Muan Airport
| 무안 국제 공항 Muan International Airport Muan Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RKJB |
| IATA code | MWX |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 16 m (52 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 20 km north of Mokpo |
| Local transport | hourly bus connection |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Korea Airports Corporation |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 178,249 (2014) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 01/19 | 2800 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Muan Airport ( Korean 무안 국제 공항 , Eng. Muan International Airport ) was substituted for the airport Mokpo built. There were security concerns about this airport. The weather there was often very foggy and it only had a narrow runway. On July 26, 1993, Asiana Airlines flight 733 came to a CFIT ( Controlled flight into terrain ), with 66 passengers and 2 crew members killed.
Nevertheless, the construction of the new airport took from December 1999 to November 2007, almost eight years. In the future there are plans to move international flights from Gwangju Airport to Muan as well. The South Korean island of Jeju can currently be reached from this airport . International destinations are Da Nang in Vietnam, Taipei in Taiwan, Beijing and Shanghai in China and Kitakyushu in Japan.
Web links
- History of the airport on the side of the operator
- Aeronautical map for Muan International Airport on SkyVector.com
- RKJB AD 2.24 Chart - 1 (2-1) AD CHART (228) (airfield map). (PDF) In: AIP Republic of Korea. Office of Civil Aviation. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport., December 22, 2016, accessed February 9, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ AD 2 RKJB Muan International - TEXT. (PDF) In: AIP Republic of Korea. Office of Civil Aviation. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport., January 19, 2017, accessed February 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Korea Airports Corporation: MUAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. In: www.airport.co.kr. Retrieved February 9, 2017 (timeline over the civil part of the airport).