Sacheon Airport is an airport in

Sacheon Sacheon () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Sacheon's chief fame comes from its being the site of two naval battles in the Seven Year War. The city as it now exists results from the merging of Sacheon-gun and Samcheonpo-si in ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. It also serves the city of

Jinju Jinju () is a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It was the location of the first (1592) and second (1593) Sieges of Jinju by Japanese forces during the Imjin War. The Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command is ...

. The airport passenger service began in 1977 after years of delays. The airport has a small single storey terminal building for domestic flights. In 2011, 143,483 passengers utilized the airpor

Because Sacehon Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

Airlines and destinations

Sacheon is a domestic airport with service from one airline. Direct flights are from Jeju International Airport, Jeju and

Seoul-Gimpo Gimpo International Airport (), commonly known as Gimpo Airport , formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Central District of Seoul. Gimpo was the main interna ...

Transportation

Besides private cars and taxi, the airport is connected by buses(No.75 and No.95) to Jinju and Sacheon. The airport is accessed via Gonghangdero Expressway.

Tenants

Hi Air Hi Air Co., Ltd(하이에어), operating as Hi Air, is a regional airline in South Korea that was founded in 2017 and began operations in December 2019. The airline's first route started was between Ulsan and Seoul. In June 2020 it purchased tw ...

The airport is also the home of

Korea Aerospace Industries Korea Aerospace Industries (Korean: 한국항공우주산업, Hanja: 韓國航空宇宙産業) (KAI) is a South Korean aerospace and defense company. It was originally established as a joint venture of Samsung Aerospace, Daewoo Heavy Industries' ...

, which manufactures military aircraft, and satellites. The T-50 trainers used by the Sacheon Air Base are manufactured by the company on the north side of the airport.

Air Base

Korean War

During the Korean War the USAF designated the base K-4. The Base was used as part of the USAF's

Bout One Bout One Project was an operation undertaken during the Korean War by U.S. Air Force to train South Korean pilots to fly F-51 Mustang fighters. On June 27, 1950, as part of the project, a special unit was formed in Japan under Major Dean Hess, w ...

project to train South Korean pilots to fly the F-51 in 1950. The ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing was formed at the base in 1951.

Postwar

The

Republic of Korea Air Force The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF; ko, 대한민국 공군; RR: ''Daehanminguk Gong-gun''), also known as the ROK Air Force or South Korean Air Force, is the aerial warfare service branch of South Korea, operating under the Ministry of N ...

operates from Sacheon using trainers and test aircraft at Jinju, which is home to the

Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command A republic () is a "sovereign state, state in which Power (social and political), power rests with the people or their Representative democracy, representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of gov ...

since 1998. Hangars for the trainers are found on the north and south sides of the airport. * 3rd Flying Training Wing ** 213 Flight Training Squadron ** 215 Flight Training Squadron ** 217 Flight Training Squadron ** 236 Flight Training Squadron * 52 Test Evaluation Group ** 281 Test Evaluation Squadron * Basic Military Training Wing * Air Force Aviation Science High School * Air Force Technical School On 13 November 2003 a

KAI KT-1 The KAI KT-1 Woongbi (Hangul: KT-1 웅비) is a South Korean single-engined turboprop, basic training aircraft. It was jointly developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and the Agency for Defence Development (ADD). Development Origins The ...

crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ejected safely while the trainee was killed.

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(in English) {{authority control Airports in South Korea Transport in South Gyeongsang Province Korean War air bases Airports established in 1969 1969 establishments in South Korea