Sacheon Airport 사천공항 | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||||||
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Location | Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Opened | 1977 | ||||||||||||||
Built | 1 November 1969 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 8 m / 26 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°05′18.75″N128°04′13.33″E / 35.0885417°N 128.0703694°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source:airport.kr.com [1] |
Sacheon Airport | |
Hangul | 사천공항 |
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Hanja | 泗川空港 |
Revised Romanization | Sacheon Gonghang |
McCune–Reischauer | Sach'ŏn Konghang |
Sacheon Airport( IATA :HIN, ICAO :RKPS) is an airport in Sacheon,South Gyeongsang Province,South Korea . It also serves the city of Jinju. The airport passenger service began in 1977 after years of delays. The airport has a small single storey terminal building for domestic flights. In 2011,143,483 passengers utilized the airport. Because Sacehon Airport is sharing with military,taking photograph or video of apron,runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.
Sacheon is a domestic airport with service from one airline. Direct flights are from Jeju and Seoul–Gimpo.
Airlines | Destinations |
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Jin Air | Seoul–Gimpo [2] |
Korean Air | Jeju [3] |
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Air traffic statistics | |||
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Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | |
2001 | 6,965 | 815,014 | 3,630 |
2002 | 6,485 | 544,860 | 2,900 |
2003 | 6,314 | 518,115 | 2,770 |
2004 | 4,865 | 447,231 | 2,887 |
2005 | 3,311 | 315,952 | 1,913 |
2006 | 2,442 | 224,792 | 1,582 |
2007 | 2,235 | 214,214 | 1,246 |
2008 | 2,322 | 204,359 | 1,156 |
2009 | 2,358 | 187,969 | 958 |
2010 | 1,983 | 160,704 | 786 |
2011 | 1,826 | 143,483 | 716 |
2012 | 1,788 | 138,195 | 653 |
2013 | 1,714 | 116,106 | 604 |
2014 | 1,802 | 124,792 | 631 |
2015 | 1,814 | 136,512 | 658 |
2016 | 1,822 | 150,728 | 700 |
2017 | 1,869 | 178,261 | 761 |
2018 | 1,912 | 182,686 | 812 |
2019 | 1,937 | 219,289 | 867 |
2020 | 320 | 27,433 | 114 |
2021 | 2 | 105 | 0 |
2022 | 1,350 | 139,657 | 320 |
2023 | 1,490 | 189,778 | 475 |
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics [4] |
Besides private cars and taxi, the airport is connected by buses(No.75 and No.95) to Jinju and Sacheon. The airport is accessed via Gonghangdero Expressway.
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