Sunchon Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
ServesSunchon, North Korea
Elevation AMSL138 ft / 42 m
Coordinates39°24′43.50″N 125°53′25.70″E / 39.4120833°N 125.8904722°E / 39.4120833; 125.8904722
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Sunchon is located in North Korea
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Location of airport in North Korea
Sunchon is located in Asia
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Sunchon (Asia)
Sunchon is located in North Pacific
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Sunchon is located in Earth
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 8,150 2,484 Concrete

Sunchon Airport (순천비행장) is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea. It is 28mi or 45km northwest of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 15/33 that used to measure 8150 x 157 feet (2484 x 48 m).[1] According to another source, it was recently expanded to 9186ft in length (2800m),[2] with a possible extra 1300ft (~400m) extension being cleared. It has a full-length parallel taxiway with two aprons at the ends. One taxiway leads to possible underground storage. It is home to the 55th fighter regiment of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-25 jets.[3]

References

  1. ^ Landings database page Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine "Landings.Com", accessed 25 Aug 2010
  2. ^ "Sunchon Airfied: Main Runway Extension Complete - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea". 2022-09-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. ^ GlobalSecurity.org "Air Bases - North Korea", accessed 25 Aug 2010
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