Sunchon Airport

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Sunchon Airport (순천비행장) is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea. It is 28mi or 45km northwest of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 15/33 that used to measure 8150 x 157 feet (2484 x 48 m). According to another source, it was recently expanded to 9186ft in length (2800m), with a possible extra 1300ft (~400m) extension being cleared. It has a full-length parallel taxiway with two aprons at the ends. One taxiway leads to possible underground storage. It is home to the 55th fighter regiment of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-25 jets.

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