There are 6 ways to get from Sydney to Gyeongju by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)SYD - PUS
- Take the bus from Gimhae International Airport to Gyeongju Intercity Bus Terminal
17h 17m₩406,368–734,117Fly to Incheon International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)SYD - ICN
- Take the train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Gyeongju Station
17h 19m₩335,168–738,617Fly to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)SYD - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Gyeongju Station
16h 8m₩729,568–2,267,617Fly to Pohang
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Pohang (KPO)SYD - KPO
20h 57m₩466,568–1,348,117Fly to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)SYD - GMP
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Gyeongju Station
20h 54m₩614,868–986,617Fly to Ulsan Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ulsan Airport (USN)SYD - USN
20h 27m₩476,868–1,461,617
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Gyeongju is to fly and train which costs ₩330,000 - ₩750,000 and takes 17h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Gyeongju is to fly and train which takes 16h 8m and costs ₩700,000 - ₩2300,000.
The distance between Sydney and Gyeongju is 8119 km.
It takes approximately 17h 17m to get from Sydney to Gyeongju, including transfers.
Gyeongju is 2h behind Sydney. It is currently 1:28 AM in Sydney and 11:28 PM in Gyeongju.
There are 317+ hotels available in Gyeongju.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Gyeongju, South Korea?
Cathay Pacific, HK Express, and seven other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Pohang (KPO) 4 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,800,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Hong Kong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,800,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩430,000–1,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Tokyo Haneda, Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Taiwan Taoyuan, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,100,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Nanjing, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,400,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–5,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,400,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,200,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Hong Kong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,800,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩430,000–1,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Tokyo Haneda, Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Taiwan Taoyuan, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,100,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Pohang via Nanjing, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,400,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Gimpo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–5,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Hong Kong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,800,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,200,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,100,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–2,900,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,200,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩300,000–750,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩430,000–1,600,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Hong Kong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,800,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,500,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,500,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,600,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Hong Kong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,800,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ulsan Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,500,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–1,700,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–1,300,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–1,600,000
- Website
- cebupacificair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,300,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–4,700,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,600,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩5,500–10,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩7,500–10,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩5,500–8,000
- First Class
- ₩7,500–12,000
Train from Seoul Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩32,000–59,800
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩37,000–50,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩32,000–44,000
- First Class
- ₩50,000–85,000
- Economy Class
- ₩59,800
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩30,000–47,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩35,000–47,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩30,000–42,000
- First Class
- ₩50,000–75,000
- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩8,000–35,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩8,000–35,000
- First Class
- ₩12,000–25,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Gyeongju Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩2,700–5,000
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Non-reserved
- ₩2,700–3,100
- Economy Class
- ₩3,200–5,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- arex.or.kr
Train from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Seoul Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩4,300–6,000
- Website
- http://www.arex.or.kr/main.do
- Phone
- +82 1644 2992
- Website
- bustago.or.kr
Bus from Gimhae International Airport to Gyeongju Intercity Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩9,000–12,227
- Website
- https://www.bustago.or.kr/newweb/en/index.do
- Road
- ₩9,000–12,000
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