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Gimpo International Airport (SEL)
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Gimpo airport
is located in the west of Seoul, Republic of
Korea. The history of Gimpo airport started
when the Japanese army built a landing strip
at the present site in 1939. After Korean
Independence from Japan in 1945, the
American air force used it and commercial
airplanes were allowed to land at the
airport. From 1954, the Korean government
was partly allowed to use this airport.
Gimpo airport was renamed Gimpo
International Airport by Presidential Order
in 1958 and its full-scale upgrade into an
international airport was completed in 1971.
Gimpo International Airport has been the
gateway to Seoul, Republic of Korea and
nowadays it is giving new pleasures to
airport travelers of enjoying the complex
space, called "Sky City" which is, a place
of culture, leisure and shopping. .
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