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| A sign lists flights that have been canceled due to the approaching Typhoon Khanun at Jeju International Airport, Jeju Island, Aug. 9. Yonhap |
About 140 flights were grounded Wednesday on the southern island of Jeju due to the approaching Typhoon Khanun.
The powerful typhoon was moving from Japan toward Korea and was predicted to make landfall on the country's southern coastal regions Thursday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).
Jeju International Airport reported that out of the 492 flights scheduled for the day, 137 had been canceled as of 1 p.m.
All passenger boat services from and to the island were also suspended, maritime authorities said, with operations expected to resume Friday.
Typhoon alerts have been issued for the entire land area of the Island and its offshore waters.
Earlier in the day, Korea Airports Corp., which operates 14 regional airports excluding Incheon International Airport, said a total of 87 departures had been canceled across the airports as of 11 a.m.
The affected flights included 33 from Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, 22 from Jeju, 13 from Busan, six from Gwangju and five from Cheongju.
On Tuesday, the company already reported the cancellations of 78 flights.
But no flights to or from Incheon International Airport in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, have yet been affected. (Yonhap)
