Sokcho Airport

Sokcho Air Base is an air base in , , . Used by South Korean and United States forces during the Korean War, the base reopened for use as a military airport in 1961 and was used for civilian flights until 2002.
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 28 metres (92 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SHO
  • …has the ICAO airport code RKND
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as
    “RKND”
    “Sokcho Aero Airport”

Places of Interest

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is a Buddhist temple in Yangyang, .

Places in the Area

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is a city in , .

Sokcho Airport

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Latitude
38.14209° or 38° 8′ 32″ north
Longitude
128.59826° or 128° 35′ 54″ east
Open location code
8QCC4HRX+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 475623613
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
7668418
Wiki­data ID
Q493039

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Welsh—“Sokcho Airport” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “束草空港”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno Sokĉo”
  • French: “Aéroport de Sokcho”
  • Indonesian: “RKND”
  • Indonesian: “SHO”
  • Japanese: “束草飛行場”
  • Korean: “속초공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sokcho Aero”
  • Persian: “RKND”
  • Persian: “SHO”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه سوکچو”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Sokch’o”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Sokcho”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Sokcho”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи сукчу”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Sokcho”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Sokcho”

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