Muan International Airport

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Muan International Airport

무안국제공항
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Operator Korea Airports Corporation
Serves
Location Muan, South Jeolla, South Korea
Opened8 November 2007;16 years ago (2007-11-08)
Elevation  AMSL 16 m / 52 ft
Coordinates 34°59′29.06″N126°22′58.13″E / 34.9914056°N 126.3828139°E / 34.9914056; 126.3828139
Website www.airport.co.kr/muaneng/index.do
Map
South Korea adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
MWX/RKJB
Location of airport in South Korea
Muan International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/192,8009,186 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers895,410
Aircraft movements6,585
Cargo tonnage6,762
Source:airport.kr.com [1] [2]
Annual passenger traffic at MWX airport. See Wikidata query.
Air traffic statistics
Aircraft operationsPassenger volumeCargo tonnage
200722415,223159
20081,841130,0141,173
20091,03257,716450
20101,05847,727907
201187591,133941
201292396,166957
20131,237132,6031,329
20141,499178,4141,738
20152,355311,9222,677
20162,330321,6752,751
20172,146298,0162,243
20183,818543,2473,890
20196,585895,4106,762
2020930112,9381,013
2021887,52935
202219229,394352
20231,484233,3372,724
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics [13]

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