Muan International Airport

Muan International Airport (Korean: 무안국제공항; Hanja: 務安國際空港; RR: Muan Gukje Gonghang; MR: Muan Kukche Konghang) (IATA: MWX, ICAO: RKJB) is an airport in Muan County, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. Construction of the airport began in 1997 and the airport opened on November 9, 2007. The airport serves the province of Jeollanam-do, especially the cities of Gwangju, Mokpo and Naju. It replaced the nearby Mokpo Airport and is expected to replace the nearby Gwangju Airport in the near future as well. In 2018, 543,247 passengers used the airport. The airport is managed by the Korea Airports Corporation.

Muan International Airport

무안국제공항
務安國際空港

Muan Gukje Gonghang
Muan Kukche Konghang
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMinistry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
OperatorKorea Airports Corporation
ServesCity of Gwangju and South Jeolla Province
LocationMuan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Opened8 November 2007 (2007-11-08)
Elevation AMSL52 ft / 16 m
Coordinates34°59′29.06″N 126°22′58.13″E
Websitewww.airport.co.kr/muan
Map
MWX is located in South Korea
MWX
MWX
Location of airport in South Korea
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 9,186 2,800 Concrete
Statistics (2019)
Passengers895,410
Aircraft Movement6,585
Cargo Tonnage6,762
Source:airport.kr.com[1][2]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Hi Air Jeju, Seoul–Gimpo
Jeju Air Da Nang,[3] Guam,[4] Sanya[5]
Seasonal: Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[3] Kota Kinabalu,[6] Osaka–Kansai,[3] Taipei–Taoyuan[3]
Sichuan Airlines Zhangjiajie (begins 9 June 2023)[7]
Sky Angkor Airlines Charter: Siem Reap

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at MWX airport. See Wikidata query.

See also

References
  1. "South Korea Traffic Statistics". airport.kr.com.
  2. "Cheongju Airport: LCC Aero K launches its new hub".
  3. Jeju Air extends international flights from Muan till late-Oct 2018 Routesonline. 16 May 2018.
  4. "Jeju Air adds Muan – Guam service from late-Dec 2019". routesonline. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. "Jeju Air adds Muan – Sanya service from Nov 2019". routesonline. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  6. Routesonline. 2 November 2018.
  7. "Mainland Chinese Carriers NS23 International / Regional Network – 14MAY23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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