Kwaksan Airport Explained

Kwaksan Airport
Type:Military
City-Served:Kwaksan, North Korea
Elevation-F:62
Elevation-M:19
Coordinates:39.7319°N 125.1107°W
Pushpin Map:North Korea # Asia # North Pacific # Earth
Pushpin Mark:Roundel of North Korea.svg
Pushpin Marksize:15
Pushpin Relief:y
Pushpin Label:Kwaksan
R1-Number:04/22
R1-Length-F:2,340
R1-Length-M:713
R1-Surface:Asphalt

Kwaksan Airport(곽산비행장) is an airport in Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single asphalt runway 04/22 measuring 2340 x 92 feet (713 x 28 m).[1] It has a partial parallel taxiway, and a fair amount of infrastructure leading to dispersed parking as far as 2 km southeast of the runway. It is home to a bomber regiment of 24 Ilyushin Il-28 jets.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi?pass=183586223&ref=-&mtd=41&cgi=%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnph-search_apt&var=13&buf=66&src=_landings%2Fpages%2Fsearch_apt.html&1=&5=&7=&8=&6=kwaksan&9=&10=&max_ret=10&start_ret=1 Landings database page
  2. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/kwaksan-ab.htm GlobalSecurity.org