Gwangju Airport guide

Gwangju Airport lies in Gwangsan-gu, on the western side of Gwangju in South Korea's southwest. The city's air service began in 1948 at an airfield in nearby Jangseong; the airport moved to its present site in 1964. Korea Airports Corporation took over civil operations in 1990, and the current passenger terminal dates from 1994. The former terminal building now handles cargo.

The airport shares its site with a Republic of Korea Air Force base, and photographing the apron, runways or military facilities is prohibited. Two parallel concrete runways, each 2,835 metres long, serve both civil and military traffic. International flights moved to Muan International Airport in 2007 and 2008, so Gwangju now handles domestic routes only, chiefly to Seoul's Gimpo Airport and to Jeju.

In 2023 the airport handled about 2.1 million passengers and 13,277 aircraft movements, along with roughly 9,500 tonnes of cargo. Gwangju Metro Line 1 stops at Airport Station, and city buses 97, 101, 1000 and 1160 also serve the terminal. Official plans call for the airport to close once Muan International Airport is more firmly established.