There are 5 ways to get from Raleigh to Busan by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane RDU - PUS
23h 31m₩955,350–3,005,650Train to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane IAD - PUS
27h 8m₩945,889–2,801,565Train to Piedmont Triad International Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensborotrain
- Fly from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane GSO - PUS
24h 8m₩1,287,172–3,938,897Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane RDU - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
24h 2m₩1,620,350–5,056,850Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane RDU - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong KTX Stationbus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
23h 57m₩1,562,850–3,111,850
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Busan is to train and fly which costs ₩900,000 - ₩2800,000 and takes 27h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Busan is to fly which takes 23h 31m and costs ₩950,000 - ₩3100,000.
The distance between Raleigh and Busan is 11634 km.
It takes approximately 23h 31m to get from Raleigh to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 13h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 4:25 PM in Raleigh and 5:25 AM in Busan.
There are 1109+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Busan, South Korea?
Delta, Korean Air, and three other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,100,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,000,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Montreal, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Toronto, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,000,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Atlanta, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,300,000–4,200,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–4,000,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,800,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,000,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Montreal, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Toronto, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,800,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,000,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,900,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,700,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,600,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,000,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,100,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,000,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Montreal, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Atlanta, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,300,000–4,200,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–4,000,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,800,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Detroit, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,000,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Montreal, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Toronto, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,600,000–5,500,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,800,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,000,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,900,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,700,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,600,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Toronto, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,500,000–4,900,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,300,000–4,400,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–2,900,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,800,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,700,000–5,500,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–3,000,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,500,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,000,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,000,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,200,000–3,000,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩37,000–80,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩130,000–290,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–42,600
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
- Economy Class
- ₩42,600
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong KTX Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong KTX Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
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