Pukchang Airport
Airport
Pukchang
Pukchang
Pukchang
Pukchang
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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ft | m | ||
14/32 | 8,150 | 2,484 | Concrete |
Pukchang Airport(북창비행장) is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea. It serves as the military airfield for the nearby city of Sunchon.
Facilities
The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 8150 x 164 feet (2484 x 50 m).[1] It has several aprons and taxiway leading to both revetments and underground aircraft storage. It is home to a fighter regiment of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 jets.[2]
Missile testing
The airfield was used to test-launch a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on April 28, 2017, with the missile subsequently crashing into Chongsin-dong, Tokchon.[3]
References
- ^ Landings database page "Landings.Com", accessed 24 Aug 2010
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org "Air Bases - North Korea", accessed 25 Aug 2010
- ^ Panda, Ankit; Schmerler, Dave (January 3, 2018). "When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
On April 28, 2017, North Korea launched a single Hwasong-12/KN17 intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from Pukchang Airfield in South Pyongan Province (the Korean People's Army's Air and Anti-Air Force Unit 447 in Ryongak-dong, Sunchon City, to be more precise). That missile failed shortly after launch and crashed in the Chongsin-dong, in North Korean city of Tokchon, causing considerable damage to a complex of industrial or agricultural buildings.
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