Yangyang International Airport
Yangyang International Airport
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.
Location
38.060°N, 128.670°E · 73 m s. n. m. (241 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
Ground
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
Air Koryo operated charters from Sondok Airport in North Korea to Yangyang Airport during 2002–2006 for a few months every 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. It reopened on 16 July 2010 when East Asia Airline started flying to Busan.
On 4 August 2011, Taiwan's TransAsia Airways began five flights a week to Yangyang International Airport. TransAsia Airways stated that it will be a regular chartered service. However, on 18 February 2017, TransAsia Airways went into liquidation. In 2011, 5,748 passengers used the airport.
When Pyeongchang won the rights to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, an increase in passengers was expected at Yangyang International Airport. Korean Air scheduled additional charter flights from Yangyang to Europe and North America, including New York–JFK, Minneapolis–St. Paul, London–Gatwick, and Munich. This included 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).
As of 2025, the airport does not have a control radar.
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).
Photo: Jhoyg3 from kowp · GFDL · view original
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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026
APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Yangyang International Airport (YNY). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YNY
MLA
“Yangyang International Airport (YNY).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YNY. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Yangyang International Airport (YNY)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YNY},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/YNY}},
urldate = {2026-10-23},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}Wikipedia
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