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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
has built dozens of reserve
airstrips An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for publi ...
along highways and ordinary roads. These airfields are little more than widened sections of pavement that appear to be for emergency or backup use only and may not normally support operations. They are listed as "Highway" or " Highway Strip".Landings Database
"Landings.com", accessed 12 Aug 10
"Air Bases - North Korea", accessed 12 Aug 2010


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List of airports in North Korea This is a list of airports in North Korea. North Korea is a country in Northeast Asia, which may have as many as 78 usable airfields, , Federal Research Service, Library of Congress, May 2005. although the state's secrecy makes it difficult to ...
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Transport in North Korea Transport in North Korea is constrained by economic problems and government restrictions. Public transport predominates, and most of it is electrified. Restrictions on freedom of movement Travel to North Korea is tightly controlled. The standard r ...


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North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
Airports, highway strips