Orang Airport

Orang Airport (IATA: RGO, ICAO: ZKHM) is a small airport located in Orang County, approximately 40 kilometres south of Chongjin, North Hamgyong in North Korea. Built by the Imperial Japanese Army, designated as K-33 (Hoemun Airfield) by the USAF during the Korean War, Orang Airport is now controlled by the Korean People's Army. Hoemun Airfield was renamed when the original Chongin Airfield K-34 was abandoned after the Korean War. The airport is normally used by the military, though a small number of commercial passenger flights also operate there.

Orang Airport
IATA: RGO ICAO: ZKHM
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Serves	Chongjin, North Korea
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	41°25′45″N 129°38′54″E
Map
RGO
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 8,200 2,500 Concrete

Orang Airport
Hangul	어랑비행장
Hanja	漁郞飛行場
Revised Romanization	Eorang bihaengjang
McCune–Reischauer	Ŏrang bihaengjang

The airport also serves Rason, which is about a three-hour drive away.

Facilities

Air Koryo Ilyushin Il-18 at the airport in 2012.

There is one runway in the airport, originally 1,200m long, which was extended to 2,500m. There is no arrival terminal, baggage is given directly from the trolley. One bus can carry arriving passengers from the runway to the single, rather departures-related building, if the flight is full some passengers can walk. Departure terminal "building" has a waiting lounge (for about 20 people), 1 check-in desk, one security scanner and an old Czechoslovak scale. There are very basic toilets. There are plans to further extend the runway to 4,000m to allow it to serve as a second international gateway to North Korea.

Airline and destination

Airlines	Destinations
Air Koryo	Pyongyang

See also

• Transportation in North Korea