KWJRKJJ

Gwangju Airport

Gwangju, South Korea · Asia

Asia Asia/Seoul

2direct destinations

5airlines

2runways

2,835 mLongest runway

Gwangju Airport (IATA: KWJ, ICAO: RKJJ) is an airport in Gwangju, South Korea, and is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation. In 2018, 1,986,125 passengers used the airport. This airport is planned to close when Muan International Airport becomes more established. Because Gwangju Airport is sharing location with a military base, taking photographs or videos of the apron, runway or military facility is strictly prohibited.

Location

35.123°N, 126.805°E · 12 m s. n. m. (39 ft)

General data

CountrySouth Korea

CityGwangju

IATA codeKWJ

ICAO codeRKJJ

Coordinates35.123°N, 126.805°E

Elevation12 m s. n. m. (39 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Seoul

Runways2

Longest runway2,835 m

OperatorKorea Airports Corporation

Direct destinations2

Runways · 2

04L/22R

Length2,835 m9,301 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

04R/22L

Length2,835 m9,301 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceConcrete

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 6

Tower

126.200

Ground

118.050

ATIS (automatic information)

128.875

Approach

130.000132.250GWANJU ARRIVAL

Departure

124.000

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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

The airport was established in November 1948. It saw its first commercial flight in 1950. At the time, however, it was not located in Gwangju but in neighboring Jangseong, on a military training facility. The airport moved to its present location in Sinchon-dong, Gwangsan District, in 1964. It was taken over by the Korea Airports Corporation in 1990. The current airport terminal was built in 1994, at which time the old terminal was repurposed as a Cargo terminal.

Airlines operating here · 5

Other airlines with direct routes

Asiana Airlines Jeju Air Jin Air Korean Air Trinity Airways

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: LERK · CC BY-SA 4.0 · view original

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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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Gwangju Airport (KWJ). Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KWJ

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_kwj,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Gwangju Airport (KWJ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KWJ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/KWJ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-20},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

Wikipedia

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