KWJ

Gwangju Airport

ICAO RKJJ35.1232°N 126.8054°E12 m / 39 ftMedium airport
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Gwangju Airport (IATA: KWJ, ICAO: RKJJ) is a medium airport in Gwangju, Gwangju-gwangyeoksi (Gwangju Metropolitan City), South Korea. It opened in Nov 1964. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,835 m (9,300 ft). It is operated by Korea Airports Corporation. In 2022 it handled 2.1 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1964–2014
NOV 1964
OpenedGwangju Airport opens.
17 JUL 2014
DisasterQ17685675.5 killed
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
04R/22L030° / 210° · LIT
LENGTH2,835 m9,300 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete
04L/22R032° / 212° · LIT
LENGTH2,835 m9,300 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.4M
1.4M
1.3M
1.3M
1.6M
1.6M
1.9M
2.0M
2.0M
1.7M
2.2M
2.1M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAsiana Airlines 2Korean Air 1Jeju Air 1Jin Air 1Trinity Airways 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KWJ. From the Wikipedia article “Gwangju Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.1M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#562of 3,974 · #168 Asia · #7 KRLongest runway2,835 m9,300 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,571of 29,823 · #450 Asia · #7 KRElevation12 m39 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,820of 43,341 · =2,712 Asia · =67 KRAgeOpened 19642026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,263of 15,079 · =301 Asia · #5 KRRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =3 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

Radio frequencies

7 channels
APPAPP130.000
ARRGWANJU ARRIVAL132.250
ATISATIS128.875
DEPDEP124.000
EMREMR121.500
GNDGND118.050
TWRTWR126.200