Airport in North Chungcheong, South Korea
Cheongju International Airport
청주국제공항
Summary Airport type Public / Military Owner Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Operator Serves Daejeon ,Sejong City ,North Chungcheong Location Cheongwon-gu ,Cheongju ,North Chungcheong Province ,South Korea Opened 28 April 1997; 28 years ago (1997-04-28 ) Operating base for Built September 1978; 47 years ago (1978-09 ) Elevation AMSL 191 ft / 58 m Coordinates 36°42′59″N 127°29′57″E / 36.71639°N 127.49917°E /36.71639; 127.49917 Website www Map Location of airport in South Korea
Runways Statistics (2024) Passengers 4,579,221 Aircraft movements 18,648 Tonnes of cargo 18,918
Statistics from KAC[ 1]
Cheongju International Airport Hangul 청주국제공항
Hanja 淸州國際空港
RR Cheongju gukjegonghang MR Ch'ŏngju kukchegonghang
Cheongju International Airport (IATA :CJJ ,ICAO :RKTU international airport inCheongwon-gu ,Cheongju ,South Korea . It also serves the cities ofDaejeon andSejong . In 2024, 4,579,221 passengers used the airport. It also houses the 17th fighter wing of theROKAF (F-35A fighters). There is Cheongju Int'l Airport railway station next to the airport, called Cheongju Airport station, which is on theChungbuk Line .
Cheongju International Airport is located at Ipsang-ri (a township), Naesu-eup (읍; town), Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. A railwaystation 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 beforeIncheon 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 toChina ,Japan ,Taiwan , andThailand .[ 2]
Airlines and destinations [ edit ] Airlines Destinations Aero K Cebu ,[ 3] Da Nang ,[ 4] Hiroshima ,[ 5] Ibaraki ,[ 6] Jeju ,Kitakyushu ,[ 5] Nagoya–Centrair ,[ 7] Naha ,[ 8] Osaka–Kansai ,[ 9] Penghu ,[ 10] Sapporo–Chitose ,[ 6] Taipei–Taoyuan ,[ 11] Tokyo–Narita ,[ 12] Ulaanbaatar [ 13] [ 14] Seasonal: Clark ,[ 15] Obihiro [ 16] Seasonal charter: Kobe (begins 25 February 2026)[ 17] Asiana Airlines Jeju [ 18] Eastar Jet Harbin ,[ 19] Jeju ,[ 20] Phu Quoc ,[ 21] Shanghai–Pudong ,Shenyang ,Taipei–Taoyuan ,[ 22] [ 23] Yanji ,Zhangjiajie [ 24] Hunnu Air Mörön [ 25] Jeju Air Jeju Jin Air Jeju Korean Air Jeju [ 26] Loong Air Zhangjiajie [ 27] Sichuan Airlines Zhangjiajie [ 28] T'way Air [ 29] Da Nang ,[ 30] Denpasar ,[ 31] Fukuoka ,[ 32] Jeju ,Nha Trang ,[ 33] Osaka–Kansai ,[ 29] Taipei–Taoyuan ,Ulaanbaatar ,[ 34] Yanji [ 35]
Passengers Year 0 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Passengers Annual passenger traffic Air traffic statistics Aircraft operations Passenger volume Cargo tonnage 2001 4,138 606,108 19,672 2002 4,478 634,066 19,378 2003 5,687 761,148 23,020 2004 6,622 821,259 21,295 2005 7,085 857,269 13,542 2006 8,868 999,563 13,814 2007 9,286 1,032,484 13,516 2008 9,925 1,042,512 12,001 2009 8,879 1,023,532 10,606 2010 9,185 1,296,842 12,501 2011 9,082 1,337,791 16,179 2012 9,159 1,308,994 16,424 2013 9,579 1,378,604 12,994 2014 11,633 1,702,538 17,759 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 2021 17,425 2,628,257 13,627 2022 18,516 3,174,649 16,776 2023 22,547 3,695,812 20,724 2024 28,387 4,579,221 28,204 Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics [ 36]
Ground transportation [ edit ] 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 atOsong Station .[ 37]
In 2019, there are 13 express and conventional buses per day from Seoul'sCentral City Terminal and four buses from theCOEX City Airport Terminal in southern Seoul.[ 37]
The parking facility is located directly opposite the passenger terminal.[ 38]
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