Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base
Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base
Sacheon Airport (IATA: HIN, ICAO: RKPS) is an airport in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, 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 storey terminal building for domestic flights. In 2011, 143,483 passengers utilized the airport.[1] The airport serves as a base for Hi Air and 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. Because Sacheon Airport is shared with the military, taking photographs or videos of the apron, runway or military facilities are strictly prohibited.
Location
35.089°N, 128.072°E · 8 m s. n. m. (25 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
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 testbed 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.
3rd Flight Training Wing
213th Flight Training Squadron
215th Flight Training Squadron
217th Flight Training Squadron
236th Flight Training Squadron
Air Force Test & Evaluation Wing (formerly 52nd Test Evaluation Group)
281st Flight Test Squadron
Air Force Basic Military Training Wing
Air Force Aviation Science High School
Air Force 1st Logistics School (formerly Air Force Technical School)
Air Force 2nd Logistics School (formerly Air Force Technical School)
Airlines operating here · 3
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base (HIN). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HIN
MLA
“Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base (HIN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HIN. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
Vuelopedia. “Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base (HIN).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HIN.
Harvard
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BibTeX
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title = {{Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base (HIN)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
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howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/HIN}},
urldate = {2026-10-17},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}Wikipedia
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