Pohang Airport (G-815/K-3) guide

Pohang Gyeongju Airport sits on the coast of North Gyeongsang Province, on a site first developed as a military airfield during the Japanese colonial period. The US Air Force designated it K-3 during the Korean War. Civil flights began in February 1970, and Korean Air started scheduled service from Seoul in 1986. The airport took its current name in July 2022 to reflect the nearby historic city of Gyeongju.

Korea Airports Corporation runs the civil side under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The Republic of Korea Navy and the US Marine Corps also use the field, and photography of the apron, runway and military areas is prohibited. A single concrete runway, 10/28, measures 2,134 metres. A new passenger terminal opened in June 2002.

Traffic peaked at 774,029 passengers in 2001, then fell after KTX high-speed rail stations opened in Gyeongju and Pohang. The airport reopened in May 2016 after a runway repaving closure. Jin Air is the only scheduled carrier, flying to Seoul Gimpo and Jeju. In 2023 the airport handled 253,703 passengers and 2,053 aircraft movements.