Uiju Airfield (IATA: UJU, ICAO: ZKUJ) is an airport in Uiju County, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Uiju, North Korea | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 32 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°09′06.20″N 124°29′54.80″E / 40.1517222°N 124.4985556°E | ||||||||||
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 의주비행장 |
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| Hancha | |
| Revised Romanization | Uiju bihaengjang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŭiju pihaengjang |
Facilities
editThe airfield has a single concrete runway 05/23 measuring 8180 x 174 feet (2493 x 53 m).[2] It is sited in the Yalu River plain, a few miles northeast of the Chinese city of Dandong. It is also a few miles northeast of Sinuiju Airport. It has a full-length parallel taxiway, and several taxiways that access dispersed aircraft stands.
Tenants
editThe airfield is home to the Korean People's Army Air Force's 24th Bomber Regiment, which has at least 32 Harbin H-5 (Ilyushin Il-28) bombers on site as of 2010.
In 2021 the airfield was converted to a cargo decontamination facility for containers brought in by freight trains from China.[3]
In October 2024, 31 H-5 bombers were spotted on satellite having returned to the airfield, along with several other H-5 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 that were likely not airworthy.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Landings database page Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine "Landings.Com", accessed 06 Aug 2010
- ^ Davies, Christian (2021-11-15). "North Korea building project points to reopening of border with China". Financial Times. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ^ Williams, Peter Makowsky, Martyn (2024-10-07). "Uiju Military Airfield Welcomes Back Bombers - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea". 38 North. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
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