Gwangju Airport
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| Gwangju Airport 광주공항 光州空港 Gwangju Gonghang Kwangju Konghang |
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| IATA: KWJ - ICAO: RKJJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military/Public | ||
| Operator | Korea Airports Corporation | ||
| Serves | Gwangju | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft (12 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 04R/22L | 9,300 | 2,835 | Concrete |
| 04L/22R | 9,300 | 2,835 | Concrete |
Gwangju Airport (Hangul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, Revised Romanization of Korean: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang) (IATA: KWJ, ICAO: RKJJ) is an airport in the city of Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation.
The airport was established in November 1948. It saw its first commercial flight in 1950. At the time, however, it was not located in Gwangju but in neighboring Jangseong, on a military training facility. The airport moved to its present location in Sinchon-dong, Gwangsan-gu, in 1964. It was taken over by the Korea Airports Corporation in 1990.
In 2006, 1,629,787 passengers utilized the airport.[1]
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[edit] Airlines
- Asiana Airlines (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo)
- China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
- Far Eastern Air Transport (charters to Taiwan)
- Korean Air (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Shanghai-Pudong)
[edit] References
- Gwangju Airport. Tour2Korea. Retrieved on June 25, 2005.
- Gwangju Airport. Korea Airports Corporation website. Retrieved on June 25, 2005.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
- Official Site (in English)
- Destinations from Gwangju
- World Aero Data airport information for RKJJ
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