Cheongju Airport

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Cheongju Airport 청주국제공항 淸州國際空港 Cheongju Gukje Gonghang Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang
IATA: CJJ – ICAO: RKTU
Summary
Airport type		Public/Military
Operator		Korea Airports Corporation
Serves		Cheongju
Elevation AMSL		191 ft / 58 m
Coordinates		36°42′59″N 127°29′57″E / 36.71639, 127.49917
Website		cheongju.airport.co.kr
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
06R/24L	2,743	9,000	Concrete
06L/24R	2,743	9,000	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft movements			9,286
Passengers			1,032,484
Sources: World Aero Data^[1] Korea Airports Corporation^[2]

Cheongju Airport (Hangul: 청주국제공항; Hanja: 淸州國際空港; Revised Romanization: Cheongju Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang) (IATA: CJJ, ICAO: RKTU) is an international airport near the city of Cheongju, South Korea. It also serves the city of Daejeon.

1 Overview
2 Parking Facilities
3 Airlines and destinations
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Overview

Cheongju International Airport is located at Ipsang-ri (a township), Naesu-eup (읍; town), Cheongwon-gun (county), Chungcheongbuk-do. It is not located inside Cheongju city. It was opened as a military airbase in September 1978, and in 1984, international airport construction began. The construction was completed on December 1996, and it was opened with the name of Cheongju International Airport on April 28, 1997. It can hold 1,230 thousand persons in domestic line and 1,150 thousand persons in international line on annual basis, and also the parking lots can hold 770 vehicles. In addition, airplanes can operate 196,000 times a year. There used to be flights to Japan and Saipan, but they were stopped due to low ridership. Currently, there are domestic flights to Jeju and international flights to China and Taiwan.^[3]

[edit] Parking Facilities

It has facility that can park 1,100 vehicles simultaneously at opposite side of passenger terminal, and it opens from 6 am to 10 pm.

Opens 06:30 in morning and closes at 22:00 (afternoon).^[4]

When entering into the entrance of parking lot, parking ticket is issued automatically at ticket issuer, and when pulling out the ticket, bar is opened.