Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport) was the main international airport for Seoul and South Korea before it was replaced by Incheon International Airport in 2001. It is now the second largest airport in Korea. Its IATA airport code is GMP (formerly SEL) and its ICAO airport code is RKSS. PICTURES PLEASE! Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) 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. ... Seoul ( (help· info)) is the capital of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and one of the most populous cities in the world. ... Incheon International Airport (Korean hangul: 인천 êµ­ì œ 공항; hanja: 仁川國際空港; revised: Incheon Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Inchŏn Kukche Konghang) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest in Asia. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ...

Airlines

• All Nippon Airways (Tokyo/Haneda)
• Asiana Airlines (Tokyo/Haneda & domestic flights)
• Hansung Airlines (pending- to Jeju)
• Japan Airlines (Tokyo/Haneda)
• Jeju Air (Jeju & Yangyang in 2006)
• Korean Air (Tokyo/Haneda & domestic flights)

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History

The airport originally started out as a runway built by US forces in 1951 during the Korean War and has since grown into a much more significant airport that is capable of handling 226,000 flights a year. The airport had 1 domestic and 2 international terminals before its international function was replaced by Incheon International Airport. Gimpo currently has two runways (3600 m×45 m & 3200 m×60 m), two passenger terminals, and one cargo terminal. United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... The Korean War, from June 25, 1950 to cease-fire on July 27, 1953 (the war has not ended officially), was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ... Incheon International Airport (Korean hangul: 인천 êµ­ì œ 공항; hanja: 仁川國際空港; revised: Incheon Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Inchŏn Kukche Konghang) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest in Asia. ...

The airport is located south of the Han River in western Seoul. (The name "Gimpo" comes from the nearby city of Gimpo, of which the airport used to be a part.) For many years, the airport was served by the Gimpo Line, a railway line that no longer exists. In the 1990s, Seoul Subway Line 5 was extended to Gimpo. One could take the subway from Gimpo Airport all the way into downtown Seoul. The airport is still served by the subway, as well as by buses to Seoul and to Incheon International Airport. // Han in China Han Chinese, the dominant majority ethnic group of mainland China The Chinese written language (漢文) The Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 220 CE) of China The state of Han, a state during the Chinese Warring States Period Han, one of the Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms, founded by the Liu family. ... Seoul ( (help· info)) is the capital of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and one of the most populous cities in the world. ... Gimpo An alias for Alan Goodrick. ... The Gimpo Line is a former railway line operated by Korean National Railroad that served Gimpo Airport, southwest of Seoul. ... Seoul Subway Line 5 of the Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, dubbed the purple line, is a long line crossing from the west to the east across the Capital Metropolitan Area. ... Incheon International Airport (Korean hangul: 인천 êµ­ì œ 공항; hanja: 仁川國際空港; revised: Incheon Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Inchŏn Kukche Konghang) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest in Asia. ...

Future plans include Seoul Subway Line 9 to Banpo, and a rail link to Incheon International Airport and Seoul Station. Seoul Subway Line 9 is currently under construction. ... Incheon International Airport (Korean hangul: 인천 êµ­ì œ 공항; hanja: 仁川國際空港; revised: Incheon Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Inchŏn Kukche Konghang) (IATA: ICN, ICAO: RKSI) is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest in Asia. ... Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. ...

Timeline

• In 1983, a Korean Air flight that was supposed to land here, Korean Air Flight 007, which was flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York to Kimpo via Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska ran into Soviet air space and was shot down. All passengers died.

• In 1987, Korean Air Flight 858, which was flying from Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to Bangkok International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Kimpo was blown up midair by a bomb planted by North Korean agents. Everyone on board died after the plane exploded over the Andaman Sea.

• If Project Bojinka had not been discovered after a fire in Manila, Philippines, one or more aircraft owned by a U.S. carrier/s flying to this airport would have blown up over the Pacific Ocean on January 21, 1995 as part of the project's first phase.

• In 1997, Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747 that had taken off from this airport, crashed before landing at General Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, killing all but 26 of its passengers.

• On November 29, 2003, scheduled services between Gimpo and Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo, Japan started, providing the only existing international link for both city airports.

• On June 17, 2004, Gimpo Airport held terrorism response exercises.

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Trivia

Except for the continuation of eight daily flights between Gimpo Airport in Seoul and Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Seoul and Tokyo would be the largest cities on the planet without an international airport. Incheon Airport, which replaced Gimpo, is actually located in the municipality of Incheon – not Seoul. Narita Airport, which replaced Haneda is actually in Chiba Prefecture – not Tokyo

See also

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

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External links

• Gimpo Airport