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Hwangsuwon Airport

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Airport type
  
Military

14/32
  
9,500

2,896
  
Concrete

Elevation AMSL
  
3,832 ft / 1,168 m

9,500
  
2,896

Elevation
  
1,168 m

Serves
  
Kimhyonggwon, North Korea

Hwangsuwon Airport is an airport near Hwangsuwol-li in Kimhyonggwon-gun, Ryanggang-do, North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 9500 x 150 feet (2896 x 46 m). It is sited in a valley and has a full length parallel taxiway with two aprons at the ends. It is also unique in that a taxiway leads nearly 2.8 kilometers to the south-southwest, accessing dispersed aprons. It is home to a fighter regiment of 44 MiG-21 jets.

References

Hwangsuwon Airport Wikipedia