Yeouido Airport

Yeouido Airport

여의도비행장
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
OperatorImperial Japanese Army Air Service (1916–1929?)
Japanese Governor-General of Korea Department of Posts and Telecommunications (1929? – 1945?)
U.S. Fifth Air Force (1945? – 1958)
Republic of Korea Air Force (1958–1971)
ServesSeoul Capital Area
LocationYeongdeungpo, Seoul, South Korea
Opened1916 (1916)
Closed1971 (1971)
Passenger services ceased1958 (1958)
Coordinates37°31′33″N 126°55′19″E / 37.52583°N 126.92194°E / 37.52583; 126.92194
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Location in modern Seoul
Yeouido Airport is located in South Korea
Yeouido Airport
Yeouido Airport
Location in modern South Korea
Yeouido Airport is located in Asia
Yeouido Airport
Yeouido Airport
Yeouido Airport (Asia)
Yeouido Airport is located in Earth
Yeouido Airport
Yeouido Airport
Yeouido Airport (Earth)
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Demolished in 1971, the site is now part of Yeouido Park, KBS headquarters and MBC headquarters.
Yeouido Airport
Hangul
여의도비행장
Hanja
汝矣島飛行場
Revised RomanizationYeouido Bihaengjang
McCune–ReischauerYŏŭido Pihaengjang

Yeouido Airport (Korean여의도비행장) was an international airport in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea. It operated as an international airport from 1929 to 1958, and thereafter as a military base until 1971.