Yangyang International Airport
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| Yangyang International Airport 양양국제공항 襄陽國際空港 Yangyang Gukje Gonghang Yangyang Kukche Konghang |
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| IATA: YNY – ICAO: RKNY | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Korea Airports Coorporation | ||
| Location | Gangneung | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 73 m / 241 ft | ||
| Coordinates | 38°03′41″N 128°40′09″E / 38.06139°N 128.66917°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 15/33 | 2,500 | 8,202 | Concrete |
Yangyang International Airport (Hangul: 양양 국제 공항, Hanja: 襄陽國際空港, Revised Romanization: Yangyang Gukje Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Yangyang Kukche Konghang) (IATA: YNY, ICAO: RKNY) is a small international airport in the northeast of South Korea. It is located in Yangyang County, Gangwon Province and serves the nearby cities of Sokcho and Gangneung, whose airport it replaced. Tourists bound for the Seoraksan national park also use Yangyang airport. There are occasional charters to China, Japan, & Taiwan. China Eastern and China Southern formerly served this airport.
In 2007, 33,686 passengers used the airport.[1]
Air Koryo operated charters from Hamhung Airport to Yangyang Airport during 2002-2006 for a few months per year. Flights were ceased after politcal problems.
Yangyang International Airport handled its last flight on 1 November 2008, according to the Korea Airport Corporation, and there are now calls for it to be sold off or closed.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Yangyang International Airport (in English)
- South Korea's abandoned airports
- Airport information for RKNY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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