Yangyang International Airport
Yangyang International Airport 양양국제공항 襄陽國際空港 Yangyang Gukje Gonghang Yangyang Kukche Konghang | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Korea Airports Corporation | ||||||||||
Serves | Gangneung, Sokcho | ||||||||||
Location | Yangyang, Gangwon Province, South Korea | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 73 m / 241 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°03′41″N 128°40′09″E / 38.06139°N 128.66917°E | ||||||||||
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YNY Location of airport in South Korea | |||||||||||
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Statistics (2011) | |||||||||||
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Source:airport-information.com[1] |
Yangyang International Airport (IATA: YNY, ICAO: RKNY) is a small international airport in northeastern South Korea. It is located in Yangyang County, Gangwon Province and was built to serve the nearby areas of Sokcho, Gangneung and Pyeongchang. The airport replaced Gangneung and Sokcho airports.
In 2011, 5,748 passengers used the airport.[1]
Air Koryo operated charters from Hamhung Airport to Yangyang Airport during 2002–2006 for few months per year. Flights were halted indefinitely after relations soured between the two Koreas.
Yangyang International Airport handled its last flight on 1 November 2008, according to the Korea Airport Corporation, and there were calls for it to be sold off or closed.[2] It reopened on 16 July 2010 when East Asia AirLine started flying to Busan-Gimhae.
On 4 August 2011, Taiwan's TransAsia Airways began flying to Yangyang International Airport (five times a week). TransAsia Airways stated that it will be a regular chartered service. However, on the 18th of February 2017, TransAsia Airways went into liquidation.[3]
With Pyeongchang being voted as the host city for 2018 Winter Olympics, Yangyang International Airport hopes to see an increase in passengers. Korean Air scheduled additional charter flights from Yangyang to Europe and North America, including New York JFK, Minneapolis, London-Gatwick, and Munich.[4][5]
This includes a visa-free grace for the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam so long as citizens land in Yangyang. VietJet Air is the only airline carrier that operates flights from South East Asia to Yangyang (charter flights from Hanoi to Yangyang).[6]
Airlines and destinations
Domestic
Airlines | Destinations |
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Korea Express Air | Busan, Jeju, Muan[7] |
International
Airlines | Destinations |
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Korea Express Air | Kitakyushu |
VietJet Air | Charter: Hanoi |
Yakutia Airlines | Seasonal: Vladivostok |
Ground transportation
Bus
- Good Morning Tour : Yangyang Bus Terminal ↔ Yangyang International Airport
See also
References
- 1 2 "South Korea Traffic Statistics". airport-information.com.
- ↑ "Inside South Korea's 'ghost' airport". 18 May 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ "興航申告債權公告". www.tna.com.tw.
- ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Korean Air schedules Yangyang – Europe charters in Feb 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ↑ 2018, UBM (UK) Ltd. "Korean Air adds Yangyang – US charters in Feb 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
- ↑ Ballaran, Jhoanna. "Visa-free entry to Korea for Filipinos, but …".
- ↑ "무안∼양양 취항 코리아 익스프레스에어 항공기" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 7 August 2018.
External links
- Yangyang International Airport (in English)
- South Korea's abandoned airports
- Airport information for RKNY at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.