Gimhae International Airport
Gimhae International Airport 김해국제공항 金海國際空港 Gimhae Gukje Gonghang Kimhae Kukche Konghang | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Korea Airports Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Busan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°10′46″N 128°56′18″E / 35.17944°N 128.93833°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | gimhae.airport.co.kr | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Airlines and destinations
International
+ Malaysia Airlines flew to Gimhae International Airport in the mid 1990s.
Domestic
- Asiana Airlines (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo & Incheon)
- Jeju Air (Jeju)
- Korean Air (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo & Incheon, Yangyang)
- Yeongnam Air (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo) [begins March, 2008]
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 center of Gimhae.
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]
See also
References
- ^ Template:WAD
- ^ Air Traffic by Airport
- ^ "김해국제공항 '하늘길 두 배로'". Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ Jeju Air skids of runway in South Korea Flight Global 13/08/07
- ^ "Jeju Air Dash 8 skids off runway". Flight International. 21–27 August 2007. p. 18.
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