PUSRKPK

Gimhae International Airport

Busan, South Korea · Asia

Asia Asia/Seoul IVCA 46.4

49direct destinations

22airlines

2runways

3,200 mLongest runway

1976opened

Gimhae International Airport (IATA: PUS, ICAO: RKPK) also known as Busan Airport is located on the western end of Busan, the second-largest city in South Korea. Opened in 1976, the airport is named after the nearby city of Gimhae. A new international terminal opened on 31 October 2007. Gimhae International Airport is the main hub for Air Busan and Korean Air, and an operating base for Jeju Air and Jin Air. Runway 18L/36R is used for military purposes only for Gimhae Air Base, but due to increasing traffic, there are plans to open the runway for airliners. In 2018, 17,064,613 passengers used the airport. As the airport is now beyond its design capacity and surrounded by mountains, buildings and other objectives, a new airport is currently being built on Gadeokdo to meet growing demand. Because the airport is shared with military facilities, photography and video of the apron, runway, and military stations are prohibited according to the airport website.

Location

35.180°N, 128.938°E · 2 m s. n. m. (6 ft)

General data

CountrySouth Korea

CityBusan

IATA codePUS

ICAO codeRKPK

Coordinates35.180°N, 128.938°E

Elevation2 m s. n. m. (6 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Seoul

Runways2

Longest runway3,200 m

OperatorFuerza Aérea de la República de Corea

Opened1976

Direct destinations49

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 2

18R/36L

Length3,200 m10,499 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

18L/36R

Length2,745 m9,006 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 7

Tower

118.100

Ground

121.900

Clearance delivery

121.800CLNC DEL

ATIS (automatic information)

126.600

Approach

119.200135.700

Departure

125.500

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Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

In August 1976, Gimhae Airport opened, and commercial air traffic shifted there from the old airport. A new domestic terminal was completed in May 1983. Korean Air launched a route to Honolulu in October 1992. In April 2002, Northwest Airlines began service to its hub at Tokyo's Narita Airport, where people could board connecting flights to the United States. In March 2007, Lufthansa inaugurated service to Munich via Seoul. This was the first route between Busan and Europe. President Roh Moo-hyun opened a new international terminal seven months later. Delta Air Lines, which had merged with Northwest, ended the Tokyo link in May 2012. Lufthansa terminated its flight to Busan in March 2014.

Airlines operating here · 22

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Air Busan Jin Air

Other airlines with direct routes

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Gimhae International Airport (PUS). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUS

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_pus,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Gimhae International Airport (PUS)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUS},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/PUS}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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