Pukchang Airport Explained
| Pukch'ang Airport |
| Type: | Military |
| City-Served: | Pukchang, North Korea |
| Elevation-F: | 217 |
| Elevation-M: | 66 |
| Coordinates: | 39.5044°N 125.9643°W |
| Pushpin Map: | North Korea # Asia # North Pacific # Earth |
| Pushpin Mark: | Roundel of North Korea.svg |
| Pushpin Marksize: | 15 |
| Pushpin Relief: | y |
| Pushpin Label: | Pukchang |
| R1-Number: | 14/32 |
| R1-Length-F: | 8,150 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,484 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Pukchang Airport(북창비행장) is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea. It serves as the military airfield for the nearby city of Sunchon.
Facilities
The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 8150 x 164 feet (2484 x 50 m).[1] It has several aprons and taxiway leading to both revetments and underground aircraft storage. It is home to a fighter regiment of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 jets.[2]
Missile testing
The airfield was used to test-launch a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on April 28, 2017, with the missile subsequently crashing into Chongsin-dong, Tokchon.[3]
Notes and References
- https://archive.today/20130128033000/http://www.landings.com/evird.acgi?pass=183588305&ref=-&mtd=41&cgi=/cgi-bin/nph-search_apt&var=13&buf=66&src=_landings/pages/search_apt.html&1=&5=&7=&8=&6=pukch'ang&9=&10=&max_ret=10&start_ret=1 Landings database page
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/air-base.htm GlobalSecurity.org
- . When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City . Ankit . Panda . Dave . Schmerler . January 3, 2018 . January 4, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104054651/https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/when-a-north-korean-missile-accidentally-hit-a-north-korean-city/ . January 4, 2018 . On April 28, 2017, North Korea launched a single Hwasong-12/KN17 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from Pukchang Airfield in South Pyongan Province (the Korean People’s Army’s Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 447 in Ryongak-dong, Sunchon City, to be more precise). That missile failed shortly after launch and crashed in the Chongsin-dong, in North Korean city of Tokchon, causing considerable damage to a complex of industrial or agricultural buildings..
