Airport type Military Elevation AMSL 92 ft / 28 m 2,743 9,000 Elevation 92 m | Operator ROKAF 01/19 2,743 Code SSN Province Gyeonggi Province | |
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Location Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea Address 145-2 Simgok-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Owner Republic of Korea Air Force | ||
Fsx seoul air base
Seoul Air Base (IATA: SSN, ICAO: RKSM) (sometimes K-16 Air Base, Seoul Airport or Seongnam Air Base) is located in Seongnam city near Seoul in South Korea. Runway 19 and 20 are equipped with an ILS.
Contents
- Fsx seoul air base
- Freefalcon 5 5 1 seoul air base
- Korean War
- Postwar
- Construction of 2nd Lotte World
- References
Freefalcon 5 5 1 seoul air base
Korean War
The USAF designated the base at K-16 during the Korean War.
USAF units based here included:
Postwar
The base is home to the ROKAF 15th Composite Wing.
The US Army's 2nd Battalion (Assault), 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division operating Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawks is based there.
The Seoul Air Show is held annually in this airfield.
The base is used as a VIP airfield by the President of Republic of Korea and other VIPs and heads of state.
Construction of 2nd Lotte World
On the survey of press <시사in>, 86% of military pilots and air traffic controllers opposed the construction of 2nd Lotte world because of safety problems. They insisted it could cause impact accident.