Gwangju Airport

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Gwangju Airport 광주공항 光州空港 Gwangju Gonghang Kwangju Konghang
IATA: KWJ – ICAO: RKJJ
Summary
Airport type		Military/Public
Operator		Korea Airports Coorporation
Location		Gwangju
Elevation AMSL		39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates		35°07′35″N 126°48′32″E / 35.12639, 126.80889
Website		gunsan.airport.co.kr
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
04R/22L	2,835	9,300	Concrete
04L/22R	2,835	9,300	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Passengers			1,539,187
Sources: World Aero Data^[1] Korea Airports Corporation^[2]

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. This airport will be closing once Muan International Airport becomes more established.

1 Airlines and destinations
2 History
3 Location
4 Parking lot
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Asiana Airlines (Beijing, Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo)
Korean Air (Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo, Shanghai-Pudong)

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Location

Situated in the distance of 11 kilometers to the west from Gwangju city, Gwangju International Airport mainly has two terminals for passenger and cargo, a runway, ways for taxis, and parking-lot for accommodating about 820 vehicles.^[3]

[edit] Parking lot

It is capable of picking up parking ticket on the way of passing priting machine to the lot. In case of missing the ticket, customers have to pay the whole fare.^[4]