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South Korea

South Korea has 15 airports with published traffic data. Incheon, the busiest airport in South Korea, handled 7,072,244 passengers in August 2026, according to Korea's transport ministry.

all traffic at the airport

Passengers at reporting airports, by month

Sum over the same 14 airports as the ranking below; periods where those airports report less than 98% of their traffic are left out. Domestic trips count at both ends.

Top 5 · passengers, August 2026

  1. Incheon International AirportICN 7,072,244
  2. Jeju International AirportCJU 2,773,455
  3. Seoul Gimpo International AirportGMP 1,982,116
  4. Gimhae International AirportPUS 1,658,391
  5. Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)CJJ 504,058

Source: MOLIT Korea · all traffic at the airport

Size against growth

Each dot is one airport: 12-month total to August 2026 on a log scale against the change on the 12 months before. Click a dot to open its page.

SMALL · GROWINGLARGE · GROWINGSMALL · SHRINKINGLARGE · SHRINKING−10%0%+10%+20%1M10M100MKUVUSNRSUKWJTAECJJPUSGMPCJUICN

Change clipped at −60% / +100%. Left out: a gap in either 12-month window, or a change of source between them. Largest 150 shown.

Biggest movers

Absolute change in passengers, latest 12 months against the 12 months before.

  1. ICN+3.6M · +5%
  2. PUS+2M · +12%
  3. CJU+1.9M · +7%
  4. GMP+1.1M · +5%
  5. CJJ+906.9K · +21%
  6. USN+75.8K · +16%
  7. KWJ+50.3K · +3%
  8. RSU+38.7K · +7%
  9. WJU−481 · 0%
  10. HIN−19.2K · −8%
  11. TAE−73.6K · −2%

Airports ranked

Period and source of each column

One row per airport, one column per measure. Each column is the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting; sort by any column.

  • Passengers · August 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (14). — all traffic at the airport. Source: MOLIT Korea.
  • Flights (arrivals + departures) · August 2026 — the most recent period with enough of the country's airports reporting (14). — all traffic at the airport. Source: MOLIT Korea.

14 of 14
#Airport PassengersAugust 2026Change vs last yearpassengersFlights (arrivals + departures)August 2026
1 Incheon International Airport 7,072,244▲ 7.2%38,624
2 Jeju International Airport 2,773,455▼ 0.4%15,929
3 Seoul Gimpo International Airport 1,982,116▼ 0.7%11,016
4 Gimhae International Airport 1,658,391▲ 10.3%9,638
5 Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) 504,058▲ 16.6%3,190
6 Daegu International Airport 312,605▼ 4.1%1,931
7 Gwangju Airport 176,143▼ 2.0%1,174
8 Yeosu Airport 53,524▲ 2.0%430
9 Ulsan Airport 43,504▼ 13.8%370
10 Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base 28,605▼ 1.3%186
11 Pohang Airport (G-815/K-3) 20,837▼ 3.6%178
12 Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) 17,861▼ 7.1%122
13 Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base 17,048▼ 19.8%168
14 Yangyang International Airport 15,873▲ 652.6%124

Airports

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