KUV

Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base

ICAO RKJK35.9038°N 126.6160°E9 m / 29 ftMedium airport
On the map
Kunsan air base with F-16s
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Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base (IATA: KUV, ICAO: RKJK) is a medium airport in Gunsan, Jeonbuk Teukbyeoljachi-do (North Jeolla Special Self-Governing Province), South Korea. It opened on 14 Dec 1992. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 410 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1992–1992
14 DEC 1992
OpenedGunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
군산공항
18/36169° / 349° · LIT
LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022
172K
161K
175K
154K
205K
232K
226K
292K
307K
110K
280K
410K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km50 mi100 mi150 miCJU · Jeju International Airport · 266 km / 165 miCJUKUV
Most destinationsJin Air 1Eastar Jet 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KUV. From the Wikipedia article “Gunsan Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers410K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,199of 3,974 · #389 Asia · #10 KRLongest runway2,743 m9,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,801of 29,823 · =541 Asia · =11 KRElevation9 m29 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,584of 43,341 · =2,810 Asia · #72 KRAgeOpened 19922026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,004of 15,079 · =471 Asia · #15 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

Radio frequencies

10 channels
ACPAMC COMD POST/TACC120.000
APPAPP124.100
ATISATIS120.225
CLDCLNC DEL133.750
DEPDEP124.100
GNDGND123.500
PMSVPMSV METRO34.650
POSTCOMD POST27.720
PTDPTD132.250
TWRTWR126.500