Yangyang International Airport (IATA: YNY, ICAO: RKNY) is a minor international airport in northeastern South Korea. It is located in Yangyang County, Gangwon Province and was built to serve the nearby areas of Gangneung, Sokcho, and Pyeongchang. The airport replaced Gangneung and Sokcho airports.
Yangyang International Airport 양양국제공항 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport | ||||||||||
| Operator | Korea Airports Corporation | ||||||||||
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| Location | Yangyang, Gangwon, South Korea | ||||||||||
| Opened | 2 April 2002 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 73 m / 241 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°03′41″N 128°40′09″E / 38.06139°N 128.66917°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  YNY/RKNY Location of airport in South Korea  YNY/RKNY YNY/RKNY (Asia) | |||||||||||
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| Yangyang International Airport | |
| Hangul | 양양국제공항 |
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| Hanja | 襄陽國際空港 |
| Revised Romanization | Yangyang Gukje Gonghang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yangyang Kukche Konghang |
In 2011, 5,748 passengers used the airport.[1]
Air Koryo operated charters from Sondok Airport to Yangyang Airport during 2002–2006 for few months per year. Flights were halted indefinitely after relations soured between the two Koreas.
Yangyang International Airport handled its last flight on 1 November 2008, according to the Korea Airport Corporation, and there were calls for it to be sold off or closed.[2] It reopened on 16 July 2010 when East Asia AirLine started flying to Busan.
On 4 August 2011, Taiwan's TransAsia Airways began flying to Yangyang International Airport (five times a week). TransAsia Airways stated that it will be a regular chartered service. However, on 18 February 2017, TransAsia Airways went into liquidation.[3]
With Pyeongchang being voted as the host city for 2018 Winter Olympics, Yangyang International Airport hopes to see an increase in passengers. Korean Air scheduled additional charter flights from Yangyang to Europe and North America, including New York–JFK, Minneapolis–St. Paul, London–Gatwick, and Munich.[4][5]
This includes a visa-free grace for the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam so long as citizens land in Yangyang. VietJet Air is the only airline carrier that operates flights from South East Asia to Yangyang (charter flights from Hanoi to Yangyang).[6]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Loong Air | Xi'an, Zhangjiajie |
| Philippine Airlines | Charter: Manila[7] |
| VietJet Air | Charter: Da Nang, Hanoi, Nha Trang |
Statistics
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| Air traffic statistics | |||
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| Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | |
| 2002 | 3,128 | 217,115 | 926 |
| 2003 | 2,629 | 194,539 | 870 |
| 2004 | 1,523 | 114,342 | 447 |
| 2005 | 737 | 60,690 | 223 |
| 2006 | 1,059 | 51,547 | 197 |
| 2007 | 932 | 35,300 | 150 |
| 2008 | 155 | 9,312 | 64 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 134 | 8,930 | 90 |
| 2011 | 72 | 5,749 | 71 |
| 2012 | 198 | 23,354 | 212 |
| 2013 | 304 | 38,748 | 411 |
| 2014 | 1,454 | 237,538 | 2,385 |
| 2015 | 889 | 126,325 | 1,352 |
| 2016 | 621 | 88,704 | 892 |
| 2017 | 179 | 15,780 | 169 |
| 2018 | 342 | 37,671 | 471 |
| 2019 | 435 | 54,283 | 466 |
| 2020 | 2,542 | 238,748 | 1,177 |
| 2021 | 2,377 | 204,052 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 2,981 | 384,642 | 2,210 |
| 2023 | 1,233 | 158,848 | 1,417 |
| Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[8] | |||
Ground transportation
editBus
edit- Shuttle Bus: Yangyang Bus Terminal ↔ Yangyang International Airport
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "South Korea Traffic Statistics". airport-information.com.
- ^ "Inside South Korea's 'ghost' airport". 18 May 2009 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "興航申告債權公告". www.tna.com.tw.
- ^ Liu, Jim (31 January 2018). "Korean Air schedules Yangyang – Europe charters in Feb 2018". Routesonline. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022.
- ^ Liu, Jim (29 January 2018). "Korean Air adds Yangyang – US charters in Feb 2018". Routesonline. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022.
- ^ Ballaran, Jhoanna (9 November 2017). "Visa-free entry to Korea for Filipinos, but …".
- ^ "PHILIPPINE AIRLINES ADDS YANGYANG – MANILA SCHEDULED CHARTER IN MARCH/APRIL 2023". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Air Traffic Statistics". Incheon International Airport. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2023.