Muan International Airport | |
Iata: | MWX |
Icao: | RKJB |
Pushpin Map: | South Korea |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in South Korea |
Pushpin Label: | MWX/RKJB |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
Operator: | Korea Airports Corporation |
Location: | Muan, South Jeolla, South Korea |
Elevation-F: | 52 |
Metric-Elev: | yes |
Coordinates: | 34.9914°N 126.3828°W |
R1-Number: | 01/19 |
R1-Length-F: | 9,186 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,800 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Metric-Rwy: | yes |
Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
Stat1-Data: | 895,410 |
Stat2-Header: | Aircraft movements |
Stat2-Data: | 6,585 |
Stat3-Header: | Cargo tonnage |
Stat3-Data: | 6,762 |
Stat-Year: | 2019 |
Footnotes: | Source:airport.kr.com[1] [2] |
Hangul: | 무안국제공항 |
Hanja: | 務安國際空港 |
Rr: | Muan Gukje Gonghang |
Mr: | Muan Kukche Konghang |
Muan International Airport is an international airport in Muan County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. Construction of the airport began in 1997 and the airport opened on November 9, 2007. The airport serves the province of South Jeolla, especially the cities of Gwangju, Mokpo and Naju. It replaced the nearby Mokpo Airport and is expected to replace the nearby Gwangju Airport in the near future as well. In 2018, 543,247 passengers used the airport. The airport is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation.
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Air traffic statistics | ||||
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Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | ||
2007 | 224 | 15,223 | 159 | |
2008 | 1,841 | 130,014 | 1,173 | |
2009 | 1,032 | 57,716 | 450 | |
2010 | 1,058 | 47,727 | 907 | |
2011 | 875 | 91,133 | 941 | |
2012 | 923 | 96,166 | 957 | |
2013 | 1,237 | 132,603 | 1,329 | |
2014 | 1,499 | 178,414 | 1,738 | |
2015 | 2,355 | 311,922 | 2,677 | |
2016 | 2,330 | 321,675 | 2,751 | |
2017 | 2,146 | 298,016 | 2,243 | |
2018 | 3,818 | 543,247 | 3,890 | |
2019 | 6,585 | 895,410 | 6,762 | |
2020 | 930 | 112,938 | 1,013 | |
2021 | 88 | 7,529 | 35 | |
2022 | 192 | 29,394 | 352 | |
2023 | 1,484 | 233,337 | 2,724 | |
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[3] |