There are 4 ways to get from Busan to Phuket by plane, train, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport
best- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane PUS - HKT
12h 14m฿4,899–15,137Train to Daegu International Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport
- Take the train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Stationtrain
- Fly from Daegu International Airport (TAE) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane TAE - HKT
16h 30m฿6,892–20,153Fly Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport, ferry
- Fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Krabi Airport (KBV)plane PUS - KBV
- Take the ferry from Ao Nang to Rassada Pier Phuketferry
16h 41m฿5,648–19,377Train, bus to Incheon International Airport, fly to Phuket International Airport
- Take the train from Busan Station to Gwangmyeong Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4 to Incheon Int'l Airport T1bus
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Phuket International Airport (HKT)plane ICN - HKT
13h 28m฿5,436–13,765
Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Busan to Phuket is to train and bus and fly which costs ฿5000 - ฿14000 and takes 13h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Busan to Phuket is to fly which takes 12h 14m and costs ฿4900 - ฿16000.
The distance between Busan and Phuket is 4374 km.
It takes approximately 12h 14m to get from Busan to Phuket, including transfers.
Phuket is 2h behind Busan. It is currently 4:18 AM in Busan and 2:18 AM in Phuket.
There are 6878+ hotels available in Phuket.
What companies run services between Busan, South Korea and Phuket, Thailand?
China Eastern Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, and eight other airlines fly from Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) to Phuket International Airport (HKT) 5 times a day.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–22,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿8,000–27,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–19,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–15,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–25,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–15,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–17,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–19,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–18,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Fukuoka, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–16,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Noi Bai International, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–15,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–18,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–23,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–17,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–20,000
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–25,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–36,000
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Krabi Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–36,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,500–19,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–13,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Daegu International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿7,000–21,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–14,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–19,000
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–20,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–17,000
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Busan / Gimhae International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿6,000–17,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–16,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Phuket International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–13,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿290–460
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ฿340–460
- Non-reserved
- ฿290–400
- First Class
- ฿450–650
Train from Busan Station to Gwangmyeong Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿800–1,300
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ฿900–1,300
- Non-reserved
- ฿800–1,200
- First Class
- ฿1,300–2,000
- Economy Class
- ฿1,295
- Non-reserved Seat
- ฿985
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿400–850
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ฿400–850
- First Class
- ฿550–850
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Busan Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿156–386
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Non-reserved
- ฿156–160
- Economy Class
- ฿186–188
- Economy class
- ฿386
- Non-reserved Seat
- ฿327
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4 to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿347
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4 to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿350–370
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- +66 980 168 181
- 168ferry@gmail.com
- Website
- tigerlinetravel.com
Ferry from Ao Nang to Rassada Pier Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿800–4,100
- Website
- https://www.tigerlinetravel.com/index.php
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