Uiju Airfield
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
ServesUiju, North Korea
Elevation AMSL32 ft / 10 m
Coordinates40°09′06.20″N 124°29′54.80″E / 40.1517222°N 124.4985556°E / 40.1517222; 124.4985556
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Uiju Airfield is located in North Korea
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield is located in Asia
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield is located in North Pacific
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield is located in Earth
Uiju Airfield
Uiju Airfield
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 8,180 2,493 Concrete
Uiju Airfield
Chosŏn'gŭl
의주비행장
Hancha
Revised RomanizationUiju bihaengjang
McCune–ReischauerŬiju pihaengjang

Uiju Airfield (IATA: UJU, ICAO: ZKUJ) is an airport in Uiju County, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 05/23 measuring 8180 x 174 feet (2493 x 53 m).[2] It is sited in the Yalu River plain, a few miles northeast of the Chinese city of Dandong. It is also a few miles northeast of Sinuiju Airport. It has a full-length parallel taxiway, and several taxiways that access dispersed aircraft stands.

Tenants

The airfield is home to the Korean People's Army Air Force's 24th Bomber Regiment, which has at least 32 Harbin B-5 (Ilyushin Il-28) bombers on site as of 2010.

In 2021 the airfield was converted to a cargo decontamination facility for containers brought in by freight trains from China.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ Landings database page Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine "Landings.Com", accessed 06 Aug 2010
  3. ^ Davies, Christian (2021-11-15). "North Korea building project points to reopening of border with China". Financial Times. Retrieved 2022-01-19.


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