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Gwangju Airport (Hangul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, Revised Romanization of Korean: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang) (IATA: KWJ, ICAO: RKJJ) is an airport in the city of Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation. In 2018, 1,986,125 passengers used the airport. This airport is planned to close when Muan International Airport becomes more established. Because Gwangju Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

Gwangju Airport 광주공항 光州空港 Gwangju Gonghang Kwangju Konghang
IATA: KWJ ICAO: RKJJ
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Owner	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Operator	Korea Airports Corporation Republic of Korea Air Force
Serves	Gwangju
Location	Gwangsan District, Gwangju, South Korea
Elevation AMSL	49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates	35°07′35″N 126°48′32″E
Website	gwangju.airport.co.kr/doc/gwangju/index.jsp
Map
KWJ Location of airport in South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 04R/22L 2,835 9,300 Concrete 04L/22R 2,835 9,300 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers 2,026,651 Aircraft movements 13,297 Tonnes of cargo 12,500
Statistics from KAC[1]

History

The airport was established in November 1948. It saw its first commercial flight in 1950. At the time, however, it was not located in Gwangju but in neighboring Jangseong, on a military training facility. The airport moved to its present location in Sinchon-dong, Gwangsan-gu, in 1964. It was taken over by the Korea Airports Corporation in 1990. The current airport terminal was built in 1994, at which time the old terminal was repurposed as a Cargo terminal.

Location

Situated 11 km west of downtown Gwangju, Gwangju International Airport has two terminals for passenger and cargo, a runway, taxi stops, and parking lot accommodating about 820 vehicles.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Asiana Airlines	Jeju, Seoul–Gimpo
Jeju Air	Jeju
Jin Air	Jeju
Korean Air	Jeju
T'way Air	Jeju

Traffic by calendar year

	Aircraft operations	Passenger volume	Cargo tonnage
2015	12,258	1,604,905	15,796
2016	10,792	1,613,775	14,818
2017	12,678	1,946,605	15,592
2018	13,546	1,986,125	14,477
2019	13,297	2,026,651	12,500
2020	13,575	1,726,483	7,428
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[2]

Ground transportation

Metro

• Airport station of Gwangju Metro Line 1 :

Line: Pyeongdong - Songjeongri(KTX Station) - Airport - Sangmu - Nongseong - Geumnamro4ga - Nokdong

Bus

• No. Songjeong 97 : Airport ↔ Gwangju Songjeong Station ↔ Daesan ↔ Chilseong ↔ Gwangam
• No. Seonun 101 : Airport ↔ Songjeong Park Station ↔ Gwangsan Police Station ↔ Honam University Gwangsan Campus
• No. 1000 : Airport ↔ Gwangju Songjeong Station ↔ Kim Daejung Convention Center ↔ City Hall ↔ U Square(Gwangju Bus Terminal) ↔ Geumnam-ro ↔ Chosun University ↔ Gwangju Court ↔ Jisan Yuwonji
• No. 1160(Naju) : Airport ↔ Naju ↔ Yeongsanpo Bus Terminal

Parking lot

Customers should pick up a parking ticket from a printing machine on the way into the lot. If customers do not pick up the ticket, they have to pay the full fare.[3]

See also

• Transportation in South Korea

References

• "Gwangju Airport". Tour2Korea. Archived from the original on July 29, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2005.
• "Gwangju Airport". Korea Airports Corporation website. Archived from the original on May 17, 2005. Retrieved June 25, 2005.

External links

• Official Site (in English)

На других языках

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- [en] Gwangju Airport

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[fr] Aéroport de Gwangju

L'aéroport de Gwangju (Hangeul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, romanisation révisée du coréen: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang) (code IATA : KWJ • code OACI : RKJJ) est un aéroport dans la ville de Gwangju, Corée du Sud et est géré par la Société des Aéroports de Corée. En 2014, 1470096 passagers ont utilisé l'aéroport. Cet aéroport est prévu pour fermer lors de l'ouverture de l'aéroport international de Muan.

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