RGOZKHM

Orang (Chongjin) Airport

Hoemun-ri, North Korea · Asia

Asia Asia/Pyongyang

1direct destinations

1airlines

1runway

2,500 mLongest runway

1935opened

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

Location

41.429°N, 129.648°E · 4 m s. n. m. (12 ft)

General data

CountryNorth Korea

CityHoemun-ri

IATA codeRGO

ICAO codeZKHM

Coordinates41.429°N, 129.648°E

Elevation4 m s. n. m. (12 ft)

Time zoneAsia/Pyongyang

Runways1

Longest runway2,500 m

OperatorCorea del Norte

Opened1935

Direct destinations1

Runways · 1

04/22

Length2,500 m8,202 ft

Width60 m197 ft

SurfaceConcrete

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

History

The airport was built by the Japanese military during the Japanese colonial period. At the time of construction, Chongjin Airport already existed near downtown Chongjin. Because the administrative district at the time was Hoemun-dong, Jubuk-myeon, Gyeongseong County, it was called Hoemun Airport (會文飛行場).

During the Korean War, the U.S Air Force designated this airfield "K-33" and Chongjin Airport "K-34". However, due to the destruction of Chongjin Airport and the surrounding downtown area by U.S air raids, this airport, located far from downtown Chongjin, is now used as the city's airport.

Airlines operating here · 1

Other airlines with direct routes

Air Koryo

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

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO). Retrieved October 26, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RGO

MLA

“Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RGO. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_rgo,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Orang (Chongjin) Airport (RGO)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RGO},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/RGO}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-26},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-26}
}

Wikipedia

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