PUS
Gimhae International Airport
Gimhae International Airport (IATA: PUS, ICAO: RKPK) is a large airport in Busan, Busan-gwangyeoksi (Busan Metropolitan City), South Korea. It opened in 1976. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,200 m (10,499 ft). It is operated by Republic of Korea Air Force. In 2022 it handled 10.0 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1976–20251976
OpenedGimhae International Airport opens.
15 APR 2002
DisasterAir China Flight 129.129 killed
12 AUG 2007
DisasterJeju Air Flight 502.
28 JAN 2025
DisasterAir Busan Flight 391.No deaths
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap18R/36L174° / 354° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 m10,499 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete
18L/36R174° / 354° · LIT
LENGTH2,745 m9,007 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–20228.7M
9.2M
9.7M
10.4M
12.4M
14.9M
16.4M
17.1M
16.9M
7.2M
8.9M
10.0M
111213141516171819202122
Routes
50 destinations · 16 countriesYear-round50
FUKFukuoka AirportJapan · Jeju Air, Jin Air, Eastar Jet +1225 km140 miCJUJeju International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air291 km181 miKMJKumamoto AirportJapan · Eastar Jet315 km196 miGMPSeoul Gimpo International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air, Eastar Jet327 km203 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air338 km210 miMYJMatsuyama AirportJapan · Air Busan376 km234 miTAKTakamatsu AirportJapan · Air Busan476 km296 miKIXKansai International AirportJapan · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Jin Air +2582 km362 miNGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Korean Air, Jin Air717 km446 miPVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Korean Air, China Eastern Airlines +1801 km498 miTAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Korean Air, Air Busan809 km503 miFSZMount Fuji Shizuoka AirportJapan · Air Busan844 km524 miYNJYanji Chaoyangchuan AirportChina · Air Busan858 km533 miHGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportChina · Eastar Jet, Loong Air967 km601 miOKANaha International AirportJapan · Jin Air, Eastar Jet1,007 km626 miNKGNanjing Lukou International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines1,009 km627 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Korean Air, Air Busan, Jin Air +11,038 km645 miMMYMiyako AirportJapan · Jin Air1,208 km751 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Korean Air, Air China1,214 km754 miSJWShijiazhuang Zhengding International AirportChina · Jeju Air1,314 km816 miTPETaiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaiwan · Tigerair Taiwan, Korean Air, Starlux Airlines +51,345 km836 miCTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Jin Air +21,386 km861 miRMQTaichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air BaseTaiwan · Starlux Airlines, Jin Air1,454 km903 miXMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Eastar Jet1,574 km978 miKHHKaohsiung International AirportTaiwan · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways1,630 km1,013 miXIYXi'an Xianyang International AirportChina · Air Busan1,841 km1,144 miDYGZhangjiajie Hehua International AirportChina · Air Busan, Jeju Air1,864 km1,158 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · HK Express, Air Busan, Eastar Jet +12,043 km1,269 miMFMMacau International AirportMacao SAR China · Air Busan2,078 km1,291 miUBNUlaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan International AirportMongolia · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Jin Air2,294 km1,425 miTFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Air Busan2,348 km1,459 miCRKClark International Airport / Clark Air BasePhilippines · Jin Air2,375 km1,476 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Philippine Airlines2,431 km1,511 miSYXSanya Phoenix International AirportChina · Air Busan2,688 km1,670 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air2,736 km1,700 miCEBMactan Cebu International AirportPhilippines · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Jin Air2,811 km1,747 miGUMAntonio B. Won Pat International AirportGuam · Korean Air, Air Busan2,889 km1,795 miTAGBohol-Panglao International AirportPhilippines · Jeju Air2,895 km1,799 miDADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Jin Air, Trinity Airways, VietJet Air2,962 km1,841 miVTEWattay International AirportLaos · Air Busan3,227 km2,005 miCXRCam Ranh International Airport / Cam Ranh Air BaseVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, Air Busan, Jin Air +23,254 km2,022 miCNXChiang Mai International AirportThailand · Eastar Jet3,465 km2,153 miBKIKota Kinabalu International AirportMalaysia · Air Busan3,510 km2,181 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air3,523 km2,189 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Korean Air, Air Busan, Jeju Air +13,698 km2,298 miPQCPhú Quốc International AirportVietnam · Jeju Air, Jin Air, Eastar Jet +13,756 km2,334 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Eastar Jet4,485 km2,787 miSINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines, Jeju Air4,561 km2,834 miKULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · Malaysia Airlines, AirAsia X4,570 km2,840 miDPSDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International AirportIndonesia · Air Busan5,094 km3,165 miMost destinationsAir Busan 23Jin Air 16Jeju Air 13Eastar Jet 13Korean Air 12Trinity Airways 8
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PUS. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Gimhae International Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
9 channelsACPBRICKWALL120.000
APPAPP135.700
ARRARR119.200
ATISATIS126.600
CLDCLNC DEL121.800
DEPDEP125.500
GNDGND121.900
OPSCOWBOY OPS133.825
TWRTWR118.100