Kyongsong-Chuul Airport
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Kyongsong-Chuul Airport is an airport
near Kyongsong
, Hamgyong-bukto, North Korea
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It is sited on the east coast of North Korea, a few miles north of the Orang Airport
and south of the city of Chongjin
.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
near Kyongsong
Kyongsong
Kyŏngsŏng is a kun, or county, on the central coast of North Hamgyong, North Korea. The administrative center is located in Kyŏngsŏng-ŭp.-Physical features:...
, Hamgyong-bukto, North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
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Facilities
The airfield has a single asphalt runway 13/31 measuring 3500 x 200 feet (1067 x 61 m).It is sited on the east coast of North Korea, a few miles north of the Orang Airport
Chongjin Airport
-Facilities:There is one runway in Chongjin Airport, originally 1,200m long, but which was extended to 2,000m. There are plans to further extend the runway to 4,000m to allow it to serve as a second international gateway to North Korea.-See also:...
and south of the city of Chongjin
Chongjin
Ch'ŏngjin is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyŏng Province and the country's third largest city. From 1960 to 1967 and again from 1977 to 1985, Ch'ŏngjin was administered separately from North Hamgyŏng as a Directly Governed City...
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