Sokcho Airport
Sokcho Air Base is an air base in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea. The airport had a single 1,560 meter runway. It used to serve people who went to Seoraksan for hiking.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “RKND” and “Sokcho Aero Airport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Naksansa.
Naksansa
Buddhist temple
Photo: Steve46814, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naksansa or Naksan Temple is a Korean Buddhist temple complex in the Jogye order of Korean Buddhism that stands on the slopes of Naksan Mountain. It is located in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, eastern region of South Korea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sokcho.
Sokcho
Photo: hanuska, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sokcho is a city in Gangwon, South Korea. It's quite a sleepy city and is known as a gateway to Seoraksan National Park, which is a 30-minute bus ride from the central hub.
Sokcho Airport
- Categories: commercial traffic aerodrome, air base, military installation, and transportation
- Location: Ganghyeon-myeon, Yangyang, Gangwon, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
38.1426° or 38° 8′ 33″ northLongitude
128.599° or 128° 35′ 56″ eastElevation
21 metres (69 feet)IATA airport code
SHOICAO airport code
RKNDOpen location code
8QCC4HVX+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1042056375OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=airfield
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Welsh—“Sokcho Airport” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Flughaveno Sokĉo”
- French: “aéroport de Sokcho”
- French: “Aéroport de Sokcho”
- Indonesian: “RKND”
- Indonesian: “SHO”
- Japanese: “束草飛行場”
- Japanese: “草束空港”
- Korean: “속초공항”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sokcho Aero”
- Persian: “RKND”
- Persian: “SHO”
- Persian: “فرودگاه سوکچو”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Sokch’o”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Sokcho”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Sokcho”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Sokcho”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сукчу”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Sokcho”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Sokcho”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jangsan-ri and Jeong-am-ri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sokcho Airport and 제303경비단(양양과학화예비군훈련장).
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