Sondok 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 ...

in Sŏndŏng-ni, Chŏngp'yŏng-gun, Hamgyong-namdo,

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 ...

History

During the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, it was designated as K-26 by the

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and was the target of one of Task Force 77's largest strikes during July 1953. In this airport YS-11 of Korean Air (leased plane from Japanese aircraft manufacturer) landed by hijacking in 1969

Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking The Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking occurred on 11 December 1969. The aircraft, a Korean Air Lines NAMC YS-11 flying a domestic route from Gangneung Airbase in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea to Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, was hijacked ...

). In 2002, Air Koryo operated services between Sondok Airport and Yangyang Airport in South Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 02/20 measuring 8210 x 164 feet (2502 x 50 m).Landings database page
"Landings.Com", accessed 25 Aug 2010 It has a full-length parallel taxiway and a large apron on the north side. It is home to a bomber regiment of 24

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jets, and 40 Antonov An-2s.GlobalSecurity.org
"Air Bases - North Korea", accessed 25 Aug 2010

Airlines and destinations

References

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