Sacheon Airport


Sacheon Airport is an airport in Sacheon, South Korea. It also serves the city of Jinju. The airport passenger service began in 1977 after years of delays. The airport has a small single story terminal building for domestic flights within South Korea. In 2011, 143,483 passengers utilized the airport.

Airlines & destinations

Sacheon is a domestic airport with only two airlines serving to and from this airport. Direct flights are from Jeju and Seoul-Gimpo only.

Transportation

Besides private cars and taxi, the airport is connected by buses to Jinju and Sacheon. The airport is accessed via Gonghangdero Expressway.

Tenants

Korea Express Air began chartered flights from Jeju to Jinju in 2011.
The airport is also the home of Korea Aerospace 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 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 operates from Sacheon using trainers and test aircraft at Jinju, which is home to the Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command since 1998. Hangars for the trainers are found on the north and south sides of the airport.
On 13 November 2003 a KAI KT-1 crashed shortly after takeoff from the base, the instructor ejected safely while the trainee was killed.