Airport type Military/Public Elevation AMSL 8 m / 25 ft Code HIN | Website [1] Elevation 8 m Phone +82 1661-2626 | |
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Operator Korean Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce Similar Sacheon, 사천KT, 경전여객자동차(주), 경상대학교 가좌캠퍼스, 곤양시외버스 | ||
Landing at sacheon airport
Sacheon Airport is an airport in Sacheon, South Korea (IATA: HIN, ICAO: RKPS). It also serves the city of Jinju. The airport passenger service began in 1977 after years of delays. The airport has a small single story terminal building for domestic flights within South Korea. In 2011, 143,483 passengers utilized the airport.[2]
Contents
- Landing at sacheon airport
- The black eagle airshow team of korean air force at sacheon airport in oct 2013
- Airlines destinations
- Transportation
- Tenants
- Korean War
- Postwar
- References
The black eagle airshow team of korean air force at sacheon airport in oct 2013
Airlines & destinations
Sacheon is a domestic airport with only two airlines serving to and from this airport. Direct flights are from Jeju and Seoul-Gimpo only.
Transportation
Besides private cars and taxi, the airport is connected by buses(No.75 and No.95) to Jinju and Sacheon. The airport is accessed via Gonghangdero Expressway.
Tenants
Korea Express Air began chartered flights from Jeju to Jinju in 2011.
The airport is also the home of Korea Aerospace Industries, which manufactures military aircraft, and satellites. The T-50 trainers used by the Sacheon Air Base are manufactured by the company on the north side of the airport.
Korean War
During the Korean War the USAF designated the base K-4.
The Base was used as part of the USAF's Bout One project to train South Korean pilots to fly the F-51 in 1950.
The ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing was formed at the base in 1951.
Postwar
The Republic of Korea Air Force operates from Sacheon using trainers and test aircraft at Jinju, which is home to the Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command since 1998. Hangars for the trainers are found on the north and south sides of the airport.
On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ejected safely while the trainee was killed.