Kunsan Air Base

Kunsan K-8 Air Base is a United States Air Force base located at , on the west coast of the Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea. It is located in the town of , about 180 kilometres south of .
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  • Type: Airbase
  • Description: airbase in South Korea
  • Also known as: “K-8”, “KUV”, and “RKJK”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Gunsan Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an serving , a city in the in . In 2019, 306,518 passengers used the airport. It shares its runway with Kunsan Air Base, which uses the same IATA and ICAO codes.

Kunsan Air Base

Latitude
35.90893° or 35° 54′ 32″ north
Longitude
126.62456° or 126° 37′ 28″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8Q78WJ5F+HR
Geo­Names ID
8335366
Wiki­data ID
Q7966282
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Kunsan Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kunsan Air Base”
  • Chinese: “崑山空軍基地”
  • Dutch: “Kunsan Air Base”
  • French: “Kunsan Air Base”
  • German: “Gunsan Airport”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר קונסאן”
  • Indonesian: “KUV”
  • Indonesian: “RKJK”
  • Japanese: “群山空軍基地”
  • Korean: “K-8”
  • Korean: “군산 공군기지”
  • Korean: “군산 비행장”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Gunsan AB”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan Udara Kunsan K-8”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kunsan Air Base”
  • Norwegian: “Kunsan Air Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی گانسان”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Kunsan”
  • Russian: “Кунсан”
  • Swedish: “Kunsan Air Base”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоии Кунсан”
  • Ukrainian: “Кунсан (авіабаза)”
  • Ukrainian: “Кунсан”

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