Korean Airfield Identification Codes
During the Korean War

compiled by Jack Barclay of Bohemia, New York

updated 9/18/09

from http://www.koreanwar-educator.org

(Comment by Jack Terwiel: Starting with K-17, there are airfields in North Korea that are assigned K numbers. The reason is that some or all of these airfields were, for a period of time, under the control of United Nations forces and some were actually used for allied air operations.)

K-1   – Pusan-West Air Base

K-2   – Taegu Air Base

K-3   – Pohang Airdrome

K-4   – Sachon Airdrome

K-5   – Taejon Airdrome

K-6   – P'yong Taek Airdrome

K-7   – Kwangju Airdrome

K-8   – Kunsan Air Base

K-9   – Pusan-East Air Base

K-10 – Chinhae Air Base

K-11 – Ulsan Airdrome

K-12 – Marigun Airdrome

K-13 – Suwon Air Base

K-14 – Kimpo Air Base

K-15 – Mokp'o Airdrome

K-16 – Seoul Air Base

K-17 – Ongjin Airdrome (North Korea)

K-18 – Kangnung Airdrome

K-19 – Haeju Airdrome (North Korea)

K-20 – Sinmak Airdrome (North Korea)

K-21 – P'yonggang Airdrome (North Korea)

K-22 – Onjong-ni Airdrome (North Korea)

K-23 – P'yongyang Airdrome (North Korea)

K-24 – P'yongyang East Airdrome (North Korea)

K-25 – Wonsan Airbase (North Korea)

K-26 – Songdok Airdrome (North Korea)

K-27 – Yonpo Airdrome (North Korea)

K-28 – Hamhung West Airdrome (North Korea)

K-29 – Sinanju Airdome (North Korea)

K-30 – Sinuiju Airdrome (North Korea)

K-31 – Kiichu Airdrome (Kisschu) (North Korea)

K-32 – Oesichon-dong Airdrome (North Korea)

K-33 – Hoemun Airdrome (North Korea)

K-34 – Ch'ongjin Airdrome (Seishin) (North Korea)

K-35 – Hoeryong Airdrome (North Korea)

K-36 – Kanggye #2 Airdrome (North Korea)

K-37 – Taegu West Air Base

K-38 – Wonju Airdrome

K-39 – Cheju-do Airdrome

K-40 – Cheju-do Airdrome

K-41 – Ch'ungju Airdrome

K-42 – Andong Airdrome

K-43 – Kyongju Airdrome

K-44 – Changhowon-ni Airdrome

K-45 – Yoju Airdrome

K-46 – Hoengsong Airdrome

K-47 – Ch'unch'on Airdrome

K-48 – Iri Airdrome

K-49 – Seoul East Airdrome

K-50 – Sokcho-ri Airdrome (North Korea)

K-51 – Inje Airdrome

K-52 – Yanggu Airdrome (North Korea)

K-53 – Airfield not finished or built

K-54 – Airfield not finished or built

(11/08/03 Note: Brig Gen George Bartlett, USMC Retired, says that K-54 was on the island of Cho-do, about 120 miles north of the DMZ and 60 miles south of the Yalu River that divides North Korea and China. In his words, "We landed on the beach at low tide. There was a 30 foot tide, so much beach was exposed. We didn't have a 10,000 foot runway like K-8 and K-55, merely hard sand.")

K-55 – Osan-ni Air Base

K-56 – Airfield not finished or built

K-57 – Kwang'ju Air Base