Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)

ICAO RKTU36.7156°N 127.5003°E58 m / 191 ftLarge airport

Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (IATA: CJJ, ICAO: RKTU) is a large airport in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong Province), South Korea. It opened in 1978. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,743 m (9,000 ft). It is operated by Korea Airports Corporation. In 2022 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1978–1978

1978

OpenedCheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06R/24L052° / 232° · LIT

LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEConcrete

06L/24R052° / 232° · LIT

LENGTH2,743 m9,000 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022

1.3M

1.4M

1.7M

2.1M

2.7M

2.6M

2.5M

3.0M

2.0M

2.6M

3.2M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

25 destinations · 8 countries

Year-round21

Seasonal2

OBOTokachi-Obihiro AirportJapan · Aero K1,498 km931 mi CRKClark International Airport / Clark Air BasePhilippines · Aero K2,491 km1,548 mi

Seasonal charter1

UKBKobe AirportJapan · Aero K735 km457 mi

Cargo2

ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air125 km78 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Korean Air812 km505 mi

Most destinationsAero K 17Trinity Airways 9Eastar Jet 5Korean Air 3Asiana Airlines 1Jeju Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CJJ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Cheongju International Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers3.2M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#446of 3,974 · #131 Asia · #5 KR Longest 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 KR Elevation58 m191 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,157of 43,341 · =1,993 Asia · =41 KR AgeOpened 19782026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,725of 15,079 · =388 Asia · #14 KR Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =30 Asia · =3 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

7 channels

ACPBRICKWALL120.000

APPJUNGWON APP134.000

ATISATIS128.850

DEPJUNGWON DEP134.000

RKTU_GNDCheongju Intl Ground120.650

RKTU_TWRCheongju Intl Tower118.700

RKTU_APPCheongju Intl Approach134.000