Getting to Incheon Airport

The easiest way to get to/from Incheon Airport is the direct express bus. However, it only runs twice a day. Going from Yeonggwang to the airport your choices are 3:20 AM and 9:30 AM. Coming back from Incheon to Yeonggwang the buses depart at 12:30 PM and 6:20 PM. One word of advice, the Yeonggwang buses can sell out so buy your tickets 4-5 days in advance.

I recently had a flight to China that didn't leave until 12:50 PM. The 3:20 AM bus would have worked but it would have meant a sleepless night and about 5 hours to kill in the airport (it gets to Incheon at 7 AM). So, I decided to go up to Seoul the night before. That required spending money on a motel but it was more convenient.

When I arrived at the Express Bus Terminal in Seoul I was surprised to learn that they didn't have a bus directly to Incheon Airpot. However, the bus terminal is attached to the JW Marriott hotel and the hotel has a bus to Incheon. It's 15,000 Won one way and you can pay the driver cash as you board the bus.

There aren't many motels near the Express Bus Terminal (none actually). A restaurant employee in the bus terminal told me to take the 3 Line two stops north to the Sinsa stop. There are plenty of motels in the area. As a side note, I stayed at the 6 Motel for 60,000 Won. The room was clean but the pillows were awful. The next day I took the subway back to the Express Bus Terminal, walked to the JW Marriott and caught my bus to Incheon.

The JW Marriott bus:



The bus leaves from the front of the hotel for the airport at these times:
05:20 AM
06:20 AM
08:30 AM
09:30 AM
12:00 PM
13:00 PM
16:00 PM
17:00 PM
20:00 PM

The bus leaves the airport for the hotel at these times:
07:00 AM
08:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
15:30 PM
18:30 PM
19:30 PM
22:00 PM

The ride is about an hour depending on traffic. The schedule says the pick-up and/or drop-off locations at Incheon are gates 5A and 11B.