Cheongju International Airport

Cheongju International Airport
청주국제공항
淸州國際空港
Cheongju Gukje Gonghang
Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Operator Korea Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce
Serves Cheongju, Daejeon, & Sejong
Location Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Elevation AMSL 191 ft / 58 m
Coordinates 36°42′59″N 127°29′57″E / 36.71639°N 127.49917°E / 36.71639; 127.49917
Website www.airport.co.kr
Map
CJJ
Location of airport in South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06R/24L 2,743 9,000 Concrete
06L/24R 2,743 9,000 Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft movements 9,286
Passengers 1,032,484
Sources: World Aero Data[1]
Korea Airports Corporation[2]

Cheongju International Airport (Hangul: 청주국제공항; Hanja: 淸州國際空港; Revised Romanization: Cheongju Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang) (IATA: CJJ, ICAO: RKTU) is an international airport in Cheongwon-gu, South Korea. It also serves the cities of Daejeon and Sejong. In 2011, 1,337,791 passengers used the airport. It also houses the 17th fighter wing of the ROKAF. There is a railway station next to the airport, called Cheongju Airport station, which is on the Chungbuk Line.

Overview

Cheongju International Airport is located at Ipsang-ri (a township), Naesu-eup (읍; town), Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. A railway station is located nearby. It opened as a military airbase in September 1978, and in 1984, international airport construction began. The construction was completed on December 1996, and it was opened as Cheongju International Airport on April 28, 1997. During the mid 80's, Cheongju was selected as a possible site for Korea's main international airport before Incheon became the preferred location. It can process 1.23 million people from domestic flights and 1.15 million people from international flights annually, and the parking lots can hold 770 vehicles. In addition, airplanes can operate 196,000 times a year. There used to be flights to Busan and Saipan, but they were stopped due to low ridership. Currently, there are domestic flights to Jeju and limited international flights to China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.[3]

Parking Facilities

It has a facility for parking 1,100 vehicles directly opposite to the passenger terminal. The facility is open between 6:30 and 22:00.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Asiana Airlines Beijing–Capital, Jeju
China Southern Airlines Yanji
Eastar Jet Osaka–Kansai, Taipei-Taoyuan,[5] Yanji
Jeju Air Guam,[6] Jeju, Osaka–Kansai,[6] Taipei–Taoyuan[7]
Seasonal: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[8]
Jin Air Jeju
Seasonal charter: Taipei–Taoyuan[9]
Korean Air Hangzhou, Jeju
Yakutia Airlines Seasonal: Khabarovsk,[10] Vladivostok[10]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Korean Air Cargo Seoul–Incheon
Seasonal: Shanghai–Pudong

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for RKTU at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ↑ Air Traffic by Airport Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Cheongju Airport Archived September 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Airport parking Archived April 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280491/eastarjet-adds-cheongju-taipei-route-from-late-sep-2018/
  6. 1 2 Jeju Air adds Osaka – Guam service from late-July 2018 Routesonline. 16 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Jeju Air plans 2 new routes in 1Q18". routesonline. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Jeju Air plans Cheongju – Bangkok service in W17". routesonline. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  9. ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Jin Air adds Cheongju – Taipei charters in Nov 2017".
  10. 1 2 Liu, Jim (24 March 2017). "Yakutia adds scheduled Cheongju service in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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