Seoul Gimpo Airport

✅ Trip Verified | Again and again Gimpo airport disappoints. Airport security is announced as open from 6am but as usual no one is here before 6h10 creating long lines to get your passport and ticket checked before security screening. It is a poor service. If you cannot open at 6am announce it. Gave 1 star as this waiting time is not acceptable

✅ Trip Verified | As usual Gimpo security check is failing. Long queue as they do not know how to manage it. They should open more security check point during peak hour.

Not Verified | Long queues to get through immigration, and then a very long walk to the metro. The airport looked reasonable enough with sufficient shops/eateries etc. Arrival was ok but could have been better.

✅ Trip Verified | Conveniently located close to Seoul center but experience is consistently sub-par and quite a shame for the image of Korea. Security lines are poorly managed, extremely long with many positions checked (staff probably understaffed). It’s been going on for YEARS. The lines for unpacking liquids / laptops are quite long but there’s a single staff at the end of it handing baskets one by one to passengers so that only one passenger at a time can unpack and prepare for security. That whole process is dumb (that’s it how they do it at Incheon so also by Korean standards it’s weird) and consistently slowing down the lines.

✅ Trip Verified | Totally outdated airport. After check in you have to watch a screen to see if your luggage is security cleared. Boarding pass security check: long lines up to 40 minutes. Security up to 20 minutes. A real nightmare. It is a shame for Korea image

Not Verified | The worst airport experience I have ever had. The waiting time for the passport check was almost 2 hours. A lot of people had a hard time standing in line for that long. Even old people had to queue and were unable to sit down. They could also not use the priority line, because you have to have a special medical card for that.

✅ Trip Verified | Smaller more convenient airport for Seoul. Arrivals process quick and easy, short walk from the aircraft to Passport Control. Down a set of steps to Baggage Reclaim, Bags come reasonably quickly. There are toilets within Baggage Reclaim. Customs check and then the main Arrivals area. The walk to the metro/train was quite a long way but all flat to push baggage carts. Ticket machines that take cash. Express train to Seoul Station and other metro trains to most points within greater Seoul. A quick and easy way to get into South Korea.

✅ Trip Verified | The airport was well connected with the public transportation (bus, subway) and even linked to a shopping mall. Staff was friendly and professional. In overall, the signs were clear with both of English and Korean listed with fast and free WiFi. The international terminal, however, was a bit boring, not as busy as the domestic one.

✅ Trip Verified | Gimpo international is not good. Crowded check in, long line for ticket control. Longer line for security check Passport control ok. This airport is a second tier quality. Especially compared to Haneda.

✅ Trip Verified | It is a privilege to be able to travel via GMP in Seoul. Not because the airport is extraordinary but because it is within the city of Seoul and much closer then the island of Incheon. GMP can be be reached by metro. It is a domestic and an international airport, the international connections are through towards Asian destinations. GMP has the Advantages and the disadvantages of an old city airport: easy to reach, more efficient security procedures but old facilities (like lounges).