Muan International Airport 무안국제공항 | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||
Operator | Korea Airports Corporation | ||||||||||
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Location | Muan, South Jeolla, South Korea | ||||||||||
Opened | 8 November 2007 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 16 m / 52 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°59′29.06″N126°22′58.13″E / 34.9914056°N 126.3828139°E | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Muan International Airport | |
Hangul | 무안국제공항 |
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Hanja | 務安國際空港 |
Revised Romanization | Muan Gukje Gonghang |
McCune–Reischauer | Muan Kukche Konghang |
Muan International Airport( IATA :MWX, ICAO :RKJB) is an international airport in Muan County,South Jeolla Province,South Korea. Construction of the airport began in 1997 and the airport opened on November 9,2007. The airport serves the province of South Jeolla,especially the cities of Gwangju,Mokpo and Naju. It replaced the nearby Mokpo Airport and is expected to replace the nearby Gwangju Airport in the near future as well. In 2018,543,247 passengers used the airport. The airport is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation.
Airlines | Destinations |
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Bamboo Airways | Charter: Da Nang |
Beijing Capital Airlines | Huangshan [3] |
China United Airlines | Ordos [4] |
Hunnu Air | Ulaanbaatar |
Jeju Air | Jeju, [5] Kota Kinabalu (resumes 10 December 2024), [6] Nagasaki (begins 10 December 2024), [6] Yanji, [5] Zhangjiajie |
Jin Air | Jeju, [7] Osaka–Kansai (begins 2 December 2024), [8] Taipei–Taoyuan (begins 2 December 2024), [8] Tokyo–Narita (begins 2 December 2024), [8] Ulaanbaatar [9] |
Loong Air | Hangzhou |
Lucky Air | Lijiang [10] |
Sichuan Airlines | Zhangjiajie [11] |
StarFlyer | Charter: Kitakyushu |
VietJet Air | Da Nang [12] |
Vietnam Airlines | Charter: Da Nang,Hanoi,Nha Trang |
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Air traffic statistics | |||
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Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | |
2007 | 224 | 15,223 | 159 |
2008 | 1,841 | 130,014 | 1,173 |
2009 | 1,032 | 57,716 | 450 |
2010 | 1,058 | 47,727 | 907 |
2011 | 875 | 91,133 | 941 |
2012 | 923 | 96,166 | 957 |
2013 | 1,237 | 132,603 | 1,329 |
2014 | 1,499 | 178,414 | 1,738 |
2015 | 2,355 | 311,922 | 2,677 |
2016 | 2,330 | 321,675 | 2,751 |
2017 | 2,146 | 298,016 | 2,243 |
2018 | 3,818 | 543,247 | 3,890 |
2019 | 6,585 | 895,410 | 6,762 |
2020 | 930 | 112,938 | 1,013 |
2021 | 88 | 7,529 | 35 |
2022 | 192 | 29,394 | 352 |
2023 | 1,484 | 233,337 | 2,724 |
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics [13] |
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