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Cheongju International Airport

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Airport type
  
Public/Military

Website
  
www.airport.co.kr

Phone
  
+82 1661-2626

Elevation AMSL
  
191 ft / 58 m

Elevation
  
58 m

Cheongju International Airport

Operator
  
Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce

Serves
  
Cheongju, Daejeon, & Sejong

Location
  
Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju North Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Address
  
South Korea, Chungcheongbuk-do, 청주시 청원구 내수읍 오창대로 980

Province
  
North Chungcheong Province

Similar
  
Cheongju Express Bus Term, Ltd Cheongju Express, Cheongju, 청주시내버스공동관리위원회, 남청주

Cheongju International Airport (Hangul: 청주국제공항; Hanja: 淸州國際空港; Revised Romanization: Cheongju Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang) (IATA: CJJ, ICAO: RKTU) is an international airport in Cheongwon-gu, South Korea. It also serves the cities of Daejeon and Sejong. In 2011, 1,337,791 passengers used the airport. It also houses the 17th fighter wing of the ROKAF. There is a railway station next to the airport, called Cheongju Airport station, which is on the Chungbuk Line.

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Overview

Cheongju International Airport is located at Ipsang-ri (a township), Naesu-eup (읍; town), Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. A railway station is located nearby. It opened as a military airbase in September 1978, and in 1984, international airport construction began. The construction was completed on December 1996, and it was opened as Cheongju International Airport on April 28, 1997. During the mid 80's, Cheongju was selected as a possible site for Korea's main international airport before Incheon became the preferred location. It can process 1.23 million people from domestic flights and 1.15 million people from international flights annually, and the parking lots can hold 770 vehicles. In addition, airplanes can operate 196,000 times a year. There used to be flights to Busan and Saipan, but they were stopped due to low ridership. Currently, there are domestic flights to Jeju and limited international flights to China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Parking Facilities

It has a facility for parking 1,100 vehicles directly opposite to the passenger terminal. The facility is open between 6:30 and 22:00.

References

Cheongju International Airport Wikipedia