# Gunsan Airport / Gunsan Air Base (KUV)

> Gunsan, KR · IATA: KUV · ICAO: RKJK · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `KUV` |
| ICAO | `RKJK` |
| City | Gunsan |
| Country | KR |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 9 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 35.90380, 126.61600 |

## Description

The US Air Force's 8th Fighter Wing, not an airline, is the dominant operator at Gunsan Airport (IATA KUV, ICAO RKJK), where the civil terminal recorded roughly 173,000 passengers in 2024 and handles no air cargo. Scheduled civil traffic consists of a single domestic link to Jeju, running at about six movements a day. There is no dedicated freight terminal and no freighter service; belly capacity on the narrowbodies used carries no commercial relevance. Exporters in Jeollabuk-do – automotive parts, chemicals and suppliers in the Saemangeum development zone – truck their air shipments to Incheon (ICN) in about three hours, with Cheongju (CJJ) as a second option. The Port of Gunsan sits next door, making sea-air combinations via Incheon a realistic routing. A separate civil facility with its own cargo infrastructure, Saemangeum International Airport, is planned just west of the base, but a Seoul court annulled its basic plan in September 2025 and the timetable remains open.

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