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

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rknw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WJU / RKNW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Wonju, Gangwon Teukbyeoljachi-do (Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province), South Korea
- Opened: 28 Feb 1997 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 100 m / 329 ft
- Coordinates: 37.4371, 127.9601
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Passengers: 193,239 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Seoul
- Website: https://www.airport.co.kr/wonjueng/index.do
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonju_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q623400
- Weather station: RKNW · WMO 47114
- Ident: RKNW

## Timeline

- 28 Feb 1997: Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 026° / 206° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 72,226 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 82,759 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 79,716 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 76,150 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 75,146 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 78,567 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 81,560 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 85,725 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 111,485 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 37,729 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 132,339 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 193,239 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpc.md) Jeju International Airport · South Korea · 456 km / 283 mi · Jin Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from WJU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LJ [Jin Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jin-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 193K (2022) | #1,547 of 3,974 | #507 in Asia | #13 in KR |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | =11 in KR |
| Elevation | 100 m / 329 ft | =30,606 of 43,403 | #1,711 in Asia | #27 in KR |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =518 in Asia | #16 in KR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =18 in KR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACP | BRICKWALL | 120.000 |
| APP | APP | 141.200 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 136.450 |
| DEP | DEP | 130.200 |
| GCCD | GND CLNC DEL | 27.580 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [JWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkti.md) Jungwon Air Base/Chungju Airport · 46 km / 28 mi
- [SSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksm.md) Seoul Air Base (K-16) · 75 km / 46 mi
- [SWU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksw.md) Suwon Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [CJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rktu.md) Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) · 90 km / 56 mi
- [OSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkso.md) Osan Air Base · 91 km / 56 mi
- [YNY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkny.md) Yangyang International Airport · 93 km / 58 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Wonju Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wonju_Airport&oldid=1363087950), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rknw/data