The airport is located near Baekdu Mountain. Tour groups fly to the airport for scheduled journeys to this significant landmark and to see the birthplace of Kim Jong-il.[1] All tours to the area will include a trip here.
There is a high presence of military equipment at this airport, there are large numbers of older Soviet jets such as MiG-15's lined up in sidings next to the runway and many utility vehicles/jeeps. Whether or not these are operational is unknown, but highly unlikely given their apparent condition.
The airport was built in the 1980s to accommodate a ski center planned by a South Korean company. The venture failed, and Samjiyŏn airport now sits in a deserted location.[2]
The airfield has a single asphalt runway 07/25, measuring 10750 x 197 feet (3277 x 60 m).[3][4] It has a full-length parallel taxiway. Entrances to underground bunkers are clearly visible in satellite photography of the base.
^"Samjiyon County - DPRK Guide". Young Pioneer Tours. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
^Bärtås, Magnus; Ekman, Fredrik (2014). Hirviöidenkin on kuoltava: Ryhmämatka Pohjois-Koreaan [All Monsters Must Die: An Excursion to North Korea] (in Finnish). Translated by Eskelinen, Heikki. Helsinki: Tammi. pp. 62–63. ISBN978-951-31-7727-0.
^Landings database page "Landings.Com", accessed 4 August 2010.
^GlobalSecurity.org "Air Bases - Samjiyon", accessed 4 August 2010.
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