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Airport type
  
Military/Public

04R/22L
  
2,835

Elevation
  
12 m

Elevation AMSL
  
39 ft / 12 m

Code
  
KWJ

Phone
  
+82 1661-2626

Gwangju Airport

Operator
  
Korea Airports Coorporation, Republic of Korea Airforce

Location
  
Gwangsan District, Gwangju, South Korea

Website
  
gwangju.airport.co.kr/doc/gwangju/index.jsp

Address
  
420-25 Sangmu-daero, Sinchon-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Kwangju, South Korea

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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 2014, 1,470,096 passengers used the airport. This airport is planned to close when Muan International Airport becomes more established.

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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.

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 ↔ Air Base ↔ 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.

    References

    Gwangju Airport Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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