Nonstop flight route between Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Seoul, South Korea:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Munich Airport (MUC), Munich, Bavaria, Germany and Gimpo International Airport (GMP), Seoul, South Korea would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,288 miles (or 8,510 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 Munich Airport and Gimpo International 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 Munich Airport and Gimpo International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

Departure Airport Information:

Arrival Airport Information:

Facts about Munich Airport (MUC):

• A third runway would increase the number schedulable aircraft movements per hour from 90 to 120.
• Munich Airport (MUC) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Munich Airport (MUC) is Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (FEL), which is located 26 miles (42 kilometers) WSW of MUC.
• Munich Airport handled 38,672,644 passengers last year.
• In June 2003, Terminal 2 was finished, housing Star Alliance partners exclusively.
• Terminal 2 has two main departure level, 04 and 05 and additional bus gates on the lower level 03.
• Naming the airport by its full name "Flughafen München Franz Josef Strauß" is fairly uncommon.
• From 1939 to 1992, Munich was served by Munich-Riem Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Munich Airport", another name for MUC is "Flughafen München".
• The furthest airport from Munich Airport (MUC) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,933 miles (19,204 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

Facts about Gimpo International Airport (GMP):

• Captured KPAF Ilyushin Il-10, 21 September 1950
• 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.
• 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".
• The closest airport to Gimpo International Airport (GMP) is Gimpo International Airport (SEL), which is located only 0 mile (0 kilometer) N of GMP.
• Gimpo International Airport (GMP) has 2 runways.
• MiG-15, September 1953
• 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.
• Gimpo International Airport handled 19,424,032 passengers last year.
• Kimpo was captured by the KPA shortly after the capture of Seoul on 28 June 1950.
• Gimpo Airport primarily serves domestic and limited international flights to Japan, Taiwan, and China.