Gwangju Airport

Gwangju Airport 광주공항 光州空港 Gwangju Gonghang Kwangju Konghang
IATA: KWJ ICAO: RKJJ
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Korea Airports Coorporation, Republic of Korea Airforce
Location	Gwangsan District, Gwangju, South Korea
Elevation AMSL	39 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	35°07′35″N 126°48′32″E
Website	gwangju.airport.co.kr/doc/gwangju/index.jsp
Map
KWJ Location of airport in South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 2,835 9,300 Concrete 04L/22R 2,835 9,300 Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft movements 12,700 Passengers 1,539,187
Sources: World Aero Data Korea Airports Corporation

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. In 2014, 1,470,096 passengers used the airport. This airport is planned to close when Muan International Airport becomes more established.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Philip	Seoul–Gimpo
Asiana Airlines	Jeju, Seoul–Gimpo
Jeju Air	Jeju
Jin Air	Jeju
Korean Air	Jeju
T'way Airlines	Jeju

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. The current airport terminal was built in 1994, at which time the old terminal was repurposed as a Cargo terminal.

Location

Situated 11 km west of downtown Gwangju, Gwangju International Airport has two terminals for passenger and cargo, a runway, taxi stops, and parking lot accommodating about 820 vehicles.

Ground transportation

Metro

• Airport Station of Gwangju Metro Line 1 :

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

Bus

• 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

Parking lot

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.

See also

• Transportation in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

References

• "Gwangju Airport". Tour2Korea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2005. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "Gwangju Airport". Korea Airports Corporation website. Archived from the original on May 17, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2005.

External links

• Official Site (in English)