| Sacheon Airport | |
| Nativename: | Korean: 사천공항 |
| Iata: | HIN |
| Icao: | RKPS |
| Pushpin Map: | South Korea # Asia # North Pacific # Earth |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in South Korea |
| Pushpin Label: | HIN/RKPS |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Type: | Public / Military |
| Owner: | Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport |
| Location: | Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
| Elevation-F: | 26 |
| Elevation-M: | 8 |
| Coordinates: | 35.0885°N 128.0704°W |
| Metric-Elev: | yes |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 06R/24L |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,743 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
| R2-Number: | 06L/24R |
| R2-Length-M: | 2,743 |
| R2-Length-F: | 9,000 |
| R2-Surface: | Concrete |
| Stat-Year: | 2019 |
| Stat1-Header: | Passengers |
| Stat1-Data: | 219,289 |
| Stat2-Header: | Aircraft Movements |
| Stat2-Data: | 1,937 |
| Stat3-Header: | Cargo Tonnage |
| Stat3-Data: | 867 |
| Footnotes: | Source:airport.kr.com[1] |
| Hangul: | 사천공항 |
| Hanja: | 泗川空港 |
| Rr: | Sacheon Gonghang |
| Mr: | Sach'ŏn Konghang |
Sacheon Airport is an airport in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea . It also serves the city of Jinju. The airport passenger service began in 1977 after years of delays. The airport has a small single storey terminal building for domestic flights. In 2011, 143,483 passengers utilized the airport.https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083750/http://kac.airport.co.kr/eng/airnat/airstat/act_airport_view.jsp Because Sacheon Airport is sharing with military, taking photograph or video of apron, runway and military facility is strictly prohibited.
Sacheon is a domestic airport with service from one airline. Direct flights are from Jeju and Seoul–Gimpo.
| Air traffic statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft operations | Passenger volume | Cargo tonnage | ||
| 2001 | 6,965 | 815,014 | 3,630 | |
| 2002 | 6,485 | 544,860 | 2,900 | |
| 2003 | 6,314 | 518,115 | 2,770 | |
| 2004 | 4,865 | 447,231 | 2,887 | |
| 2005 | 3,311 | 315,952 | 1,913 | |
| 2006 | 2,442 | 224,792 | 1,582 | |
| 2007 | 2,235 | 214,214 | 1,246 | |
| 2008 | 2,322 | 204,359 | 1,156 | |
| 2009 | 2,358 | 187,969 | 958 | |
| 2010 | 1,983 | 160,704 | 786 | |
| 2011 | 1,826 | 143,483 | 716 | |
| 2012 | 1,788 | 138,195 | 653 | |
| 2013 | 1,714 | 116,106 | 604 | |
| 2014 | 1,802 | 124,792 | 631 | |
| 2015 | 1,814 | 136,512 | 658 | |
| 2016 | 1,822 | 150,728 | 700 | |
| 2017 | 1,869 | 178,261 | 761 | |
| 2018 | 1,912 | 182,686 | 812 | |
| 2019 | 1,937 | 219,289 | 867 | |
| 2020 | 320 | 27,433 | 114 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 105 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1,350 | 139,657 | 320 | |
| 2023 | 1,490 | 189,778 | 475 | |
| Source: Korea Airports Corporation Traffic Statistics[2] | ||||
Besides private cars and taxi, the airport is connected by buses(No.75 and No.95) to Jinju and Sacheon. The airport is accessed via Gonghangdero Expressway.
The airport is also the home of Korea Aerospace Industries, which manufactures military aircraft, and satellites. The T-50 trainers used by the Sacheon Air Base are manufactured by the company on the north side of the airport.
During the Korean War the USAF designated the base K-4.
The Base was used as part of the USAF's Bout One project to train South Korean pilots to fly the F-51 in 1950.
The ROKAF 10th Fighter Wing was formed at the base in 1951.
The Republic of Korea Air Force operates from Sacheon using trainers and testbed aircraft at Jinju, which is home to the Republic of Korea Air Force Education and Training Command since 1998. Hangars for the trainers are found on the north and south sides of the airport.