Nonstop flight route between Seoul, South Korea and Warsaw, Poland:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Gimpo International Airport (GMP), Seoul, South Korea and Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW), Warsaw, Poland would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,808 miles (or 7,737 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Gimpo International Airport and Warsaw Chopin Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Gimpo International Airport and Warsaw Chopin Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | GMP / RKSS |
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| Location: | Seoul, South Korea |
| GPS Coordinates: | 37°33'29"N by 126°47'26"E |
| Area Served: | Seoul |
| Operator/Owner: | Korea Airports Corporation |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 58 feet (18 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from GMP |
| More Information: | GMP Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | WAW / EPWA |
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| Location: | Warsaw, Poland |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°9'56"N by 20°58'1"E |
| Area Served: | Warsaw, Poland |
| Operator/Owner: | Polish Airports State Enterprise (PPL) |
| Airport Type: | Public / Military |
| Elevation: | 361 feet (110 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 2 |
| View all routes: | Routes from WAW |
| More Information: | WAW Maps & Info |
Facts about Gimpo International Airport (GMP):
- UN Forces resumed the offensive again in late January 1951 and launched Operation Thunderbolt on 25 January with the aim of pushing Chinese and North Korean forces back north of the Han River.
- Gimpo International Airport (GMP) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is Gimpo International Airport (SEL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of GMP.
- Following the Chinese Third Phase Campaign and the defeat of UN Forces at the 38th parallel, on 5 January 1951 General Ridgway ordered the evacuation of Seoul and the withdrawal of UN forces to a new defensive line along the 37th parallel.
- Gimpo International Airport handled 19,424,032 passengers last year.
- Because of Gimpo International Airport's relatively low elevation of 58 feet, planes can take off or land at Gimpo International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- On 29 November 2003, scheduled services between Gimpo and Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo, Japan began.
- The furthest airport from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is Villa Gesell Airport (VLG), which is nearly antipodal to Gimpo International Airport (meaning Gimpo International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Villa Gesell Airport), and is located 12,226 miles (19,676 kilometers) away in Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Captured KPAF Ilyushin Il-10, 21 September 1950
- In addition to being known as "Gimpo International Airport", other names for GMP include "김포국제공항 金浦國際空港" and "Gimpo Gukje Gonghang Kimp'o Kukche Konghang".
Facts about Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW):
- The closest airport to Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Historic Centre of Warsaw (WRW), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of WAW.
- The furthest airport from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,450 miles (18,426 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) has 2 runways.
- During World War II, Okęcie was often used as a battleground between the German Army and Polish resistance and was almost completely destroyed.
- Warsaw Chopin Airport handled 10,683,706 passengers last year.
- In addition to being known as "Warsaw Chopin Airport", another name for WAW is "Lotnisko Chopina w Warszawie".
- Because of Warsaw Chopin Airport's relatively low elevation of 361 feet, planes can take off or land at Warsaw Chopin Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- A rail link has been recently built at a cost of 230 million złoty to connect the airport's Warsaw Chopin Airport railway station to the Warsaw city centre.
- The south hall contains the check-in areas A and B, currently closed due to reconstruction, was built in 1992 with a capacity for 3.5 million passengers per year to replace the ageing complex from the communist era.
- It was only in 1990, after the fall of communism, that a new terminal started to be built at Okęcie.
