Sunan International Airport
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| Sunan International Airport 평양순안국제공항 |
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| IATA: FNJ - ICAO: ZKPY | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Pyongyang | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 117 ft (36 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01/19 | 13,241 | 4,037 | Concrete |
| 17/35 | 11,480 | 3,500 | Concrete |
| Sunan International Airport | |
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| Chosŏn'gŭl: | 평양순안국제공항 |
| Hanja: | 平壤順安國際空港 |
| McCune-Reischauer: | P'yŏngyang Sunan Kukche Konghang |
| Revised Romanization: | Pyeongyang Sunan Gukje Gonghang |
Sunan International Airport (IATA: FNJ, ICAO: ZKPY) is the main airport serving Pyongyang, North Korea, located 24 km from the city's center.
Sunan has two runways, the largest of which (01/19) is used mainly for international flights. The second runway (17/35) is used for domestic and civil flights. The airport's hours of operation are from 06:00 to 22:00 in the summer and 07:00 to 21:00 in the winter.
The airport is the main hub of Air Koryo, which is also the only airline serving the airport on a regular basis. In 2000, Aeroflot discontinued its weekly Moscow flight due to poor loads. The last scheduled international airline to pull out of the airport is China Southern Airlines, which offered scheduled charter flights to and from Shenyang during the peak season only, but announced it would permanently pull its flights in November 2006. Mandarin Airlines and Far Eastern Air Transport do, however, offer group tour chartered flights between Taipei and Pyongyang during summer (June to August). Korean Air and Asiana Airlines also once provided chartered flight services to Incheon, the international airport serving Seoul, and Yangyang on the east coast of South Korea from Pyongyang, the return trip being operated by Air Koryo. These flights were used by South Korean tourists visiting historical sites, and family members visiting divided family; these flights were scrapped after the North Korean government banned South Koreans from entering the country without official expressed permission in 1999.
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[edit] Airlines
[edit] Scheduled Flights
Air Koryo timetables released internationally only show year-round scheduled services to Bangkok, Beijing and Vladivostok, with seasonal service to Khabarovsk. Travellers to North Korea have stated that the airport has domestic operations performed by Air Koryo a few times per week, though no timetables or confirmation from the airline or the government has confirmed this. All domestic destinations listed here are not confirmed.
- Air Koryo (Bangkok, Beijing, Chongjin, Hamhung, Kaesong, Kanggye, Khabarovsk (seasonal), Kilju, Samjiyon, Sinuiju, Vladivostok, Wonsan)
[edit] Charter Flights
Regular charter flights are approved by the government of North Korea and operate only as organized tourism flights.
- Air Koryo (all special government approved charters only- Busan, Macau, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Prague, Seoul-Incheon, Shenzhen, Sofia, Yangyang)
- China Airlines
- Mandarin Airlines (Taipei-Taoyuan)
- Far Eastern Air Transport (Taipei-Taoyuan)
[edit] Former Routes
- Air Koryo (Budapest, Zurich) Both routes were abandoned after Air Koryo was banned in the European Union
[edit] Facilities
The airport has a car park, a business centre, disabled facilities, a duty free shop, passenger lounge, a taxi stand (though, it is probably not available to foreigners), Korea Trade Bank, and several souvenir shops. The airport also has a baggage storage facility; service hours are from 08:00 to 21:00 and the charge is 1.5 Korean Won (KPW) per piece.
The airport's book shop opens at 10:00. The airport's restaurant, bar and the Korea Foreign Trade Bank all operate from 09:00 to 18:00.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- World Aero Data airport information for ZKPY
- Map from MultiMap
- Satellite image from TerraServer
