Gimhae International Airport (Hangul: 김해 국제 공항hanja:金海國際空港; Revised Romanization of Korean: Gimhae Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Kimhae Kukche Konghang) (formerly Kimhae International Airport) (IATA: PUS, ICAO: RKPK) is located on the western end of Busan in South Korea. It opened in 1976. A new international terminal opened on October 31, 2007.^[3] An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan[1] is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The term asphalt is often used as an abbreviation for asphalt concrete. ... This article is about the construction material. ... Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan[1] is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

In 2007, 7,403,262 passengers utilized the airport.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

International

• Air China (Beijing, Hangzhou)
• Asiana Airlines (Beijing, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Osaka-Kansai, Saipan, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Weihai)
• Cathay Pacific
  • Dragonair (Hong Kong)
• Cebu Pacific (Cebu)
• China Airlines
  • Mandarin Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong, Yanji, Yantai)
• China Southern Airlines (Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenyang)
• Japan Airlines (Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)
• Korean Air (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Fukuoka, Guam seasonal, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sapporo-Chitose, Shanghai-Pudong, Tokyo-Narita, Xi'an seasonal)
• Lufthansa (Munich)+
• Northwest Airlines (Tokyo-Narita)
• Philippine Airlines (Manila)
• PMTair (Siem Reap)
• SAT Airlines (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
• Shandong Airlines (Qingdao)
• Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
• SkyStar Airways (Phuket)
• Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
• TransAsia Airways (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
• Vietnam Airlines (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City)
• Viva Macau (Macau)
• Vladivostok Air (Vladivostok)

+Though Lufthansa's flight from/to Munich stops in Seoul, passengers cannot purchase tickets to fly Lufthansa between Busan & Seoul.
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Domestic

• Asiana Airlines (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon)
• Jeju Air (Jeju)
• Korean Air (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Seoul-Incheon, Yangyang)
• Yeongnam Air (Jeju, Seoul-Incheon) [begins March, 2008]

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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 Pusan, 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]

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See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Transportation in South Korea

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References

1. ^ Airport information for RKPK at World Aero Data
2. ^ ^{a b} Air Traffic by Airport
3. ^ 김해국제공항 ‘하늘길 두 배로’. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
4. ^ Jeju Air skids of runway in South Korea Flight Global 13/08/07
5. ^ "Jeju Air Dash 8 skids off runway", Flight International, 21-27 August 2007, p. 18. 

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External links

• Gimhae International Airport English homepage
• Information about Gimhae International Airport
• english.busan.go.kr/culture_tourism/03_03_04.htm Busan tourism