WJU

Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46)

ICAO RKNW37.4371°N 127.9601°E100 m / 329 ftMedium airport
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Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) (IATA: WJU, ICAO: RKNW) is a medium airport in Wonju, Gangwon Teukbyeoljachi-do (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), South Korea. It opened on 28 Feb 1997. It has one runway, 2,743 m (9,000 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 193 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1997–1997
28 FEB 1997
OpenedWonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N
03/21026° / 206° · LIT
LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022
72K
83K
80K
76K
75K
79K
82K
86K
111K
38K
132K
193K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers193K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,547of 3,974 · #509 Asia · #13 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 KRElevation100 m329 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,563of 43,341 · #1,713 Asia · #27 KRAgeOpened 19972026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=10,742of 15,079 · =519 Asia · #16 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

6 channels
ACPBRICKWALL120.000
APPAPP141.200
ATISATIS136.450
DEPDEP130.200
GCCDGND CLNC DEL27.580
TWRTWR126.200