Hyesan Airfield

Hyesan Airfield
IATA: N/A – ICAO: N/A – FAA LID: N/A
Summary
Airport type Military
Serves Hyesan, North Korea
Elevation AMSL 2,343 ft / 714 m
Coordinates 41°22′41.00″N 128°12′18.50″E / 41.3780556°N 128.2051389°E / 41.3780556; 128.2051389
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 4,540 1,384 Gravel

Hyesan Airfield is an airport near Hyesan, Ryanggang-do, North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single gravel runway 06/24 measuring 4540 x 105 feet (1384 x 32 m).[1] However, another source reports it as 5282 x 206 feet (1610 x 63 m).[2]

It is sited near the northern border with China. The facility was extensively improved in 1971, and there may have been further plans to pave the airfield, based on the continued presence of construction vehicles.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Landings database page "Landings.Com", accessed 10 Aug 2010,
  2. 1 2 GlobalSecurity.org "Air Bases - Hyesan", accessed 10 Aug 2010,


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