KPO

Pohang Airport (G-815/K-3)

ICAO RKTH35.9880°N 129.4204°E21 m / 70 ftMedium airport
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Pohang Airport (G-815/K-3) (IATA: KPO, ICAO: RKTH) is a medium airport in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province), South Korea. It opened in Feb 1970. It has one runway, 2,134 m (7,000 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 249 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1970–1970
FEB 1970
OpenedPohang Airport (G-815/K-3) opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
포항경주공항
10/28089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH2,134 m7,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2010–2022
324K
260K
262K
240K
112K
68K
98K
84K
94K
66K
159K
249K
101112131416171819202122

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers249K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,432of 3,974 · #470 Asia · #12 KRLongest runway2,134 m7,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,488of 29,823 · =1,030 Asia · #22 KRElevation21 m70 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,104of 43,341 · =2,469 Asia · #58 KRAgeOpened 19702026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,187of 15,079 · =337 Asia · =8 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

5 channels
A/DAPP/DEP124.250
ACPBRICKWALL120.000
ATISATIS128.725
GNDGND126.200
TWRTWR118.050