Daegu International Airport

Daegu International Airport
대구국제공항
大邱國際空港
Daegu Gukje Gonghang
Taegu Kukche Konghang
IATA: TAE – ICAO: RKTN
Summary
Airport type Military/Public
Operator Korea Airports Coorporation, Republic of Korea Airforce
Serves Daegu
Location Dong District, Daegu, South Korea
Elevation AMSL 116 ft / 35 m
Coordinates 35°53′39″N 128°39′32″E / 35.89417°N 128.65889°E / 35.89417; 128.65889Coordinates: 35°53′39″N 128°39′32″E / 35.89417°N 128.65889°E / 35.89417; 128.65889
Website www.airport.co.kr/mbs/daegueng/
Map
TAE
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13L/31R 3,124 10,250 Concrete
13R/31L 3,374 11,070 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Aircraft movements 10,997
Passengers 1,084,585
Sources: World Aero Data[1]
Korea Airports Corporation[2]

Daegu International Airport (Hangul: 대구국제공항; Hanja: 大邱國際空港; Revised Romanization: Daegu Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Taegu Kukche Konghang) (IATA: TAE, ICAO: RKTN) is primarily a domestic airport in the city of Daegu, South Korea. In 2013, 1,084,585 passengers used the airport. The airfield also is a military base with ROKAF's 11th Fighter Wing based; its three squadrons are flying F-15K.

Overview

The airport chiefly has domestic flights with a small number of international flights. While the airport serves a growing metro area with more than 2.5 million residents, passenger numbers at Daegu airport have been declining since 2004, the year KTX highspeed rail reached Daegu. The 2013 number of about 1.1 million is half the number of passengers that were using the airport before 2003.

Passenger facilities

By adopting an arrangement concept symbolizing Ouga (The song of five friends: water, rock, pine tree, bamboo, and moon) by Yun Seon Do and the shape of a flying crane, the terminal has a small but comfortable environment. The parking lot at the airport can accommodate about 1,097 cars and has a fully automatic parking system; it opens from 6 am to 10 pm.[3]

Access

The airport is 1.34 km from Ayanggyo Station (Daegu Subway Line 1) and can be reached by bus or taxi.

Daegu Airport interior

Airlines and destinations

The following destinations are directly served from Daegu.[4]

Passenger

Domestic

AirlinesDestinations
Asiana Airlines Jeju
Jeju Air Jeju
Korean Air Jeju, Seoul-Incheon
T'way Airlines Jeju

International

AirlinesDestinations
Air China Beijing-Capital
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai-Pudong
Jeju Air Beijing-Capital
Okay Airways Seasonal: Tianjin (begins 16 May 2016)[5]
T'way Airlines Guam,[6] Osaka-Kansai, Shanghai-Pudong
Tigerair Taiwan Taipei-Taoyuan (begins 5 May 2016)[7]

History

Taegu Airfield was originally developed during the Japanese Imperial period.

Korean War

At the outbreak of the Korean War the airfield comprised a dirt and gravel runway and two concrete buildings.[8] The airfield was designated by the USAF as K-2.

The airfield was used as part of the Bout One project – an emergency program to train Republic of Korea Air Force pilots to fly the F-51 Mustang fighter. The Bout One planes provided close air support to the U.S. 24th Infantry Division throughout July 1950.[9] The Bout One force was redesignated as the 51st Fighter Squadron (Provisional) on 10 July[10] and merged into the 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 4 August.[11]

The existing dirt and gravel runway was improved by the 822nd Engineer Aviation Battalion commencing on 18 July and the Battalion subsequently prepared a parallel 5,000 feet (1,500 m) PSP runway by 7 August.[12]

USAF units based at Taegu from July–August 1950 included:

Taegu Airfield was abandoned in the face of Korean People's Army assault on Taegu in mid-August 1950, but USAF units began reoccuppying the base on 23 September 1950.[14] The 822nd Battalion had returned to Taegu on 17 September and soon resurfaced the original dirt and gravel runway with PSP and extended its length to 5,700 feet (1,700 m).[15]

USAF units based at Taegu from September 1950 included:[15]

In May 1951, the 930th Engineer Aviation Group began rehabilitating the PSP runway and then began building a 9,000 feet (2,700 m) concrete runway.[16]

Postwar

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for RKTN at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. ↑ Air Traffic by Airport
  3. ↑ Information for parking lot
  4. ↑ List of Destinations from Daegu
  5. ↑ "Okay Airways Plans Tianjin – Daegu Service in late-May 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.twayair.com/Company/Report/View.aspx?seq=187
  7. ↑ "tigerair Taiwan Adds Taipei – Daegu Service from May 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Futrell, Frank (1983). The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953. Air Force History & Museums Program. p. 89. ISBN 9780912799711.
  9. ↑ Futrell, p.89-90
  10. 1 2 3 4 Futrell, p.95
  11. ↑ Futrell, p.112
  12. ↑ Futrell, p.110
  13. ↑ Futrell, p.106
  14. ↑ Futrell, p.176
  15. 1 2 Futrell, p.177
  16. ↑ Futrell, p.395

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