Panghyon Airport (also written Banghyon airfield) 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 Panghyŏn-dong in

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, Pyongan-bukto,

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Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 13/31, measuring 8500 x 180 feet (3277 x 55 m). Landings database page
"Landings.Com", accessed 13 Aug 2010, It has a full-length parallel taxiway and other taxiways leading to hangars. Earth revetments are located along the parallel taxiway. Some aeronautical charts show a second north–south runway;
"Air Bases - Panghyon", accessed 13 Aug 2010, however it may just be a taxiway.

Missile Base

In December 2016, U.S. analysts reported that a missile base had been constructed approximately 13 miles from the airport, and was possibly the site for

Hwasong-10 The Hwasong-10 (), also known by the names BM-25 and Musudan (), is a mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. Hwasong-10 was first revealed to the international community in a military parade on 10 October 2010 cel ...

missiles tests in October. It is also the site of North Korea's first successful test-launch of the

Hwasong-14 The Hwasong-14 (), also known under alternative US designation codename KN-20, is a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile developed by North Korea. It had its maiden flight on 4 July 2017, which coincided with the United States' Independen ...

, the country's first

intercontinental ballistic missile An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapons c ...

, on July 4, 2017.

References

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