Gimpo International Airport

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Gimpo International Airport 김포국제공항
Terminal interior in 2019
IATA: GMP ICAO: RKSS WMO: 47110
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Operator	Korea Airports Corporation
Serves	Seoul Capital Area
Location	Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea
Opened	January 1958; 66 years ago (1958-01)
Hub for	Asiana Airlines Eastar Jet Jin Air Korean Air T'way Air
Focus city for	Jeju Air
Built	1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Elevation AMSL	18 m / 58 ft
Coordinates	37°33′29″N 126°47′26″E / 37.55806°N 126.79056°E / 37.55806; 126.79056
Website	www.airport.co.kr/gimpoeng
Maps
Seoul in South Korea
GMP /RKSS Location in Seoul Show map of Seoul GMP /RKSS Location in South Korea Show map of South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 14R/32L 3,200 10,499 Asphalt 14L/32R 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Total passengers 25,448,416 Aircraft movements 140,422 Tonnes of cargo 253,395
Statistics from KAC[1]

Gimpo International Airport (IATA: GMP, ICAO: RKSS) (sometimes referred to as Seoul–Gimpo International Airport), formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some 15 km (9 mi) west of the Central District of Seoul. Gimpo was the main international airport for Seoul and South Korea before being replaced by Incheon International Airport in 2001. It now functions as Seoul's secondary airport. In 2015, over 23 million passengers used the airport, making it the third-largest airport in Korea, as it has been surpassed by Jeju International Airport.

The airport is located south of the Han River in western Seoul. The name "Gimpo" comes from the nearby city of Gimpo, of which the airport used to be a part.

On 29 November 2003, scheduled services between Gimpo and Haneda Airport in Tokyo resumed with services also operating at Incheon Airport. Services to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport resumed on 28 October 2007. Services to Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan, started on 26 October 2008 with services also operating at Incheon Airport. Services to Beijing Capital International Airport started on 1 July 2011 with services also operating at Incheon Airport.^[2] Services to Taipei Songshan Airport started on 30 April 2012.^[3]