Gimhae International · PUS · gateway to Korea's coast · June 2026

Advertising at the gateway to Korea's southern coast

Gimhae International Airport handled 15.8 million passengers in 2024. Air Busan and Korean Air hub here, and Busan-Gimhae Light Rail reaches the terminal directly. Opened August 1, 1976. Blindspot books its screens by the hour, priced per play.

Updated July 28, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

15.8M

annual passengers through PUS (2024)

2

terminals: domestic and international

15min

to Sasang by the Busan-Gimhae Light Rail

$0.46

puts your brand airside via Blindspot

Gimhae International Airport, large-format DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gimhae International · international terminal departures hall · JCDecaux AirportBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Gimhae International Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Gimhae International Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.46, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Gimhae International Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Gimhae International Airport's billboard spots, ranked

Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and passenger flow, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Departures hall

Best for: Launches · Luxury · Travel

One set of check-in halls takes all 15.8 million departing and arriving passengers a year, Air Busan and Korean Air banks included.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall7
02

Security & checkpoint

Best for: Finance · Telco · Auto

A single screening hall filters the whole Air Busan and Korean Air operation, so the queue never really empties.

Visibility6
Dwell time7
Footfall7
03

Concourse & gate holdrooms

Best for: Travel · FMCG · Apps

Domestic Seoul-Gimpo and regional Asia passengers wait out boarding dwell across the domestic and international gate holdrooms.

Visibility6
Dwell time7
Footfall6
04

Arrivals & baggage reclaim

Best for: Hospitality · Banking · Local

Reclaim belts and the arrivals corridor catch a captive, recently landed audience of business and inbound-tourism visitors to the southern coast.

Visibility7
Dwell time7
Footfall7
05

City transit link

Best for: Commerce · Mobility · Retail

The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail platform, limousine bus and taxi ranks repeat your brand on the ride toward downtown Busan.

Visibility6
Dwell time6
Footfall6
06

Lounges & duty-free

Best for: Premium · Spirits · Beauty

The airline lounges and the international duty-free runs reach a higher-spend traveler before the flight.

Visibility4
Dwell time8
Footfall4

The media estate · operator partners

Gimhae International Airport screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Gimhae International Airport's media owners, Korea Airports Corporation media program, JCDecaux Airport, CCK (airport advertising network) among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Gimhae International Airport, Departures hall · digital pillar network, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Departures hall · digital pillar networkJCDecaux Airport
Gimhae International Airport, Security checkpoint · suspended LED, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Security checkpoint · suspended LEDJCDecaux Airport
Gimhae International Airport, Gate concourse · holdroom screens, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gate concourse · holdroom screensJCDecaux Airport
Gimhae International Airport, Arrivals corridor · animation lightbox, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Arrivals corridor · animation lightboxJCDecaux Airport
Gimhae International Airport, Light Rail and bus stands · transit LED, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Light Rail and bus stands · transit LEDJCDecaux Airport
Gimhae International Airport, Duty-free · premium lightbox, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Duty-free · premium lightboxJCDecaux Airport

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Gimhae International Airport format, one map

From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Gimhae International Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:

Departures & check-in LED

Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.

Security & checkpoint queues

Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.

Concourses & gate holdrooms

Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.

Arrivals halls & baggage reclaim

High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.

Jet bridges & boarding

Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.

Spectaculars & landmark LED

Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.

Location insights

Where Gimhae International Airport moves

Gimhae International is the gateway to Korea's southern coast, run by the Korea Airports Corporation about 25 km west of central Busan and the fourth-busiest airport in the country. It splits between a domestic terminal and an international terminal whose expanded departure and arrival hall opened in April 2024, lifting international capacity from 6.3 to 8.3 million a year. Mornings push the domestic Seoul-Gimpo and regional banks, midday holds turnaround dwell, evenings fill arrivals and the Busan-Gimhae Light Rail platform toward Sasang and downtown. Two terminals, a coastal-city business and inbound-tourism audience. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.

Gimhae International Airport footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Departures
Security
Gates
Arrivals
Transit
Retail
Departures hall
International terminal check-in
Security lanes
International gates
Domestic gates
Boarding corridors
Arrivals corridor
Baggage reclaim
Light Rail and bus stands
Duty-free hall
QuietPeak flow
Gimhae International Airport · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Gimhae International Airport Per-play price pins across prime Gimhae International Airport advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. The Gwangan Bridge & Haeundae ◊ central hall 60+ $0.64$0.56$0.52$0.50$0.46 $0.74 SecurityGatesArrivalsTransitRetailDepartures
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Departures peak in the morning

Departures and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.

Layover dwell, all day

Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.

Arrivals land in waves

Arrivals fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Gimhae International Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launch / premiumDepartures + TransitAll day · long-haul banks
Business travelersDepartures, GatesWeekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM
Long-dwell layoversGates, Arrivals10 AM–8 PM
International arrivalsArrivals, RetailAligned to long-haul landing banks
Duty-free & retailDepartures, GatesDepartures peaks
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Gimhae International Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: based-carrier and regional airline travel, since Gimhae is the main hub for Air Busan, its largest carrier at roughly 318 weekly departures, and Korean Air, reachable across the Departures hall pillars & LED and Gate concourse & holdroom screens, and inbound East Asian tourism, since international passengers passed 10 million for the first time in 2025 across 39 routes with Osaka and Taipei the busiest, met at Arrivals & baggage reclaim.

Book Gimhae International Airport by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Gimhae International (PUS) recorded about 15.8 million passengers in 2024, the fourth-busiest airport in South Korea.
  • The airport splits between a domestic terminal and an international terminal, the latter opening an expanded departure and arrival hall in April 2024.
  • That expansion lifted the international terminal's annual capacity from 6.3 million to 8.3 million passengers.
  • PUS is the main gateway to Busan and Korea's southern coast, serving the country's second-largest city about 25 km to the east.
  • The Busan-Gimhae Light Rail links the airport to Sasang in about 15 minutes, with a transfer to Busan Metro Line 2 toward Seomyeon.
  • On Blindspot, PUS screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.46, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Gimhae International Airport billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Departures hall pillars & LEDfrom ~$0.46 per play$100 buys hourly departures-hall slotsevery departing passenger through the domestic and international concourses
Gate concourse & holdroom screensfrom ~$0.46 per play$100 buys hourly holdroom slotsseated, domestic and regional Asia traveler attention before boarding
City transitfrom ~$0.44 per play$100 buys repeat exposure on the city linkarrivals and visitors riding the Light Rail toward downtown Busan
Arrivals & baggage reclaimfrom ~$0.44 per play$100 buys belt-side reclaim timea captive, recently landed audience of business and inbound-tourism visitors
Departures-hall spectacularcustomflagship international terminal takeoverdominant share of voice over the whole departures core

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Gimhae International Airport (PUS) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on departures-hall spectacular than on departures hall pillars & LED), the zone (Departures hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Gimhae International Airport budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Concourse test

$500-1,800

One terminal's gate holdrooms across a morning domestic or regional departure bank

Multi-zone airport push

$8,000-26,000

Departures hall, security lanes, the domestic and international gate holdrooms and the arrivals corridor together

PUS flagship takeover

$50,000+

Dominant share of voice across the departures core and the domestic and international terminals

FAQ

Gimhae International Airport billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise at Gimhae International Airport (PUS)?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Korea Airports Corporation media program, JCDecaux Airport, CCK (airport advertising network) among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

Why advertise at Gimhae International Airport?

Gimhae International Airport handled 15.8 million passengers in 2024. The audience is the reason to buy it: air passengers are captive, comparatively affluent, and hard to reach through most channels, and they spend meaningful time in the terminal with attention to spare between check-in and boarding. Dwell is the asset. Unlike a roadside screen read in two seconds, a gate or arrivals placement gets minutes rather than moments, which is why airport placements hold up for brand and considered-purchase messages rather than short reminders. In 2024 the airport handled 15,752,458 total passengers: 9,005,803 international (about 57%) and 6,746,655 domestic (about 43%). Air Busan and Korean Air both hub here, which concentrates connecting traffic through the same core. It is served by Busan-Gimhae Light Rail, so the same audience continues landside.

What are the best placements at Gimhae International Airport?

Gimhae International Airport zones are scored separately for visibility, dwell time and footfall, because the best placement depends on which of those you actually need. Departures hall guarantees exposure to essentially every departing passenger. Security & checkpoint holds attention through a queue, where dwell is involuntary and long. Concourse & gate holdrooms gives the longest relaxed attention, with passengers seated and waiting. Each zone shows its own per-play price and live availability, so you can pair a high-reach zone with a high-dwell one rather than guessing at a single best spot. Arrivals & baggage reclaim catches a recently landed audience with phones back out. Lounges & duty-free reaches a higher-spend traveler before the flight. The terminal layout shapes all of this: Gimhae has a separate international terminal (opened October 31, 2007) and domestic terminal (completed May 1983).

Can I book Gimhae International Airport screens by the hour?

Yes. On Blindspot every Gimhae International Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.

Who operates advertising at Gimhae International Airport?

The airport's media is run by operators such as Korea Airports Corporation media program, JCDecaux Airport, CCK (airport advertising network); Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital screens onto one map, priced per play.

How fast can my ad go live at Gimhae International Airport?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get at Gimhae International Airport for $500?

More than the usual airport rate card suggests, because you are buying plays rather than a fixed package. In Gimhae International Airport a $500 budget typically funds a multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell zone such as Concourse & gate holdrooms, or a concentrated burst on Departures hall and Security & checkpoint through the busiest departure banks only. At entry plays around $0.46, the arithmetic is visible before you commit. It will not buy a month of an arrivals-hall spectacular, and that is the trade: hourly, per-play buying lets a small budget own the specific windows when the passengers you want are actually in the terminal, instead of thinning the same money across empty overnight hours.

How to book

Live on a Gimhae International Airport screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Gimhae International Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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