Cheongju International Airport CJJ / RKTU
Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province · South Korea · Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) — state-owned; joint civil-military airfield co-located with the Republic of Korea Air Force 17th Fighter Wing
4.6Mpax · 2024
H24International · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · bonded
ICAO / IATARKTU / CJJ
OperatorKorea Airports Corporation (KAC) — state-owned; joint civil-military airfield co-located with the Republic of Korea Air Force 17th Fighter Wing
Coordinates36.7164°N, 127.4992°E
Elevation191 ft · 58 m
Time zoneKST (UTC+9, no DST)
Passengers / yr4,579,221 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1
BondedYes
AIP referenceRKTU — Republic of Korea eAIP, AD 2.RKTU (Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base)
Operating hoursH24 — aerodrome, ATS, fuelling, customs and immigration all operate 24 hours; shared-use base with ROKAF fighter operations (F-35A), so civil movements are coordinated with military traffic
TerminalsSingle passenger terminal complex with domestic and international sections; 5 boarding bridges
Runways (2)
- 06L/24R · 2,744 m / 9,003 ft · 60 m wide · Concrete · ILS ILS/DME CAT I (both ends)
- 06R/24L · 2,744 m / 9,003 ft · 45 m wide · Concrete · ILS No ILS (non-precision/visual approaches; secondary runway)
Airport contact
Regional gateway for the Cheongju-Daejeon-Sejong metro area and home base for LCC Aero K, with Eastar Jet, T'way Air and Jeju Air among the airlines operating international routes to China, Japan, Southeast Asia and Taiwan; annual traffic has grown sharply, crossing 4.5 million passengers in 2024, and it has been the designated alternate airport since February 2016 for wide-body Category F aircraft (65m+ wingspan, e.g. A380) unable to land at Incheon/Gimpo.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 3 providers
한국공항(주) 청주영업소 (Korea Airport Co., Ltd. – Cheongju Business Office)
Ramp and passenger ground handling for Korean Air, Jin Air and other carriers at CJJ; confirmed via Korea Airports Corporation's own Cheongju airport facility phone directory (listed as "한국공항(주)" under the airline/ground-service section, •••), and per company profile this Hanjin-group handler runs a Cheongju business office (청주사업소) alongside Incheon, Gimpo, Busan, Jeju, Daegu and Yangyang.
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Swissport AIK Co., Ltd.
Dedicated ground-handling joint venture (Swissport 51% / Aero K Holdings 49%, capital KRW 3bn) formed to handle Aero K flights at Cheongju International Airport from 1 April 2021; Swissport's own network listings include Cheongju (CJJ), and trade press (AJOT, CargoNews) reported the JV's office on the 1st floor of the CJJ terminal.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
(주)샤프에비에이션케이 (Sharp Aviation K)
Independent (non-airline-affiliated) ground handler; confirmed via Korea Airports Corporation's own Cheongju airport facility phone directory (listed as "(주)샤프 에이비에이션 케이", •••), and company history states it expanded ramp/ground operations to Cheongju by 1995.
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Aircraft fuel
Available · 2 providers
한국공항(주) 청주영업소 (Korea Airport Co., Ltd. – Cheongju Business Office)
Into-plane fuelling operations at CJJ; company literature states it performs fuelling ("급유조업") at Incheon, Gimpo, Busan, Jeju, Daegu, Yangyang and Cheongju.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
(주)한유 (Hanyu Co., Ltd.)
Into-plane aviation-fuel supply and sales; confirmed via Korea Airports Corporation's own Cheongju airport facility phone directory (listed as "한유엘앤에스", •••), consistent with company statements that it opened its Cheongju branch in January 2001 and supplies fuel to all aircraft operating at Cheongju International Airport via hydrant fuelling facilities and refuelers, with IATA-standard in-house lab quality control.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
De-icing
Seasonal
한국공항(주) 청주영업소 (Korea Airport Co., Ltd. – Cheongju Business Office)
De/anti-icing is standard winter ramp practice at this cold-climate Korean airport (CJJ sees regular winter snow/ice) and would fall to the on-field ground handler; not separately itemised as a CJJ-specific service by this company, so marked seasonal pending direct confirmation.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
한국공항(주) 청주영업소 (Korea Airport Co., Ltd. – Cheongju Business Office)
Aircraft maintenance (항공정비) listed among the Cheongju business office's services for Korean Air/Jin Air; understood as line/transit-level support rather than hangar-based checks, which are unconfirmed at CJJ.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Unconfirmed
(주)티웨이에어서비스 (T'way Air Service Co., Ltd.)
T'way Airlines' handling subsidiary (est. Oct 2017) is reported by Korea Aviation News trade coverage to manage duty-free stock, in-flight meal (기내식) loading, in-flight supplies setting and warehouse management across the carrier's network including Cheongju; T'way Airlines itself is confirmed operating at CJJ (KAC facility directory, •••), but this subsidiary has no separate CJJ listing, so its presence there is marked unconfirmed pending direct evidence.
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Aircraft cleaning
Unconfirmed
(주)엘림비엔에스 (Ellim BMS Co., Ltd.)
Building/facility-management and cleaning-services firm with job postings specifically advertising "청주공항 기내청소" (Cheongju airport cabin cleaning) roles, based in Naesu-eup near CJJ; not listed in Korea Airports Corporation's own Cheongju facility phone directory, so marked unconfirmed pending a source independent of job-posting evidence.
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Verified 3 weeks ago · unconfirmed source
Ground support equipment
Unconfirmed
(주)샤프에비에이션케이 (Sharp Aviation K)
GSE service line (towing tractors, loaders, support vehicles) is part of the company's standard ground-services offering per its own service page; this is a group-level capability claim, not separately itemised for CJJ, so marked unconfirmed pending CJJ-specific evidence.
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Cargo handling
Available
한국공항(주) 청주영업소 (Korea Airport Co., Ltd. – Cheongju Business Office)
Air cargo handling (항공화물) listed as part of the Cheongju business office's own service line-up for Korean Air/Jin Air; specific tonnage/terminal detail unconfirmed.
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
한국공항보안(주) 청주공항지사 (Korea Airport Security Co., Ltd. – Cheongju Branch)
Aviation security screening (passenger/baggage X-ray, ETD, identity verification, restricted-area access control) reportedly provided at CJJ per the company's own branch listing and Cheongju-branch recruitment postings (branch address 충북 청주시 청원구 내수읍 오창대로 980, matching the airport's own locality); however this entity does not appear in Korea Airports Corporation's own published Cheongju facility phone directory, which instead lists KAC's in-house "Service Security Division" (1661-2626), so marked unconfirmed pending a source independent of the company's own postings.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Not listed
Hotel & travel
Not listed
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