Sacheon Airport
사천공항
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||||||
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| Location | Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1977; 47 years ago (1977) | ||||||||||||||
| Built | 1 November 1969; 54 years ago (1969-11-01) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 8 m / 26 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°05′18.75″N 128°04′13.33″E / 35.0885417°N 128.0703694°E / 35.0885417; 128.0703694 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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| Sacheon Airport | |
| Hangul | 사천공항 |
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| Hanja | 泗川空港 |
| Revised Romanization | Sacheon Gonghang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sach'ŏn Konghang |
Sacheon Airport (IATA: HIN, ICAO: RKPS) is an airport in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea . It also serves the city of Jinju. The airport passenger service began in 1977 after years of delays. The airport has a small single storey terminal building for domestic flights. In 2011, 143,483 passengers utilized the airport.[1] Because Sacehon Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.
Sacheon is a domestic airport with service from one airline. Direct flights are from Jeju and Seoul–Gimpo.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Jin Air | Seoul–Gimpo[2] |
| Korean Air | Jeju[3] |
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Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
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| Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | |
| 2001 | 6,965 | 815,014 | 3,630 |
| 2002 | 6,485 | 544,860 | 2,900 |
| 2003 | 6,314 | 518,115 | 2,770 |
| 2004 | 4,865 | 447,231 | 2,887 |
| 2005 | 3,311 | 315,952 | 1,913 |
| 2006 | 2,442 | 224,792 | 1,582 |
| 2007 | 2,235 | 214,214 | 1,246 |
| 2008 | 2,322 | 204,359 | 1,156 |
| 2009 | 2,358 | 187,969 | 958 |
| 2010 | 1,983 | 160,704 | 786 |
| 2011 | 1,826 | 143,483 | 716 |
| 2012 | 1,788 | 138,195 | 653 |
| 2013 | 1,714 | 116,106 | 604 |
| 2014 | 1,802 | 124,792 | 631 |
| 2015 | 1,814 | 136,512 | 658 |
| 2016 | 1,822 | 150,728 | 700 |
| 2017 | 1,869 | 178,261 | 761 |
| 2018 | 1,912 | 182,686 | 812 |
| 2019 | 1,937 | 219,289 | 867 |
| 2020 | 320 | 27,433 | 114 |
| 2021 | 2 | 105 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1,350 | 139,657 | 320 |
| 2023 | 1,490 | 189,778 | 475 |
| Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[4] | |||
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.
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.
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.
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.
On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ejected safely while the trainee was killed.[5]
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force
