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{{short description|Airport in Gunsan, South Korea}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Gunsan Airport
| nativename = 군산공항<br>群山空港
| nativename-a = Gunsan Gonghang
| nativename-r = Kunsan Konghang
| image =
| IATA = KUV
| ICAO = RKJK
|pushpin_map= South Korea
|pushpin_mapsize=230
|pushpin_mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg
|pushpin_label=KUV
|coordinates = {{coord|35|55|33.46|N|126|36|56.4|E|display=inline,title}}
|pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in South Korea
| type = Public / Military
| owner = [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (South Korea)|Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport]]
| operator =
<div>
* [[Korea Airports Corporation]]
* [[Republic of Korea Air Force]]
* [[United States Air Force]]
</div>
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1970|08|p=yes}}
| city-served =
| location = [[Gunsan]], [[North Jeolla Province]], [[South Korea]]
| elevation-f = 29
| elevation-m = 9
| website = {{URL|http://gunsan.airport.co.kr/eng/index.jsp}}
| metric-rwy = Yes
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-m = 2,743
| r1-length-f = 9,000
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| stat-year = 2019
| stat1-header = Aircraft movements
| stat1-data = 1,955
| stat2-header = Passengers
| stat2-data = 306,518
| stat3-header = Cargo Tonnage
| stat3-data = 1,614
| footnotes = Sources: airport.kr.com,<ref name="WAD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do|title = Incheon International Airport}}</ref> Korea Airports Corp.<ref name="KAC">[http://kac.airport.co.kr/eng/airnat/airstat/act_airport_view.jsp Air Traffic by Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083750/http://kac.airport.co.kr/eng/airnat/airstat/act_airport_view.jsp |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref>
}}

'''Gunsan Airport''' ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=군산공항|hanja=群山空港}}) {{airport codes|KUV|RKJK}} is an [[airport]] serving [[Gunsan]], a [[Administrative divisions of South Korea|city]] in the [[North Jeolla Province]] in [[South Korea]]. In 2019, 306,518 passengers used the airport.<ref name="KAC"/> It shares its runway with '''[[Kunsan Air Base]]''', which uses the same IATA and ICAO codes. Because Gunsan Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

== History ==
The routes between Seoul and Gunsan were opened in August 1970, but the airport was closed in 1974 due to the first oil shock, but the construction of the civil harbor facility started in November 1991 and reopened on December 14, 1992. On December 14, 1992, Korean Air (Korean Air) opened a new route to Seoul, Gunsan, Gunsan, and Jeju Island and was operated by Asiana Airlines in June 1996, but Asiana Airlines was suspended from service in October 2001. Since November 1992, it has been managed by the Gunsan Branch of the Korea Airport Corporation. As of 2004, the Gunsan - Jeju route will be operated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view&MAS_IDX=101013000771663|title=군산공항|website=www.doopedia.co.kr|language=ko|access-date=2018-04-29}}</ref>

==Facilities==
The airport is at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|29|ft|1}} above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 18/36 with a [[concrete]] surface measuring {{convert|9000|x|150|ft|1}}.<ref name="WAD" />

==Airlines and destinations==

{{Airport-dest-list
| [[Jin Air]] | [[Jeju International Airport|Jeju]]<ref name="NewOpening">{{cite news|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200929152600003?input=1195m|title=진에어·제주항공, 제주 노선 신규 취항…매일 2회 운항|language=Korean|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=KUV}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"; style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
! colspan="4" |Air traffic statistics
|-
!
!Aircraft operations
!Passenger volume
!Cargo tonnage
|-
!2001
|'''3,151'''
|244,573
|'''2,588'''
|-
!2002
|1,728
|152,254
|2,259
|-
!2003
|1,388
|150,635
|2,138
|-
!2004
|1,366
|132,446
|1,724
|-
!2005
|1,366
|163,779
|1,648
|-
!2006
|1,194
|155,207
|1,944
|-
!2007
|1,109
|133,242
|1,571
|-
!2008
|782
|99,669
|1,456
|-
!2009
|1,324
|156,402
|1,543
|-
!2010
|1,387
|174,638
|1,610
|-
!2011
|1,398
|172,327
|1,633
|-
!2012
|1,350
|161,009
|1,485
|-
!2013
|1,444
|175,492
|1,451
|-
!2014
|1,205
|154,189
|1,046
|-
!2015
|1,432
|205,438
|1,301
|-
!2016
|1,427
|232,132
|1,320
|-
!2017
|1,420
|225,797
|1,267
|-
!2018
|1,798
|291,941
|1,636
|-
!2019
|1,955
|306,518
|1,674
|-
!2020
|1,012
|109,800
|551
|-
!2021
|2,404
|280,197
|1,430
|-
!2022
|2,681
|'''409,738'''
|2,101
|-
| colspan="4" |''Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Air Traffic Statistics|url=https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do|url-status=live|access-date=23 July 2023|website=Incheon International Airport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114133303/https://www.airport.kr/co/en/cpr/statisticOfLocalAirport.do |archive-date=2020-01-14 }}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Kunsan Air Base]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141226060351/http://www.airport.co.kr/mbs/gunsaneng/ Official site (in English)]
{{Airports in South Korea}}

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[[Category:Airports in South Korea]]
[[Category:Gunsan]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in North Jeolla Province]]
[[Category:Airports established in 1970]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in South Korea]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in South Korea]]

Gunsan Airport - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 04:34, 4 September 2023