Hwangsuwon Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Serves | Kimhyonggwon, North Korea | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,832 ft / 1,168 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°40′54.40″N128°09′00.00″E / 40.6817778°N 128.1500000°E | ||||||||||
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Hwangsuwon Airport | |
Chosŏn'gŭl | 황수원비행장 |
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Hancha | |
Revised Romanization | Hwangsuwon bihaengjang |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwangsuwŏn pihaengjang |
Hwangsuwon Airport is an airport near Hwangsuwol-li in Kimhyonggwon-gun,Ryanggang-do,North Korea.
The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 9500 x 150 feet (2896 x 46 m). [1] It is sited in a valley and has a full-length parallel taxiway with two aprons at the ends. It is also unique in that a taxiway leads nearly 2.8 kilometers to the south-southwest,accessing dispersed aprons. It is home to a fighter regiment of 44 MiG-21 jets. [2]