Gimpo Peninsula Eup. In the period of Joseon Dynasty, Gimpo Peninsula is occupied by Tongjin County and Gimpo County(including current Geomdan dong). In 1914, under the rearrangement of administrative division by Japan empires, the two counties were merged with Yangcheon County(current most part of Yangcheon District and Gangseo District of Seoul Special City) and became new Gimpo County. In 1963, part of former Yangcheon county was absorbed into Seoul but Gimpo county merges Gyeyang Myeon, formerly the district of Bucheon County. In 1989 Gyeyang Myeon was absorbed into Incheon Metropolitan City, followed by absorption of Geomdan Myeon into Incheon in 1995. It
Gimpo International Airport be farther away than Viracopos Airport in Campinas, Brazil, which is approximately 80 kilometres away from the city of São Paulo). Finally, the new site was decided to be nearby Yeongjong Island, a part of Incheon. This was later known as Incheon International Airport. All international flights were moved to Incheon when it opened in 2001. "Shuttle" flights to Haneda Airport in Tokyo started in November 2003 on a charter basis, cutting 30 minutes or more of ground transportation at each end in an attempt to attract business travelers. This "city to city" route was followed by new routes to