
2020 | 53,150 | 7,235,652 | 48,250 |
2021 | 57,694 | 8,859,304 | 36,010 |
2022 | 61,733 | 10,027,097 | 55,555 |
2023 | 82,185 | 13,694,710 | 113,703 |
Source:Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics [45] |
In 2023,the ten carriers with the largest percentage of passengers flying into,out of,or through Gimhae International Airport are as follows:
Rank | Carrier | Domestic passengers | International passengers | Total | % |
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1 | Air Busan | 2,673,226 | 2,215,355 | 4,888,581 | 35.69% |
2 | Jeju Air | 1,181,256 | 1,540,566 | 2,721,822 | 19.87% |
3 | Korean Air | 1,893,205 | 363,069 | 2,256,274 | 16.48% |
4 | Jin Air | 764,035 | 800,481 | 1,564,516 | 11.42% |
5 | T'way Air | 605,581 | 136,044 | 741,625 | 5.42% |
6 | VietJet Air | 591,285 | 591,285 | 4.32% | |
7 | Vietnam Airlines | 319,960 | 319,960 | 2.34% | |
8 | Philippine Airlines | 128,063 | 128,063 | 1.06% | |
9 | China Airlines | 80,303 | 80,303 | 0.09% | |
10 | Tigerair Taiwan | 79,303 | 79,303 | 0.06% | |
Rank | Airport | Passengers 2023 | Flight | Top carriers |
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1 | Jeju | 3,579,946 | 20,198 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Jin Air,Korean Air |
2 | Seoul–Gimpo | 3,275,774 | 21,146 | Air Busan,Air Seoul,Jeju Air,Jin Air,Korean Air,T'way Air |
3 | Seoul–Incheon | 317,477 | 2,552 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Korean Air |
Rank | Airport | Passengers 2023 | Flight | Top carriers |
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1 | Fukuoka | 992,602 | 5,375 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Jin Air,Korean Air |
2 | Osaka–Kansai | 896,882 | 4,748 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Korean Air,T'way Air |
3 | Tokyo–Narita | 551,899 | 3,410 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Jin Air,Korean Air |
4 | Taipei–Taoyuan | 541,108 | 3,502 | Air Busan,China Airlines,Tigerair Taiwan,Jeju Air,Jin Air,Korean Air |
5 | Da Nang | 493,750 | 2,882 | Air Busan,VietJet Air,Vietnam Airlines,Jeju Air,Jin Air |
6 | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi | 391,197 | 2,143 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Jin Air |
7 | Nha Trang | 307,313 | 1,625 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,VietJet Air |
8 | Ho Chi Minh City | 295,356 | 1,449 | VietJet Air,Vietnam Airlines |
9 | Hanoi | 291,821 | 1,460 | VietJet Air,Vietnam Airlines |
10 | Cebu | 250,768 | 1,465 | Air Busan,Jeju Air,Jin Air |
11 | Sapporo–Chitose | 166,137 | 961 | Air Busan,Jin Air |
12 | Guam | 138,773 | 961 | Jeju Air,Jin Air |
13 | Manila | 116,274 | 696 | Philippine Airlines |
14 | Clark | 108,564 | 824 | Air Busan,Jin Air,Philippine Airlines |
15 | Singapore | 103,090 | 722 | Jeju Air,Singapore Airlines |
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