# Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base (HIN / RKPS)

**Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base** (IATA: HIN, ICAO: RKPS) is a medium airport in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province), South Korea. It opened in 1977. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,743 m (9,000 ft). In 2022 it handled 140 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HIN / RKPS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province), South Korea
- Opened: 1977 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 8 m / 25 ft
- Coordinates: 35.0886, 128.0717
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,743 m / 9,000 ft
- Passengers: 139,657 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Seoul
- Website: http://www.airport.co.kr/doc/sacheon_eng/etc/sitemap.jsp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacheon_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488355
- Weather station: RKPS · WMO 47161
- Ident: RKPS

## Timeline

- 1977: Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06R/24L | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 056° / 236° | yes |
| 06L/24R | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 055° / 235° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 143,483 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 138,195 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 116,106 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 124,792 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 136,512 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 150,728 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 178,261 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 182,686 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 219,289 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 27,433 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 105 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 139,657 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpc.md) Jeju International Airport · South Korea · 228 km / 142 mi · Korean Air
- [GMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkss.md) Seoul Gimpo International Airport · South Korea · 298 km / 185 mi · SUM Air, Jin Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- XUM [SUM Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sum-air) · 1

### Passenger (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 140K (2022) | #1,690 of 3,974 | #551 in Asia | #14 in KR |
| Longest runway | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | =1,801 of 29,858 | =539 in Asia | =11 in KR |
| Elevation | 8 m / 25 ft | =40,896 of 43,403 | =2,845 in Asia | #75 in KR |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =377 in Asia | #13 in KR |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =3 in KR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACP | BRICKWALL | 120.000 |
| APP | APP | 119.725 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 132.350 |
| DEP | DEP | 119.725 |
| GND | GND | 27.580 |
| RDR | RAPCON | 119.725 |
| TWR | TWR | 130.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [RSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkjy.md) Yeosu Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [PUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpk.md) Gimhae International Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [TAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rktn.md) Daegu International Airport · 104 km / 65 mi
- [KWJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkjj.md) Gwangju Airport · 115 km / 72 mi
- [USN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpu.md) Ulsan Airport · 129 km / 80 mi
- [KR-1109](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kr-1109.md) Naju Juksanbo Airfield · 133 km / 83 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: “Sacheon Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sacheon_Airport&oldid=1363075827), 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/rkps/data