Jungwon Air Base

Jungwon Air Base
IATA: JWO[1] – ICAO: RKTI
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	ROKAF
Operator	ROKAF
Location	Chungju, South Korea
Elevation AMSL	281 ft / 86 m
Coordinates	37°01′48″N 127°53′07″E / 37.03000°N 127.88528°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18R/34L 2,884 9,330 concrete 34R/16L 2,750 9,021 concrete
Source: DAFIF[2]

Jungwon Air Base (IATA: JWO, ICAO: RKTI) (sometimes K-75 Air Base or Choongwon Air Base) is located near Chungju city in North Chungcheong province, South Korea.

Units stationed

USAF airmen practice runway repair at Jungwon in 2009

The base is home to the ROKAF 19th Fighter Wing (제19전투비행단), comprising:

• 161st Fighter Squadron flying F-16C/D (Block32)
• 162nd Fighter Squadron flying F-16C/D (Block32)
• 155th Fighter Squadron flying KF-16C/D (Block52)
• 159th Fighter Squadron flying KF-16C/D (Block52)

Incidents and accidents

• 30 June 2003, F-16 made a hard landing, the pilot ejected successfully
• 27 January 2006, F-16C #85-1576 crashed shortly after takeoff, the pilot ejected successfully^[3]

References

1. "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
2. Airport information for RKTI at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
3. "Chronological listing of South Korean losses and ejections". Ejection-history.org.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

External links

• Media related to Jungwon Air Base at Wikimedia Commons