Daegu Airport
| 대구 국제 공항 Daegu International Airport Daegu Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RKTN |
| IATA code | TAE |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 37 m (121 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km northeast of Daegu |
| Local transport | Daegu Metro : Line 1, bus, taxi |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Korea Airports Corporation , South Korean Air Force |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 1,084,585 (2013) |
| Flight movements |
10,997 (2013) |
| Runways | |
| 13R / 31L | 2755 m × 45 m concrete |
| 13L / 31R | 2743 m × 45 m concrete |
The Daegu Airport ( Korean 대구 국제 공항 ) is an international airport and base of the South Korean Air Force about five kilometers east-northeast of the city of Daegu in the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do in South Korea . The airport is mainly used for domestic flights, but there are also connections to various destinations in China , Japan and Taiwan . The South Korean Air Force has the 11th Fighter Wing stationed here, the three flying squadrons are equipped with the McDonnell Douglas F- 15K. Daegu has been connected to the KTX high-speed network since 2004, which is why the number of passengers has halved between 2003 and 2013.
history
At the site of today's airport, an airfield was built during the Japanese occupation , which was taken over by the American armed forces after the end of the Second World War and was named "K2". After the attack by communist North Korea , the airfield was cleared during the battle for Taegu . During the landing at Incheon and the outbreak of the Allied forces from the bridgehead of Busan , the airfield was returned to service and repaired by the 822nd Engineer Aviation Battalion, covered with steel mesh and be extended to 1,700 meters. In May 1951, work began on removing the steel mats and building a concrete runway. In April 1961, the first civilian flights with DC-3 planes started to Seoul. International scheduled operations began in 1996: Korean Air started flying to Osaka from February . A new terminal building was erected in 2001 and the freight terminal and the new airport hotel went into operation one year later.
Incidents
- On May 26, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47D of the Greek Air Force ( registration number 49-2612 ) was flown into a mountain near Daegu Airport in low clouds. All five inmates died.
- June 13, 1991 was a Boeing 727-200 of the Korean Air (HL7350) landed at the airport Daegu, without the crew had previously extended the landing gear. She had not read the checklist prescribed before landing and had even switched off the landing gear warning horn using the associated one when it sounded on the approach. All 127 occupants survived the belly landing , but the aircraft was irreparably damaged.
Web links
- Official airport website (English)
- Aeronautical map for Daegu International Airport on SkyVector.com
- RKTN AD 2-1 chart (airfield map). (PDF) In: AIP Republic of Korea. Office of Civil Aviation. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport., December 22, 2016, accessed February 8, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c AD 2 RKTN Daegu International - TEXT. (PDF) In: AIP Republic of Korea. Office of Civil Aviation. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport., January 19, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017 .
- ^ Frank Futrell: The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953 . Air Force History & Museums Program, 1983, ISBN 9780912799711 , p. 89.
- ↑ Korea Airports Corporation: DAEGU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. In: www.airport.co.kr. Retrieved February 7, 2017 (English, timeline about the civil part of the airport).
- ↑ Air-Britain Aeromilitaria (English), June 2016, p. 57.
- ↑ accident report DC-3 Count 49-2612 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 28 October 2017th
- ^ Accident report B-727-200 HL7350 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on April 28, 2020.