Daegu (TAE): buy the intercity bus ticket before you board
The airport lists buses, subway, limousine buses and taxis. Intercity bus tickets must be bought in advance from a machine or the app.
- The airport lists four kinds of public transport: bus, subway, limousine bus and taxi.
- Both city buses and intercity buses call at the passenger terminal.
- Intercity bus tickets must be bought before boarding, from a ticket machine or through an app.
- The published bus fare is the fare to the final destination. For intermediate stops, check the national bus portal at bustago.or.kr.
- The address is 221 Gonghang-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu.
- The general airport information line is 1661-2626, and the Daegu operations office is on 053-980-5318.
- Gumi and Gyeongju are within about 60 minutes by road, via the Gyeongbu expressway and the Palgongsan interchange.
- Pohang and the east coast are also about 60 minutes, via the Daegu to Pohang expressway.
What runs
- Korea Airports Corporation lists bus, subway, limousine bus and taxi as the public transport at Daegu.
- The passenger terminal is served by both city buses and intercity buses.
- A limousine bus category is listed separately from the ordinary city services.
The ticketing rule
- Intercity bus tickets must be issued in advance. You cannot simply board and pay. Use the unmanned ticket machine or book through an app.
- This catches out arrivals who are used to tapping a card on a city bus.
- Published base fares are for the final destination. Fares to intermediate stops are on the national portal, bustago.or.kr.
Getting further afield
- Gumi and Gyeongju: about 60 minutes by road, on the Gyeongbu expressway via the Palgongsan interchange.
- Pohang and the east coast: about 60 minutes, via the Daegu to Pohang expressway.
- Haeinsa and western Gyeongnam: about 60 minutes.
- Andong and northern Gyeongbuk: about 90 to 120 minutes, via the Jungang expressway.
The airport
- The address is 221 Gonghang-ro, Dong-gu, Daegu.
- It shares its runway with a Republic of Korea Air Force base, which constrains its operating hours.
- A replacement airport in Gunwi and Uiseong counties has been agreed, which will eventually move civil traffic out of the city.
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