Gwangju Airport

Gwangju Airport 광주공항
IATA: KWJ ICAO: RKJJ
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Operator	Korea Airports Corporation Republic of Korea Air Force
Location	Sinchon-dong, Gwangsan District, Gwangju, South Korea
Opened	November 1964; 60 years ago (1964-11)
Elevation AMSL	15 m / 49 ft
Coordinates	35°07′35″N 126°48′32″E / 35.12639°N 126.80889°E / 35.12639; 126.80889
Website	www.airport.co.kr/gwangjueng
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 2,835 9,300 Concrete 04L/22R 2,835 9,300 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 2,026,651 Aircraft movements 13,297 Tonnes of cargo 12,500
Statistics from KAC[1]

Gwangju Airport (IATA: KWJ, ICAO: RKJJ) is an airport in Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation. In 2018, 1,986,125 passengers used the airport. This airport is planned to close when Muan International Airport becomes more established. Because Gwangju Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

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 District, in 1964. It was taken over by the Korea Airports Corporation in 1990. The current airport terminal was built in 1994, at which time the old terminal was repurposed as a Cargo terminal.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Annual passenger traffic at KWJ airport. See Wikidata query.

• Airport station of Gwangju Metro Line 1 :

Line: Pyeongdong - Songjeongri(KTX Station) - Airport - Sangmu - Nongseong - Geumnamro4ga - Nokdong

• No. Songjeong 97 : Airport ↔ Gwangju Songjeong Station ↔ Daesan ↔ Chilseong ↔ Gwangam
• No. Seonun 101 : Airport ↔ Songjeong Park Station ↔ Gwangsan Police Station ↔ Honam University Gwangsan Campus
• No. 1000 : Airport ↔ Gwangju Songjeong Station ↔ Kim Daejung Convention Center ↔ City Hall ↔ U Square(Gwangju Bus Terminal) ↔ Geumnam-ro ↔ Chosun University ↔ Gwangju Court ↔ Jisan Yuwonji
• No. 1160(Naju) : Airport ↔ Naju ↔ Yeongsanpo Bus Terminal

Customers should pick up a parking ticket from a printing machine on the way into the lot. If customers do not pick up the ticket, they have to pay the full fare.^[3]

• Transportation in South Korea

• "Gwangju Airport". Tour2Korea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2005.
• "Gwangju Airport". Korea Airports Corporation website. Archived from the original on May 17, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2005.

• Official Site (in English)