MWX

Muan International Airport

ICAO RKJB34.9914°N 126.3828°E11 m / 35 ftLarge airport
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Muan International Airport (IATA: MWX, ICAO: RKJB) is a large airport in Muan (Piseo-ri), Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province), South Korea. It opened in 2007. It has one runway, 2,800 m (9,186 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Korea Airports Corporation. In 2022 it handled 29 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 2007–2024
2007
OpenedMuan International Airport opens.
29 DEC 2024
DisasterJeju Air Flight 2216.179 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
무안국제공항
01/19014° / 194° · LIT
LENGTH2,800 m9,186 ftWIDTH—SURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022
91K
96K
133K
178K
312K
322K
298K
543K
895K
113K
8K
29K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

9 destinations · 7 countries
Most destinationsJin Air 5Jeju Air 4VietJet Air 1Lao Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MWX. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Muan International Airport” (revision of 29 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers29K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,299of 3,974 · #713 Asia · #15 KRLongest runway2,800 m9,186 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,614of 29,823 · =459 Asia · #8 KRElevation11 m35 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,064of 43,341 · =2,741 Asia · =70 KRAgeOpened 20072026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=12,381of 15,079 · =622 Asia · #19 KRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =185 Asia · =18 KR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record