Gimhae International Airport (formerly Kimhae International Airport) (IATA: PUS, ICAO: RKPK) is located on the western end of Busan,South Korea. It opened in 1976. A new international terminal opened on October 31, 2007.[3] Gimhae International Airport is the main hub for Air Busan. Runway 18L/33R is used for military purposes only, but due to increasing traffic, there are plans to open the runway for airliners. [edit] Airlines and destinations [edit] International | Airlines | Destinations | | Air Busan | Fukuoka [begins 29 March], Osaka-Kansai [begins 25 April] | | Air China | Beijing-Capital, Hangzhou | | Asiana Airlines | Beijing-Capital, Fukuoka, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Manila, Osaka-Kansai, Saipan, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenyang, Weihai | | Cebu Pacific | Cebu | | China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong | | China Southern Airlines | Shenyang | | Dragonair | Hong Kong | | Japan Airlines | Osaka-Kansai [ends 12 January], Tokyo-Narita | | Korean Air | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Qingdao, Sapporo-Chitose, Shanghai-Pudong, Siem Reap [begins 1 January], Tokyo-Narita, Xi'an [seasonal] | | Lufthansa1 | Munich | | Northwest Airlines | Tokyo-Narita | | Philippine Airlines | Manila | | Sakhalinskie Aviatrassy | Yuzhno Sakhalinsk | | Shandong Airlines | Qingdao | | Shanghai Airlines | Shanghai-Pudong | | Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi | | TransAsia Airways | Taipei-Taoyuan | | Vietnam Airlines | Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City | | Vladivostok Air | Vladivostok | - Notes
- Note 1: Although Lufthansa's flight to Munich stops in Seoul, it has no rights to transport passengers between Busan and Seoul.
[edit] Domestic [edit] Proposed routes Gimhae-Haneda route service to be launched in October 2010[4] [edit] Ground transportation The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail Transit line, scheduled to open in 2010, will connect the airport to the Busan Subway network and the city centre of Gimhae. [edit] 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 Busan, 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.[5][6]
[edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Airport information for RKPK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- ^ Air Traffic by Airport
- ^ "김해국제공항 ‘하늘길 두 배로’". http://www.naeil.com/News/politics/ViewNews.asp?nnum=366197&sid=E&tid=2. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ 부산 하늘길 세계로 더 넓어진다
- ^ Jeju Air skids of runway in South Korea Flight Global 13/08/07
- ^ "Jeju Air Dash 8 skids off runway". Flight International: p. 18. 21-27 August 2007.
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