Kaechon Airport is an
airport
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 ...
near
Kaechon
Kaech'ŏn or Kaechon ( , ; Hangul: , Hanja: ) is a city in South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.
Geography
The Myohyangsan, Changansan, Ch'ŏnsŏngsan, and Ch'ŏngryongsan mountain ranges come together in Kaech'ŏn. The highest peak is Paekt' ...
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Pyongannam-do,
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 ...
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Facilities
The airfield has a single concrete runway 05/23 measuring 8180 x 190 feet (2493 x 58 m).
[ Landings database page](_blank)
"Landings.Com", accessed 12 Aug 2010,
"Air Bases - Kaechon", accessed 12 Aug 2010, It has a parallel taxiway with earth aircraft revetments, and other taxiways leading southwest to tunnels in a nearby hill.
References
Airports in North Korea
South Pyongan
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