Daegu Airport
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Daegu International Airport (Hangul
Hangul
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: 대구국제공항; Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...

: 大邱國際空港; Revised Romanization
Revised Romanization of Korean
The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea proclaimed by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, replacing the older McCune–Reischauer system...

: Daegu Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer
McCune-Reischauer
McCune–Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune–Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000...

: Taegu Kukche Konghang) is primarily a domestic airport in the city of Daegu
Daegu
Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

, South Korea
South Korea
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. Asiana Airlines
Asiana Airlines
Asiana Airlines Inc. is one of South Korea's two major airlines, along with Korean Air. Asiana has its headquarters in Asiana Town in Osoe-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul...

 and Korean Air
Korean Air
Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. , operating as Korean Air, is both the flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea, with global headquarters located in Seoul, South Korea. Korean Air's international passenger division and related subsidiary cargo division together serve 130 cities in 45...

 provide international flights to China
China
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 and occasional charters to Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka
is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

 and Manila
Manila
Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

. A new runway (13R/31L) was recently constructed.

Main characteristics

Daegu is important spot of Yeongnam region transportation that railroads such as Gyeongbu Line and Daegu Line, Gyeongbu Express Highway, 88 Olympic Express Highway. And it is performing function of central point of logistics and trade of Gyeongsangdo where are total trade center and total circulation complex etc.

Passenger terminal

By adopting arrangement concept symbolizing Ouga (Song of five friends; water, rock, pine tree, bamboo and moon) by Yun Seon Do and the shape of flying crane, comfortable and pleasant environment is composed.

Parking lot

The parking lot at the airport can accommodate about 1,097 cars. The largest feature of it is using automatic parking system.

Paid parking lot in Daegu International Airport. On the front of passenger terminal, there is a parking lot that can park 1,100 cars at the same time, and it opens from 6 am to 10 pm.

Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are directly served from Daegu (as of September 2011)

External links

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