Airport type Military/Public 04R/22L 2,835 Elevation 12 m | Elevation AMSL 39 ft / 12 m Code KWJ Phone +82 1661-2626 | |
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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 Similar U · Square, Gwangch Terminal, Gwangju Songjeong Station, 광주역, Holiday Inn Gwangju - 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
Line: Pyeongdong - Songjeongri(KTX Station) - Airport - Sangmu - Nongseong - Geumnamro4ga - Nokdong
Bus
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.