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{{short description|Airport}}
{{Short description|Airport in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea}}
{{Primary sources|date=January 2009}}
{{Primary sources|date=January 2009}}
{{Infobox airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Pohang Gyeongju Airport
| name = Pohang Gyeongju Airport
| nativename = 포항경주공항<br>浦項慶州空港
| nativename = {{lang|ko|포항경주공항}}
| nativename-a = Pohang Gyeongju Gonghang
| image = Pohang Airport 20090502.jpg
| image-width = 300
| nativename-r = P'ohang Kyeongju Konghang
| IATA = KPO
| image = Pohang Airport 20090502.jpg
| ICAO = RKTH
| image-width = 300
| type = Public / Military
| IATA = KPO
| owner = [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea)|Ministry Land, Infrastructure and Transport]]
| ICAO = RKTH
| operator = {{ubl|
| type = Public / Military
| {{nowrap|[[Korea Airports Corporation]]}}
| owner = [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea)|Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport]]
| {{nowrap|[[Republic of Korea Navy]]}}
| operator =
| {{nowrap|[[United States Marine Corps]]}}}}
<div>
| opened = {{start date and age|1970|02||df=yes}}
* [[Korea Airports Corporation]]
| city-served = {{ubl|
* [[Republic of Korea Navy]]
| {{nowrap|[[Pohang]]}}
* [[United States Marine Corps]]
| {{nowrap|[[Gyeongju]]}}}}
</div>
| city-served = [[Pohang]], [[Gyeongju]]
| location = [[Pohang]], [[North Gyeongsang Province]], [[South Korea]]
| elevation-f = 75
| location = [[Pohang]], [[North Gyeongsang Province]], South Korea
| elevation-f = 75
| elevation-m =
| elevation-m =
| metric-elev =
| coordinates = {{coord|35|59|16|N|129|25|13|E|type:airport}}
| metric-elev =
| website = {{URL|www.airport.co.kr/pohangeng}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|59|16|N|129|25|13|E|type:airport}}
| pushpin_map = South Korea # Asia # North Pacific # Earth
| website =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| pushpin_map = South Korea
| pushpin_label = '''KPO'''/RKTH
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in South Korea
| pushpin_relief = y
| pushpin_label = KPO
| r1-number = 10/28
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 10/28
| r1-length-f = 7,000
| r1-length-f = 7,000
| r1-length-m = 2,134
| r1-length-m = 2,134
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| stat1-header = Passengers
| metric-rwy = yes
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 93,769
| stat-year = 2019
| stat1-data = 93,769
| footnotes = Source:KAC<ref name="statistics" />
| stat-year = 2019
| stat2-header = Aircraft Movements
| footnotes = Source:KAC<ref name="statistics" />
| stat2-header = Aircraft Movements
| stat2-data = 1,162
| stat3-header = Cargo Tonnage
| stat2-data = 1,162
| stat3-header = Cargo Tonnage
| stat3-data = 395
| stat3-data = 395
}}
}}

'''Pohang Gyeongju Airport''' is an airport in [[Pohang]], [[South Korea]] {{airport codes|KPO|RKTH}}. In 2011, 255,227 passengers used the airport.<ref name="statistics">{{cite web|title=South Korea Traffic Statistics|url=https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do |publisher=KAC}}</ref>
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 포항경주공항
| hanja = 浦項慶州空港
| rr = Pohang Gyeongju Gonghang
| mr = P'ohang Kyeongju Konghang
}}

'''Pohang Gyeongju Airport''' {{airport codes|KPO|RKTH}} is an airport in [[Pohang]], [[North Gyeongsang Province]], [[South Korea]]. In 2011, 255,227 passengers used the airport.<ref name="statistics">{{cite web|title=South Korea Traffic Statistics|url=https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do |publisher=KAC}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Pohang Airfield was originally developed during the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese Imperial period]].
Pohang Airfield was originally developed during the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese Imperial period]].


===Korean war===
===Military===
====Pre-Korean war====
[[File:F9F-2s VMF-311 Pohang Korea.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Grumman F9F Panther|F9F-2s]] of [[VMF-311]] at Pohang in 1951]]
[[File:F9F-2s VMF-311 Pohang Korea.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Grumman F9F Panther|F9F-2s]] of [[VMF-311]] at Pohang in 1951]]
In early July 1950 Pohang airfield was identified as a potential base for [[USAF]] operations. On 7 July, [[Edward J. Timberlake|Brigadier-General Timberlake]] deputy-commander of the [[Fifth Air Force]] ordered the development of the base. Company A 802nd Engineer Aviation Battalion landed at Pohang and began improving the airfield on 12 July by added a {{convert|500|ft}} [[Marsden Matting|PSP]] extension and building hardstands for 27 [[North American P-51 Mustang|F-51 Mustangs]].<ref name=Futrell>{{cite book|last=Futrell|first=Frank|title=The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953|publisher=Air Force History & Museums Program|year=1983|url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329903/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-022.pdf|isbn=9780912799711|page=95}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> The airfield was designated by the [[USAF]] as '''K-3'''.
In early July 1950 Pohang airfield was identified as a potential base for [[USAF]] operations. On 7 July, [[Edward J. Timberlake|Brigadier-General Timberlake]] deputy-commander of the [[Fifth Air Force]] ordered the development of the base. Company A 802nd Engineer Aviation Battalion landed at Pohang and began improving the airfield on 12 July by added a {{convert|500|ft}} [[Marsden Matting|PSP]] extension and building hardstands for 27 [[North American P-51 Mustang|F-51 Mustangs]].<ref name=Futrell>{{cite book|last=Futrell|first=Frank|title=The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953|publisher=Air Force History & Museums Program|year=1983|url=https://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329903/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-022.pdf|isbn=9780912799711|page=95}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> The airfield was designated by the [[USAF]] as '''K-3'''.


Troops of the [[Korean People's Army]] (KPA) [[12th Division (North Korea)|12th Division]] infiltrated the Pohang area in early August and made guerilla attacks against the airfield. By 12 August KPA troops entered Pohang and so on 13 August the [[35th Fighter Wing|35th Fighter-Interceptor Group]] evacuated to [[Tsuiki Air Field]] in Japan. ROK and U.S. forces routed the KPA several days later, but the continued presence of guerilla units mitigated against an early return to the base.<ref name=Futrell/>{{rp|124}}
Troops of the [[Korean People's Army]] (KPA) [[12th Division (North Korea)|12th Division]] infiltrated the Pohang area in early August and made guerrilla attacks against the airfield. By 12 August KPA troops entered Pohang and so on 13 August the [[35th Fighter Wing|35th Fighter-Interceptor Group]] evacuated to [[Tsuiki Air Field]] in Japan. ROK and U.S. forces routed the KPA several days later, but the continued presence of guerrilla units mitigated against an early return to the base.<ref name=Futrell/>{{rp|124}}


USAF units based there from July–August 1950 included:
USAF units based there from July–August 1950 included:
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In July 1953 the [[United States Navy]] deployed two [[North American AJ Savage|AJ (A-2) Savage]] aircraft to K-3 as a nuclear deterrent in the final days of the Korean War.<ref>Miller, Jerry. ''Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers: How the Bomb Saved Naval Aviation''. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. {{ISBN|1-56098-944-0}}.</ref>
In July 1953 the [[United States Navy]] deployed two [[North American AJ Savage|AJ (A-2) Savage]] aircraft to K-3 as a nuclear deterrent in the final days of the Korean War.<ref>Miller, Jerry. ''Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers: How the Bomb Saved Naval Aviation''. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. {{ISBN|1-56098-944-0}}.</ref>


====Post-Korean War====
In March 15, 1999 Pohang airport was the site of [[Korean Air Flight 1533]] a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] which was flying from [[Gimpo International Airport|Seoul]] To Pohang. The flight overshot runway 10 during landing at Pohang Airport. All 156 people on board survived, but the aircraft was destroyed. The accidient was the 11th hull loss of an McDonnell Douglas MD-80.[1]

===Current===
In October 2008 the [[United States Navy]] relocated a permanent detachment of [[CH-53E Super Stallion|MH-53E Sea Dragon]]s assigned to [[HM-14]] from [[Iwakuni, Japan]]. This detachment provides [[United States Seventh Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] with a forward-deployed AMCM and heavy-lift asset. Because Pohang Gyeongju Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.
In October 2008 the [[United States Navy]] relocated a permanent detachment of [[CH-53E Super Stallion|MH-53E Sea Dragon]]s assigned to [[HM-14]] from [[Iwakuni, Japan]]. This detachment provides [[United States Seventh Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] with a forward-deployed AMCM and heavy-lift asset. Because Pohang Gyeongju Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

===Civil operation===
in the 1970, Pohang Airfield developed capacity for civil operations. <ref name="cvHistory"> {{cite web|title=Airport overview|publisher=Pohang Gyeonjju Airport|url=https://www.airport.co.kr/pohangeng/cms/frCon/index.do?MENU_ID=240}} </ref> Civil operations begain in 1986 with a route from [[Gimpo International Airport|Seoul]] route operated by [[Korean Air]]. <ref name="cvHistory"/>

In the 1990s, [[Asiana Airlines]] started flights to Pohang Airport, its passenger terminal was expanded, and a new terminal was opened in June 2002. <ref name="cvHistory"/>
On 15 March 1999, Pohang Airport was the destination of [[Korean Air Flight 1533]], a [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80|McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] which was flying from [[Gimpo International Airport|Seoul]] to Pohang. The flight overshot the runway during landing at Pohang Airport. All 156 people on board survived, but the aircraft was destroyed. The accident was the 11th hull loss of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80. <ref name="statistics">{{cite web|title=South Korea Traffic Statistics|url=https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do |publisher=KAC}}</ref>

In January 2014, Pohang Airport was closed due to its runway having to be repaved.<ref> {{cite news|title=포항공항 활주로 포장공사로 7월부터 폐쇄|trans-title=Pohang Airport closed from July for runway packaging|publisher=Sisa Focus News|url=http://www.sisafocus.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=99926}} </ref> This was completed in May 2016. <ref> {{cite news|title=포항공항 2년 만에 재개장|trans-title=Pohang Airport reopens after 2 years|publisher=Seoul News|url=https://go.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20160504014003}} </ref>

In 2020, [[Pohang]] and [[Gyeongju]] cities submitted a proposal to change the name of the airport from '''Pohang Airport''' to '''Pohang Gyeongju Airport''' to [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea) |Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport]]. <ref>{{cite news|title=포항시·경주시, 포항공항 명칭변경 건의...포항·경주공항으로|trans-title=Pohang·Gyeongju, request the changing name of Pohang Airport...to Pohang Gyeongju Airport|publisher=Ajou Economy|url=https://www.ajunews.com/view/20201223142616694}}</ref> In 2022, government approval for the request was granted and the airport received its current name, '''Pohang Gyeongju Airport'''.<ref>{{cite news|title=포항공항, '포항경주공항'으로 명칭 변경|trans-title=Pohang Airport, change its name to Pohang Gyeongju Airport|publisher=Financial News|url=https://www.fnnews.com/news/202202111440045034}}</ref>


==Airlines and destinations==
==Airlines and destinations==
<!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport or the airline itself are not independent sources. -->
<!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport or the airline itself are not independent sources. -->
{{Airport-dest-list
{{Airport-dest-list
| [[Jin Air]] | [[Jeju International Airport|Jeju]],<ref name="LJtoKPO">{{Cite news|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200716146400053?input=1195m|title=포항∼김포, 포항∼제주 노선 진에어 31일 취항|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|language=Korean|date=16 July 2020}}</ref> [[Gimpo International Airport|Seoul–Gimpo]]<ref name="LJtoKPO"/>
| [[Jin Air]] | [[Jeju International Airport|Jeju]],<ref name="LJtoKPO">{{Cite news |date=16 July 2020 |title=포항~김포, 포항~제주 노선 진에어 31일 취항 |language=Korean |trans-title=Pohang-Gimpo, Pohang-Jeju route Jin Air launched on the 31st |work=[[Yonhap News Agency]] |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200716146400053?input=1195m}}</ref> [[Gimpo International Airport|Seoul–Gimpo]]<ref name="LJtoKPO"/>
}}
}}


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=KPO}}
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=KPO}}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Air traffic statistics
|-
!
!Aircraft operations
!Passenger volume
!Cargo tonnage
|-
!2001
|'''8,345'''
|'''774,029'''
|1,964
|-
!2002
|8,128
|704,467
|1,582
|-
!2003
|7,608
|645,494
|2,086
|-
!2004
|7,285
|659,988
|'''2,410'''
|-
!2005
|4,968
|464,653
|1,677
|-
!2006
|3,591
|347,180
|1,208
|-
!2007
|2,831
|297,702
|980
|-
!2008
|2,998
|267,686
|805
|-
!2009
|3,746
|304,372
|865
|-
!2010
|3,598
|323,652
|959
|-
!2011
|3,542
|260,050
|860
|-
!2012
|3,312
|262,198
|886
|-
!2013
|3,131
|239,516
|909
|-
!2014
|1,540
|112,387
|441
|-
!2015
|0
|0
|0
|-
!2016
|916
|68,226
|216
|-
!2017
|1,373
|98,391
|323
|-
!2018
|1,358
|83,818
|332
|-
!2019
|1,162
|93,769
|395
|-
!2020
|838
|65,994
|295
|-
!2021
|1,868
|158,927
|697
|-
!2022
|2,514
|249,413
|1,084
|-
!2023
|2,053
|253,703
|1,149
|-
| colspan="4" |''Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Air Traffic Statistics|url=https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do|url-status=live|access-date=23 July 2023|website=Incheon International Airport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114133303/https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do |archive-date=2020-01-14 }}</ref>
|}

==Access==
==Access==


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[[Category:Military installations of Japan in Korea]]

Latest revision as of 08:35, 25 November 2024

Pohang Gyeongju Airport

포항경주공항
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerMinistry Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Operator
Serves
LocationPohang, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
OpenedFebruary 1970; 54 years ago (1970-02)
Elevation AMSL75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates35°59′16″N 129°25′13″E / 35.98778°N 129.42028°E / 35.98778; 129.42028
Websitewww.airport.co.kr/pohangeng
Map
KPO/RKTH is located in South Korea
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH is located in Asia
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH is located in North Pacific
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH is located in Earth
KPO/RKTH
KPO/RKTH
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 2,134 7,000 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers93,769
Aircraft Movements1,162
Cargo Tonnage395
Source:KAC[1]
Pohang Gyeongju Airport
Hangul
포항경주공항
Hanja
浦項慶州空港
Revised RomanizationPohang Gyeongju Gonghang
McCune–ReischauerP'ohang Kyeongju Konghang

Pohang Gyeongju Airport (IATA: KPO, ICAO: RKTH) is an airport in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. In 2011, 255,227 passengers used the airport.[1]

History

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Pohang Airfield was originally developed during the Japanese Imperial period.

Military

[edit]

Pre-Korean war

[edit]
F9F-2s of VMF-311 at Pohang in 1951

In early July 1950 Pohang airfield was identified as a potential base for USAF operations. On 7 July, Brigadier-General Timberlake deputy-commander of the Fifth Air Force ordered the development of the base. Company A 802nd Engineer Aviation Battalion landed at Pohang and began improving the airfield on 12 July by added a 500 feet (150 m) PSP extension and building hardstands for 27 F-51 Mustangs.[2] The airfield was designated by the USAF as K-3.

Troops of the Korean People's Army (KPA) 12th Division infiltrated the Pohang area in early August and made guerrilla attacks against the airfield. By 12 August KPA troops entered Pohang and so on 13 August the 35th Fighter-Interceptor Group evacuated to Tsuiki Air Field in Japan. ROK and U.S. forces routed the KPA several days later, but the continued presence of guerrilla units mitigated against an early return to the base.[2]: 124 

USAF units based there from July–August 1950 included:

The 802nd Battalion returned to Pohang on 27 September finding the airfield relatively undamaged. The 35th Fighter-Interceptor Group returned to Pohang on 3 October. On 12 October No. 77 Squadron RAAF operating F-51s arrived at Pohang.[2]: 178 

In July 1953 the United States Navy deployed two AJ (A-2) Savage aircraft to K-3 as a nuclear deterrent in the final days of the Korean War.[3]

Post-Korean War

[edit]

In October 2008 the United States Navy relocated a permanent detachment of MH-53E Sea Dragons assigned to HM-14 from Iwakuni, Japan. This detachment provides Seventh Fleet with a forward-deployed AMCM and heavy-lift asset. Because Pohang Gyeongju Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

Civil operation

[edit]

in the 1970, Pohang Airfield developed capacity for civil operations. [4] Civil operations begain in 1986 with a route from Seoul route operated by Korean Air. [4]

In the 1990s, Asiana Airlines started flights to Pohang Airport, its passenger terminal was expanded, and a new terminal was opened in June 2002. [4] On 15 March 1999, Pohang Airport was the destination of Korean Air Flight 1533, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which was flying from Seoul to Pohang. The flight overshot the runway during landing at Pohang Airport. All 156 people on board survived, but the aircraft was destroyed. The accident was the 11th hull loss of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80. [1]

In January 2014, Pohang Airport was closed due to its runway having to be repaved.[5] This was completed in May 2016. [6]

In 2020, Pohang and Gyeongju cities submitted a proposal to change the name of the airport from Pohang Airport to Pohang Gyeongju Airport to Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. [7] In 2022, government approval for the request was granted and the airport received its current name, Pohang Gyeongju Airport.[8]

Airlines and destinations

[edit]
AirlinesDestinations
Jin Air Jeju,[9] Seoul–Gimpo[9]

Statistics

[edit]
Annual passenger traffic at KPO airport. See Wikidata query.
Air traffic statistics
Aircraft operations Passenger volume Cargo tonnage
2001 8,345 774,029 1,964
2002 8,128 704,467 1,582
2003 7,608 645,494 2,086
2004 7,285 659,988 2,410
2005 4,968 464,653 1,677
2006 3,591 347,180 1,208
2007 2,831 297,702 980
2008 2,998 267,686 805
2009 3,746 304,372 865
2010 3,598 323,652 959
2011 3,542 260,050 860
2012 3,312 262,198 886
2013 3,131 239,516 909
2014 1,540 112,387 441
2015 0 0 0
2016 916 68,226 216
2017 1,373 98,391 323
2018 1,358 83,818 332
2019 1,162 93,769 395
2020 838 65,994 295
2021 1,868 158,927 697
2022 2,514 249,413 1,084
2023 2,053 253,703 1,149
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[10]

Access

[edit]

Bus

[edit]
  • No. 200 : Yangdeok ↔ Lotte Department Store ↔ Jukdo Market ↔ POSCO ↔ Pohang Gyeongju Airport ↔ Guryongpo

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "South Korea Traffic Statistics". KAC.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Futrell, Frank (1983). The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953 (PDF). Air Force History & Museums Program. p. 95. ISBN 9780912799711.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Miller, Jerry. Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers: How the Bomb Saved Naval Aviation. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56098-944-0.
  4. ^ a b c "Airport overview". Pohang Gyeonjju Airport.
  5. ^ "포항공항 활주로 포장공사로 7월부터 폐쇄" [Pohang Airport closed from July for runway packaging]. Sisa Focus News.
  6. ^ "포항공항 2년 만에 재개장" [Pohang Airport reopens after 2 years]. Seoul News.
  7. ^ "포항시·경주시, 포항공항 명칭변경 건의...포항·경주공항으로" [Pohang·Gyeongju, request the changing name of Pohang Airport...to Pohang Gyeongju Airport]. Ajou Economy.
  8. ^ "포항공항, '포항경주공항'으로 명칭 변경" [Pohang Airport, change its name to Pohang Gyeongju Airport]. Financial News.
  9. ^ a b "포항~김포, 포항~제주 노선 진에어 31일 취항" [Pohang-Gimpo, Pohang-Jeju route Jin Air launched on the 31st]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 16 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Air Traffic Statistics". Incheon International Airport. Archived from the original on 2020-01-14. Retrieved 23 July 2023.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force

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