Cheongju International Airport

Cheongju International Airport (Hangul: 청주국제공항; Hanja: 淸州國際空港; Revised Romanization: Cheongju Gukje Gonghang; McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang) (IATA: CJJ, ICAO: RKTU) is an international airport in Cheongwon-gu, South Korea. It also serves the cities of Daejeon and Sejong. In 2018, 2,453,649 passengers used the airport. It also houses the 17th fighter wing of the ROKAF. There is a railway station next to the airport, called Cheongju Airport station, which is on the Chungbuk Line.

Cheongju International Airport

청주국제공항
淸州國際空港

Cheongju Gukje Gonghang

Ch'ŏngju Kukche Konghang
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerRepublic of Korea Air Force
OperatorKorea Airports Corporation
ServesCity of Daejeon, Sejong City and North Chungcheong
LocationCheongwon-gu, Cheongju North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Opened28 April 1997 (1997-04-28)
Hub forAero K
Elevation AMSL191 ft / 58 m
Coordinates36°42′59″N 127°29′57″E
Websitewww.airport.co.kr
Map
CJJ
Location of airport in South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06R/24L 2,743 9,000 Concrete
06L/24R 2,743 9,000 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers3,009,051
Aircraft movements18,648
Tonnes of cargo18,918
Statistics from KAC[1]

Overview

Cheongju International Airport is located at Ipsang-ri (a township), Naesu-eup (읍; town), Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. A railway station is located nearby. It opened as a military airbase in September 1978, and in 1984, international airport construction began. The construction was completed in December 1996, and it was opened as Cheongju International Airport on April 28, 1997. During the mid 80's, Cheongju was selected as a possible site for Korea's main international airport before Incheon became the preferred location. It can process 1.23 million people from domestic flights and 1.15 million people from international flights annually, and the parking lots can hold 770 vehicles. In addition, airplanes can operate 196,000 times a year. There used to be flights to Busan and Saipan, but they were stopped due to low ridership. Currently, there are domestic flights to Jeju and international flights to China, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.[2] Because Cheongju Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.

Parking Facilities

It has a facility for parking 1,100 vehicles directly opposite to the passenger terminal. The facility is open between 6:30 and 22:00.[3]

Airlines, destinations, and air traffic

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aero K Jeju
Air Seoul Jeju[4]
Asiana Airlines Jeju
Bamboo Airways Seasonal charter: Quy Nhon[5]
China Eastern Airlines Weihai[6]
China Southern Airlines Yanji
Eastar Jet Da Nang,[7] Haikou, Hong Kong,[8] Macau,[8] Taipei–Taoyuan,[9] Yanji[10]
Jeju Air Guam,[11] Jeju, Osaka–Kansai,[11] Taipei–Taoyuan[12][13]
Seasonal: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[14]
Jin Air Jeju
Seasonal charter: Taipei–Taoyuan[15]
Korean Air Jeju
Sichuan Airlines Yantai,[16] Zhangjiajie[17]
Sky Angkor Airlines Charter: Siem Reap
Yakutia Airlines Seasonal: Khabarovsk,[18] Vladivostok[18]
Air traffic statistics
Aircraft operations Passenger volume Cargo tonnage
2015 14,153 2,118,492 19,802
2016 17,418 2,732,755 22,263
2017 15,825 2,571,551 19,213
2018 15,683 2,453,649 17,986
2019 18,648 1,503,528 18,918
2020 13,625 1,970,863 10,378
Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[19]

Ground transportation

Railway

There is a train station at Cheongju Airport but it is not on a main rail line, and the schedule is limited. KTX high speed train does not stop at Cheongju city but stops outside Cheongju at Osong Station. Train runs from Cheongju Airport to Osong takes 18 minutes, but it only runs every one to two hours (depending on time of day). From Osong to Seoul there is a frequent KTX train that takes slightly less than 1 hour. The total journey time on train from Cheongju Airport to Seoul is generally 1 hour 30 minutes, depending on the connecting time at Osong Station.[20]

Bus

In 2019, there are 13 express and conventional buses per day from Seoul's Central City Terminal and four buses from the COEX City Airport Terminal in southern Seoul. The buses takes 1 hour 20 minutes to 2 hours to get to Cheongju Airport.[20]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Cheongju Airport Archived September 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Airport parking Archived April 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "에어서울, 다음 달 청주~제주 신규 취항..."첫 지방 출발 노선"". Routesonline. 11 September 2020.
  5. "Quy Nhơn đón chuyến bay Bamboo Airways đầu tiên từ Cheongju, Hàn Quốc".
  6. "China Eastern adds new international routes from Weihai in May 2019". routesonline. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  7. Liu, Jim. "EastarJet adds Cheongju – Da Nang service from Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  8. Liu, Jim. "Eastar Jet adds Cheongju – Hong Kong / Macau service in W19". Routesonline. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  9. "EastarJet adds Cheongju – Taipei route from late-Sep 2018 | Routes".
  10. "EastarJet adds new routes to China in Sep 2019 | Routes".
  11. Jeju Air adds Osaka – Guam service from late-July 2018 Routesonline. 16 May 2018.
  12. "Jeju Air expands Taipei network from late-Dec 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  13. "Jeju Air plans 2 new routes in 1Q18". routesonline. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  14. "Jeju Air plans Cheongju – Bangkok service in W17". routesonline. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  15. "Jin Air adds Cheongju – Taipei charters in Nov 2017".
  16. Liu, Jim. "Sichuan Airlines adds Yantai – Cheongju service from late-Dec 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  17. "Sichuan Airlines adds Dayong – Korea routes in W19". routesonline. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  18. Liu, Jim (24 March 2017). "Yakutia adds scheduled Cheongju service in S17". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  19. "Air Traffic Statistics". Incheon International Airport. Archived from the original on 2020-01-14. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  20. "Cheongju Airport: LCC Aero K launches its new hub".
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