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Gimpo International Airport , commonly known as Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport), is located in the far western end of Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
 and was the main international airport for Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
 and South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 before it was replaced by Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2006, it has been consecutively rated as one of the best airports in the world and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the prestigious recognition shared only by Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore...
 in 2001. It is now the second largest airport in Korea after Incheon International Airport.

o International Airport primarily serves domestic and some limited international flights.


Flights to Daegu
Daegu

Daegu , also spelled Taegu , officially called Daegu Metropolitan City, is the fourth largest city in South Korea after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon....
 were moved to Incheon Airport.






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Gimpo International Airport , commonly known as Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport), is located in the far western end of Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
 and was the main international airport for Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
 and South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
 before it was replaced by Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2006, it has been consecutively rated as one of the best airports in the world and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the prestigious recognition shared only by Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore...
 in 2001. It is now the second largest airport in Korea after Incheon International Airport.

Airlines and destinations

Gimpo International Airport primarily serves domestic and some limited international flights.

Domestic passenger flights

  • Asiana Airlines
    Asiana Airlines

    Asiana Airlines is an airline based in Seoul, South Korea and is one of South Korea's two major airlines, along with Korean Air.Asiana is a member of the Star Alliance and operates services to 12 domestic destinations and 82 international destinations in 21 countries worldwide....
     (Gwangju, Jeju, Muan, Pohang, Sacheon-Jinju, Ulsan, Yeosu)
  • Air Busan
    Air Busan

    Air Busan Co., Ltd. is a regional airline originating from Busan, South Korea. It is a subsidiary of Asiana Airlines. established in 2007, headquarterd in Beomcheon-dong Busanjin-gu Busan, as previous company name in Busan International Airlines Company....
     (Busan)
  • Eastar Jet
    Eastar Jet

    Eastar Jet is a low-cost airline based in Seoul, South Korea. It will operate services to regional destinations. Its main base is Gimpo International Airport, with a hub at Cheongju International Airport, Seoul.....
     (Jeju)
  • Jeju Air
    Jeju Air

    Jeju Air is an airline based in Jeju City, South Korea. It operates scheduled domestic services between Jeju and the South Korea mainland. Its main base is Jeju International Airport, with a hub at Gimpo International Airport, Seoul....
     (Jeju)
  • Jin Air
    Jin Air

    Jin Air, formerly Air Korea is a low cost carrier originating from South Korea. It is a full subsidiary of Korean Air. It is set to begin operations next May with routes to regional destinations including China and Malaysia....
     (Jeju)
  • Korean Air
    Korean Air

    Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. , operating as Korean Air, is the national airline and largest airline of South Korea; its global headquarters are located in Seoul in Korea....
     (Busan, Gwangju, Jeju, Pohang, Sacheon-Jinju, Ulsan, Yeosu)


Flights to Daegu
Daegu

Daegu , also spelled Taegu , officially called Daegu Metropolitan City, is the fourth largest city in South Korea after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon....
 were moved to Incheon Airport.

China/Japan "city-to-city" flights

  • All Nippon Airways
    All Nippon Airways

    , also known as or ANA, is an airline headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. ANA is the country's second-largest international airline after Japan Airlines and the country's largest domestic airline....
     (Tokyo-Haneda)
  • Asiana Airlines
    Asiana Airlines

    Asiana Airlines is an airline based in Seoul, South Korea and is one of South Korea's two major airlines, along with Korean Air.Asiana is a member of the Star Alliance and operates services to 12 domestic destinations and 82 international destinations in 21 countries worldwide....
     (Osaka-Kansai, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Tokyo-Haneda)
  • China Eastern Airlines
    China Eastern Airlines

    China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It is a major Chinese airline operating international, domestic and regional routes....
     (Shanghai-Hongqiao)
  • Japan Airlines
    Japan Airlines

    , or JAL, is the national airline and flag carrier of Japan. It is one of the largest airline operators in Asia, and is a member of the Oneworld global airline alliance....
     (Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Haneda)
  • Korean Air
    Korean Air

    Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. , operating as Korean Air, is the national airline and largest airline of South Korea; its global headquarters are located in Seoul in Korea....
     (Osaka-Kansai, Shanghai-Hongqiao, Tokyo-Haneda)
  • Shanghai Airlines
    Shanghai Airlines

    Shanghai Airlines Co., Ltd. is an airline based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. It operates domestic and international services. Its main bases are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport....
     (Shanghai-Hongqiao)


History

Gimpo International Concourse
The airport originally started out as a runway built by Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese forces in 1939-1942. It played a major role during the Korean War
Korean War

The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korea and South Korea regimes, with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953....
 and in 1958 was designated as the international airport of the Korean capital city.

Since then it has grown into a much more significant airport that is capable of handling 226,000 flights a year. The airport had one domestic and two international terminals before its international function was replaced by Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2006, it has been consecutively rated as one of the best airports in the world and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the prestigious recognition shared only by Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore...
. Gimpo currently has two runways (3600 m×45 m & 3200 m×60 m), two passenger terminals, and one cargo terminal.

The airport is located south of the Han River
Han River (Korea)

The Han River is a major river in South Korea and is formed by the confluence of the Namhan River , which originates in Mount Daedeok, and the Bukhan River , which originates on the slopes of Kumgang-san in North Korea....
 in western Seoul
Seoul

Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
. (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
Gimpo Line

The Gimpo Line is a former railway line operated by Korean National Railroad that served Gimpo Airport, southwest of Seoul. The line was a spur line that terminated at the airport and connected to the Gyeongin Line at Bucheon Station....
, a railway line that no longer exists. In the 1990s, Seoul Subway Line 5
Seoul Subway Line 5

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 Seoul National Capital Area, South Korea....
 was extended to Gimpo. On March 23, 2007, the AREX
Arex

Lieutenant Arex, voiced by James Doohan, was a recurring character on Star Trek: The Animated Series which ran on NBC from 1973 to 1974.Arex was a Starfleet officer assigned to the U.S.S....
 airport express line started operations to Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport

Incheon International Airport is the largest airport in South Korea, and one of the largest and busiest in Asia. Since 2006, it has been consecutively rated as one of the best airports in the world and received the full 5-star ranking by Skytrax, the prestigious recognition shared only by Hong Kong International Airport and Singapore...
, with the rest of the link to Seoul Station
Seoul Station

Seoul Station is a major railway station in Seoul, South Korea. The station is served by the Gyeongbu Line, its Gyeongbu Line and the Gyeongui Line, with frequent KTX, express, and local services to various points in South Korea....
 scheduled to open in 2010. Future plans include Seoul Subway Line 9
Seoul Subway Line 9

Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 9 is a subway line in Seoul, currently under construction.Line 9 is planned to run east from Gimpo Airport along the south bank of the Han River , and will be opened in three phases....
 to Banpo.

Airlines that used to serve Gimpo but no longer serve Seoul are:
  • Air India
    Air India

    Air India Limited is the national airline flag carrier airline of India, flying a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. Air India is state-owned, and administered as part of the National Aviation Company of India Limited - which was created in 2007 to facilitate Air India's merger with Indian Airlines....
  • Air New Zealand
    Air New Zealand

    Air New Zealand Limited is the national airline and flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to over 40 destinations worldwide, and is currently the only airline to fly round the world....
  • Ansett Australia
    Ansett Australia

    A member of the Ansett Transport Industries Ltd group, Ansett Australia Pty Ltd, or Ansett as it was commonly known, was a major Australian airline group, flying domestically within Australia and to destinations in Asia at its height in 1996....
  • British Airways
    British Airways

    British Airways plc is an airline of the United Kingdom. The airline has the largest fleet of aircraft of any United Kingdom airline, but is only second in terms of international passengers carried....
  • Iberia Airlines
    Iberia Airlines

    Iberia, L?neas A?reas de Espa?a, S.A. , is the national airline of Spain. Based in Madrid, it operates an extensive international network of services....
  • Kuwait Airways
    Kuwait Airways

    Kuwait Airways is the flag carrierairline of Kuwait, based in Kuwait City and wholly owned by the Kuwaiti Government. It operates scheduled international services throughout the Middle East, to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, Southeast Asia and the United States....
  • Lauda Air
    Lauda Air

    Lauda Air is an airline based in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled leisure flights and charters to holiday destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Caribbean and South-East Asia....
  • Pan Am
    Pan American World Airways

    Pan American World Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal international airline of the United States from the 1930s until its collapse on December 4, 1991....
     (1986)
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines
    Saudi Arabian Airlines

    Saudi Arabian Airlines is the flag carrier airline of Saudi Arabia, based in Jeddah. It operates domestic and international scheduled flights to over 70 destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America....
  • Swissair
    Swissair

    Swissair was the former national airline of Switzerland. It was formed of a merger between Balair and Ad Astra Aero , in 1931. For most of its 71 years, Swissair was one of the major international airlines and known as the "Flying Bank" due to the financial stability of the airline, causing it be regarded as a Swiss national sym...
  • VASP
    VASP

    VASP was an airline based in S?o Paulo, Brazil. It had main bases at Congonhas-S?o Paulo International Airport and Guarulhos International Airport , S?o Paulo....


    • On November 29, 2003, scheduled services between Gimpo and Tokyo International Airport
    Tokyo International Airport

    , located in Ota, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. It is commonly known as .Although Haneda was originally the primary airport for the Tokyo region, it now shares that role with Narita International Airport....
     (Haneda) in Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
     began. Services to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport started on October 28, 2007. Services to Kansai International Airport
    Kansai International Airport

    is an international airport located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, off the shore of the cities of Sennan, Osaka and Izumisano, Osaka and the town of Tajiri, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan....
     In Osaka
    Osaka

    is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
     started on October 26, 2008.

    Disasters involving Gimpo

    Kimpo International
    * In 1978, Soviet missiles struck Korean Air Lines Flight 902, killing two passengers. The plane, bound for Gimpo from Paris, landed with no further deaths.

    • In 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, flying from John F. Kennedy International Airport
      John F. Kennedy International Airport

      John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located on Long Island, in Queens County, New York in southeastern New York City about 12 miles from Lower Manhattan....
       in New York City
      New York City

      The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
      , New York
      New York

      The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
       via Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
      Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

      Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is the major airport in the United States state of Alaska located 4 miles southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska....
       in Anchorage
      Anchorage, Alaska

      Anchorage is a consolidated city-Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. With an estimated 279,671 municipal residents in 2007 , it is Alaska's largest city and constitutes more than 40 percent of the state's total population....
      , Alaska
      Alaska

      Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
      , flew into Soviet
      Soviet Union

      The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
       air space. The Russians shot down the aircraft, killing all of the passengers and crew.


    • In 1987, Korean Air Flight 858
      Korean Air Flight 858

      Korean Air Flight 858 was en route from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok on 29 November 1987 when it exploded over the Andaman Sea killing all 115 on board....
      , which was flying from Baghdad International Airport
      Baghdad International Airport

      Baghdad International Airport ; , BIAP is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about 16 km west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate....
       in Baghdad
      Baghdad

      Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
      , Iraq
      Iraq

      Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
       to Abu Dhabi International Airport
      Abu Dhabi International Airport

      Abu Dhabi International Airport is an airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The airport is one of the fastest growing airports in the world in terms of passengers , new airline operators, and infrastructural development....
       in Abu Dhabi
      Abu Dhabi

      Abu Dhabi is the capital city and second most populous city in the United Arab Emirates , after Dubai. It is also the seat of government of the emirate of Abu Dhabi , which is ruled by Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – the current ruling Emir of the UAE....
      , United Arab Emirates
      United Arab Emirates

      The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
       to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok
      Bangkok

      The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
      , Thailand
      Thailand

      The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
      , to Kimpo was blown up midair by a bomb planted by North Korea
      North Korea

      North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , is a state in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula....
      n agents. Everyone on board died after the plane exploded over the Andaman Sea
      Andaman Sea

      The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean....
      .


    • In 1997, Korean Air Flight 801
      Korean Air Flight 801

      Korean Air Flight 801 crashed on August 6, 1997 on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam .Flight 801 was normally flown by an Airbus A300; since Korean Air had scheduled the August 5-6 flight to transport Guamanian athletes to the Pacific Games#South Pacific Mini Games in American Samoa, the airline designated HL7468,...
      , a Boeing 747
      Boeing 747

      The Boeing 747 is a wide-body aircraft commercial airliner, often referred to by the nickname "Jumbo Jet". It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first widebody ever produced....
       that had taken off from this airport, crashed on Nimitz Hill
      Nimitz Hill

      Nimitz Hill is the home of the United States Navy Commander Naval Forces Marianas located in Asan, Guam on the southern half of the island of Guam....
      , Guam
      Guam

      Guam , officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized, unincorporated insular area of the United States....
       while on course to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport
      Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport

      Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport , also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hag?t?a, Guam in the Insular area of Guam....
      , killing all but 26 of its passengers.


    See also

    • List of Korea-related topics
      List of Korea-related topics

      This is a list of articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. For help on how to use this list, see the #Introduction below....
    • Transportation in South Korea
      Transportation in South Korea

      Transportation in South Korea is provided by extensive networks of railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services, and air routes that criss-cross the country....


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