Sunan International Airport
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Sunan International Airport is the main airport serving Pyongyang, North Korea, located 24 km from the city's center.
Sunan has two runways, the largest of which (01/19) is used mainly for international flights. The second runway (17/35) is used for domestic and civil flights. The airport's hours of operation are from 06:00 to 22:00 in the summer and 07:00 to 21:00 in the winter.
The airport is the main hub of Air Koryo, which is also the only airline serving the airport on a regular basis. In 2000, Aeroflot discontinued its weekly Moscow flight due to poor loads, the last international scheduled airline to pull out of the airport, other than China Southern Airlines which offers scheduled charter flights to and from Shenyang during the peak season only. Mandarin Airlines and Far Eastern Air Transport offer group tour chartered flights between Taipei and Pyongyang during summer (June to August). Korean Air and Asiana Airlines also once provided chartered flight services to Incheon, the international airport serving Seoul, and Yangyang on the east coast of South Korea from Pyongyang, the return trip being operated by Air Koryo.
Airlines
Scheduled Flights
Air Koryo timetables released internationally only show year-round scheduled services to Bangkok, Beijing and Vladivostok, with seasonal service to Khabarovsk. Travellers to North Korea have stated that the airport has domestic operations performed by Air Koryo a few times per week, though no timetables or confirmation from the airline or the government has confirmed this. All domestic destinations listed here are not confirmed.- Air Koryo (Bangkok, Beijing, Chongjin, Hamhung, Kaesong, Kanggye, Khabarovsk (seasonal), Kilju, Sinuiju, Vladivostok, Wonsan)
Charter Flights
Regular charter flights are approved by the government of North Korea and operate only as organized tourism flights.- Air Koryo (Busan (special government charters only), Macau, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Prague (government charters only), Seoul-Incheon (government charters only), Shenzhen (special charters only), Sofia, Yangyang (government approved charters only)
- China Southern Airlines (Shenyang , Beijing or Dalian )- Scheduled Charters (regularly scheduled flights that are only available for approved vacationers or chartered groups)
- Far Eastern Air Transport (Taipei)
- Mandarin Airlines (Taipei)
Freight and Cargo
- Air Koryo (Budapest, Zurich)
Facilities
The airport has a car park, a business centre, disabled facilities, a duty free shop, passenger lounge, a taxi stand (though, it is probably not available to foreigners), Korea Trade Bank, and several souvenir shops.The airport also has a Baggage storage facility; service hours are from 08:00 to 21:00; Charge is 1.5 Korean Won (KPW) per piece.
An airport Book shop opens at 10:00.
The airport's restaurant, bar and the Korea Foreign Trade Bank all operate from 09:00 to 18:00.
See also
External links
- [World Aero Data on this airport (ZKPY)]
- Map from [MultiMap]
- Satellite image from [TerraServer]
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