Hwangsuwon Airport | |
Type: | Military |
City-Served: | Kimhyonggwon, North Korea |
Elevation-F: | 3832 |
Elevation-M: | 1168 |
Coordinates: | 40.6818°N 128.15°W |
Pushpin Map: | North Korea # Asia # North Pacific # Earth |
Pushpin Mark: | Roundel of North Korea.svg |
Pushpin Marksize: | 15 |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label: | Hwangsuwon |
R1-Number: | 14/32 |
R1-Length-F: | 9,500 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,896 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Hangul: | 황수원비행장 |
Rr: | Hwangsuwon bihaengjang |
Mr: | Hwangsuwŏn pihaengjang |
Context: | north |
Hwangsuwon Airport is an airport near Hwangsuwol-li in Kimhyonggwon-gun, Ryanggang-do, North Korea.
The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 9500 x 150 feet (2896 x 46 m).[1] It is sited in a valley and has a full-length parallel taxiway with two aprons at the ends. It is also unique in that a taxiway leads nearly 2.8 kilometers to the south-southwest, accessing dispersed aprons. It is home to a fighter regiment of 44 MiG-21 jets.[2]