Orang Airport

Orang Airport
IATA: RGO ICAO: ZKHM
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Serves	Chongjin, North Korea
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	41°25′45″N 129°38′54″E / 41.42917°N 129.64833°E / 41.42917; 129.64833Coordinates: 41°25′45″N 129°38′54″E / 41.42917°N 129.64833°E / 41.42917; 129.64833
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Orang Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 8,200 2,500 Concrete

Orang Airport (IATA: RGO, ICAO: ZKHM) is a small airport located approximately 40 kilometres from Chongjin, North Hamgyong in North Korea. Built by the Imperial Japanese Army, designated as K-33 (Hoemun Airfield) by the USAF during the Korean War, Chongjin Airport is now controlled by the Korean People's Army. Hoemun Airfield was renamed when the original Chongin Airfield K-34 was abandoned after the Korean War. The airport is normally used by the military, though a small number of commercial passenger flights also operate there.

The airport also serves Rason, which is about a three-hour drive away.

Facilities

Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18 at the airport in 2012.

There is one runway in Chongjin Airport, originally 1,200m long, but which was extended to 2,500m. There is no arrival terminal, baggage is given directly from the trolley. One bus can carry arriving passenger from the runway to the single, rather departures-related building, if the flight is full some passenger can walk. Departure terminal "building" has waiting lounge (for about 20 people), 1 check-in desk, one security scanner and old Czechoslovak scale. There are very basic toilets. There are plans to further extend the runway to 4,000m to allow it to serve as a second international gateway to North Korea.

Airlines and destinations

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chongjin Airport.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Transportation in North Korea