Pukchang Airport


Pukchang Airport is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea. It serves as the military airfield for the nearby city of Sunchon.

Facilities

The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 8150 x 164 feet. It has several aprons and taxiway leading to both revetments and underground aircraft storage. It is home to a fighter regiment of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 jets.

Missile testing

The airfield was used to test-launch a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on April 28, 2017, with the missile subsequently crashing into Chongsin-dong, Tokchon.