Hwangsuwon Airport Explained

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.

Facilities

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi?pass=183550993&ref=-&mtd=41&cgi=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnph-search_apt&var=13&buf=66&src=_landings%2Fpages%2Fsearch_apt.html&1=&5=&7=&8=&6=hwangsuwon&9=&10=&max_ret=10&start_ret=1 Landings database page
  2. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/hwangsuwon-ab.htm GlobalSecurity.org