Uiju Airfield

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Uiju Airfield
IATA: UJU[1]ICAO: ZKUJ
Summary
Airport type Military
Serves Uiju, North Korea
Elevation AMSL 32 ft / 10 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 8,180 2,493 Concrete
Uiju Airfield
Chosŏn'gŭl 의주비행장
Hancha
Revised Romanization Uiju bihaengjang
McCune–Reischauer Ŭiju pihaengjang

Uiju Airfield (IATA: UJUICAO: ZKUJ) is an airport in Uiju County, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 05/23 measuring 8180 x 174 feet (2493 x 53 m).[2] It is sited in the Yalu River plain, a few miles northeast of the Chinese city of Dandong. It is also a few miles northeast of Sinuiju Airport. It has a full length parallel taxiway, and several taxiways that access dispersed aircraft stands. At least 32 Ilyushin Il-28 bombers are based at the airbase as of 2010.

References

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  2. Landings database page "Landings.Com", accessed 06 Aug 2010

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