Gwangju Airport

Gwangju Airport 광주공항 光州空港 Gwangju Gonghang Kwangju Konghang
IATA: KWJ – ICAO: RKJJ KWJ Location of airport in South Korea
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
Website	gwangju airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 2,835 9,300 Concrete 04L/22R 2,835 9,300 Concrete
Statistics (2007)
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
Asiana Airlines	Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo
Korean Air	Jeju, Seoul-Gimpo
Korea Express Air	Yangyang
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 ↔ Songjeong Station ↔ Daesan ↔ Chilseong ↔ Gwangam
• No. Seonun 101 : Airport ↔ Songjeong Park Station ↔ Gwangsan Police Station ↔ Honam University Gwangsan Campus

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

External links

• Official Site (in English)