Gwangju Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Gwangju Airport
nativename = 광주공항
光州空港
nativename-a = Gwangju Gonghang
nativename-r = Kwangju Konghang


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IATA = KWJ
ICAO = RKJJ
type = Military/Public
owner =
operator = Korea Airports Coorporation
owner-oper =
city-served =
location = Gwangju
elevation-f = 39
elevation-m = 12
coordinates = coord|35|07|35|N|126|48|32|E|type:airport
website = [http://gunsan.airport.co.kr/eng/index.jsp gunsan.airport.co.kr]
metric-rwy = Yes
r1-number = 04R/22L
r1-length-f = 9,300
r1-length-m = 2,835
r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 04L/22R
r2-length-f = 9,300
r2-length-m = 2,835
r2-surface = Concrete
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft movements
stat1-data = 12,700
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 1,539,187
footnotes = Sources: World Aero Data [WAD|RKJJ]
Korea Airports Corporation [http://kac.airport.co.kr/eng/airnat/airstat/act_airport_view.jsp Air Traffic by Airport] ]

Gwangju Airport (Hangul: 광주공항, Hanja: 光州空港, Revised Romanization of Korean: Gwangju Gonghang, McCune-Reischauer: Kwangju Konghang) Airport codes|KWJ|RKJJ is an airport in the city of Gwangju, South Korea and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation. This airport is planned to close when Muan International Airport becomes more established.

Airlines and destinations

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.

Location

Situated in the distance of 11 kilometers to the west from downtown Gwangju, Gwangju International Airport has two terminals for passenger and cargo, a runway, ways for taxis, and parking-lot for accommodating about 820 vehicles. [ [http://gwangju.airport.co.kr/eng/info/information.jsp Gwangju Airport] ] A subway station is in the vicinity.

Parking lot

It is capable of picking up parking ticket on the way of passing priting machine to the lot. In case of missing the ticket, customers have to pay the whole fare. [ [http://gwangju.airport.co.kr/eng/park/park_info.jsp Gwangju Airport parking] ]

ee also

*Transportation in South Korea
*List of Korea-related topics

References

*cite web|url=http://english.tour2korea.com/01TripPlanner/Transportation/air_gwangju.asp?kosm=m1_4&konum=1|title=Gwangju Airport|work=Tour2Korea|accessmonthday=June 25 |accessyear=2005|
*cite web|url=http://gwangju.airport.co.kr/eng/index.jsp|title=Gwangju Airport|work=Korea Airports Corporation website|accessmonthday=June 25 |accessyear=2005|

External links

* [http://gwangju.airport.co.kr/eng/info/information.jsp Official Site] (in English)