| Cheongju International Airport 청주국제공항 淸州國際空港 Cheongju Gukje Gonghang Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang |
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| IATA: CJJ – ICAO: RKTU
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||
| Operator | Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce | ||
| Serves | Cheongju | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 191 ft / 58 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 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] |
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Cheongju International 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. It also houses the 17th fighter wing of the ROKAF. There is a railway station next to the airport, called Cheongju Airport station, which is on the Chungbuk Line.
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Cheongju International Airport is located at Ipsang-ri (a township), Naesu-eup (읍; town), Cheongwon-gun (county), Chungcheongbuk-do; it is located just north of Cheongju. A railway station is located in the vicinity. It 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 Saipan, but they were stopped due to low ridership. Currently, there are domestic flights to Jeju and limited international flights to China, Japan, and Thailand.[3]
It has a facility for parking 1,100 vehicles simultaneously opposite to the passenger terminal. The facility is open from 06:30 in the morning to 22:00 at night.[4]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Asiana Airlines | Jeju |
| China Airlines | Taipei-Taoyuan, Kaohsiung Charter: from November 2011 to April 2012 |
| Eastar Jet | Chiang Mai, Hainan, Jeju, Mudanjiang |
| Jeju Air | Jeju |
| Korean Air | Hangzhou, Changsha, Jeju, Osaka-Kansai Charter: Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Siem Reap, Hong Kong, Taipei-Taoyuan |
| Zest Airways | Cebu [31 December 2011 to 4 February 2012 only] |
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