# Seoul Air Base (K-16) (SSN)

**Seoul Air Base (K-16)** (IATA: SSN) is a medium airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), South Korea. It opened in Feb 1971. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,957 m (9,700 ft). It is operated by Republic of Korea Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SSN / —
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Republic of Korea Air Force
- Serves: Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province), South Korea
- Opened: Feb 1971 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 28 m / 92 ft
- Coordinates: 37.4447, 127.1127
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,957 m / 9,700 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9 · Asia/Seoul
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul_Air_Base (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q492992
- Weather station: RKSM · WMO 47111
- Ident: RKSM

## Timeline

- Feb 1971: Seoul Air Base (K-16) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,957 m / 9,700 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 008° / 188° | yes |
| 01/19 | 2,743 m / 9,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Concrete | 359° / 179° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,957 m / 9,700 ft | #1,469 of 29,858 | #424 in Asia | #5 in KR |
| Elevation | 28 m / 92 ft | =37,206 of 43,403 | =2,341 in Asia | =52 in KR |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =342 in Asia | #10 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 | 123.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 136.950 |
| DEP | DEP | 121.150 |
| GCA | GCA | 136.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.850 |
| PMSV | PMSV | 62.450 |
| PTD | DRAGON OPS | 62.450 |
| TWR | TWR | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [SWU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksw.md) Suwon Airport · 25 km / 15 mi
- [GMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkss.md) Seoul Gimpo International Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [OSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkso.md) Osan Air Base · 40 km / 25 mi
- [RKSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksg.md) Camp Humphreys (A-511) Desiderio Army Airfield · 54 km / 34 mi
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [WJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rknw.md) Wonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46) · 75 km / 46 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: “Seoul Air Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seoul_Air_Base&oldid=1363078026), 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/rksm/data