Jinhae Air Base Jinhae Gonghang Jinhae Konghang | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Republic of Korea Navy | ||||||||||
Location | Jinhae, South Korea | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 8 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°08′28″N 128°41′45″E / 35.14111°N 128.69583°E | ||||||||||
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Jinhae Air Base (IATA: CHF, ICAO: RKPE) also known as Chinhae Air Base is a naval airfield of the Republic of Korea Navy in Jinhae, South Korea.
The airfield was originally established in 1942 as the 51st Navy Aircraft Factory (formerly 21st Navy Aircraft Factory Jinhae Branch) under the Chinkai Guard District, which was a major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in Korea under Japanese rule. The Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) was founded at the airfield (then known as Deoksan airfield) on April 15, 1949.[3]
During the Korean War the USAF designated the airfield as Chinhae Air Base and K-10 Chinhae. The field was refurbished with a Marsden Matting surface over crushed gravel.
USAF units stationed at Chinhae included:
UN units stationed at Chinhae included:
No scheduled services.