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.
Sacheon Airport 사천공항 泗川空港 Sacheon Gonghang Sach'ŏn Konghang | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military/Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Korean Airports Corporation, Republic of Korea Airforce | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sacheon, Jinju | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 m / 26 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°05′18.75″N 128°04′13.33″E | ||||||||||||||
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  HIN Location of airport in South Korea | |||||||||||||||
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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.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Asiana Airlines | Jeju |
| Korean Air | Jeju, Seoul–Gimpo |
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
- Korean Airlines
- Asiana Airlines
Korea Express Air began chartered flights from Jeju to Jinju in 2011.[2]
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.
Air Base
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.
- 3rd Flying Training Wing
- 213 Flight Training Squadron
- 215 Flight Training Squadron
- 217 Flight Training Squadron
- 236 Flight Training Squadron
- 52 Test Evaluation Group
- 281 Test Evaluation Squadron
- Basic Military Training Wing
- Air Force Aviation Science High School
- Air Force Technical School
On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ejected safely while the trainee was killed.[3]
See also
References
- "South Korea Traffic Statistics". airport.kr.com.
- Korea Joongang Daily. Mengnews.joinsmsn.com (2011-10-13). Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
- "Chronological Listing of South Korean Losses & Ejections". Ejection-history.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
