Sondok Airport

Sondok Airport
IATA: DSO ICAO: ZKSD
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Serves	Hamhung, North Korea
Location	Chongpyong, North Korea
Elevation AMSL	7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates	39°44′50.40″N 127°28′28.60″E
Map
DSO Location in North Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 02/20 8,210 2,502 Concrete

Sondok Airport
Chosŏn'gŭl	선덕비행장
Hancha	宣德飛行場
Revised Romanization	Seondeok bihaengjang
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏndŏk pihaengjang

Sondok Airport (IATA: DSO, ICAO: ZKSD) is an airport in Sŏndŏng-ni, Chŏngp'yŏng-gun, Hamgyong-namdo, North Korea. It is located at latitude 39.745201, longitude 127.473999.^[1]

History

During the Korean War, it was designated as K-26 by the USAF and was the target of one of Task Force 77's largest strikes during July 1953.^[2] In this airport YS-11 of Korean Air (leased plane from Japanese aircraft manufacturer) landed by hijacking in 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking). In 2002, Air Koryo operated services between Sondok Airport and Yangyang Airport in South Korea.^[3][4]

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 02/20 measuring 8210 x 164 feet (2502 x 50 m).^[5] It has a full-length parallel taxiway and a large apron on the north side. It is home to a bomber regiment of 24 Ilyushin Il-28 jets, and 40 Antonov An-2s.^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Koryo	Pyongyang

References

1. "Sondok - North Korea". World Airport Codes. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
2. GlobalSecurity.org "Air Bases - North Korea", accessed 25 Aug 2010
3. "N. Korean plane to test-fly direct air route with South". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. 20 July 2002.
4. Kirk, Don (2002-07-21). "Test Flight Advances Plan for Regular Inter-Korean Air Link". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
5. Landings database page Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine "Landings.Com", accessed 25 Aug 2010