Return to the airport

The most recommended way to reach the Incheon Airport from Daejeon is to take the airport bus. There are frequent buses from 3 am so that you can catch an early morning flight. It is strongly recommended to buy the ticket early. It takes up to 3 hours to reach the terminal 1 and up to 3 hours 18 minutes to reach the terminal 2.

Incheon Airport by the Airport Bus

For those who want to take the airport bus to the Incheon airport, we’d like to advise you to buy the tickets as early as possible if you have not done so already.

There are two bus stops close to the IBS: Government Complex 2 and Doryong Bus Stop 3. Both are acceptable options. Doryong Bus Stop may be slightly closer, but it is unmanned and has only automated ticket machines. In contrast, the Government Complex stop features a staffed ticket office.

The earliest bus from the Daejeon Government Complex departs at 2:59 a.m., and the last bus leaves at 6:25 p.m.

Method 1: Online

One can reserve the ticket online at https://txbuse.t-money.co.kr and print it at the bus stop before you leave. You will likely want the following:

  • Departure: Daejeon Gov Complex(airport route) 2 (or Daejeondoryong 3 if you are staying near Gaon)
  • Destination: IncheonAirportT1 or IncheonAirportT2

If you want to use foreign credit cards, you should choose “GLOBAL CARD” in the list of credit cards. For “Card Password”, it only needs the first 2 digits of your credit card password, but probably you can type anything, because it doesn’t matter much.

For “Resident Registration Number (front 6 digits”), you simply need to type your birthday in YYMMDD format. For the Cellular Phone number, if you don’t have the Korean mobile phone number, put any number, for instance the phone number of your host at IBS. That is for the identification.

After booking the ticket, you’ll need to pick up the ticket at the bus stop by using the machine. It’ll ask you to identify yourself by using the credit card number that was used to pay for your bus ticket or the phone number.

Method 2: Visit the ticket office

You can also buy the airport ticket in person at the ticket office (and will print it here if you used Method 1). Here is the location of the Deajeon Gov Complex bus stop 2. (It’s 2.3 km away from IBS.) You can also use the Doryong Bus Stop 3 to buy the ticket using the machine.

Government Complex Bus Stop
Government Complex Bus Stop 2
Ticket Machine at the Government Complex Bus Stop Ticket Office at the Government Complex Bus Stop
Ticket Machine for the Incheon Airport at the Government Complex Bus Stop 2 Ticket Office at the Government Complex Bus Stop 2 (6am-9:15pm)
Doryong Bus Stop Ticket Machines at the Doryong Bus Stop
Doryong Bus Stop 3 Ticket Machines at the Doryong Bus Stop 3

Incheon Airport by the train

One can take the KTX train from the Daejeon Station 4 to Gwangmyeong Station or Seoul station and transfer to the Incheon airport.