Airports / North Korea / KP-0020
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
16 nm
To the nearest alternate
Uthachi Highway Strip Airport (KP-0041) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Hwangju Airbase (KP-0020) is a mid-sized airport serving Hwangju, North Korea. Field elevation is 26 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list KP-0020 as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Uthachi Highway Strip Airport (KP-0041, 16 nm), Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ, 35 nm), and Koksan 2 Highway Strip (KP-0068, 37 nm).
Trip costs from KP-0020 are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from KP-0020 to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
KP-0020
IATA
—
FAA / Local
ZKHW
Elevation
26 ft
Coordinates
38.6535° N · 125.7889° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs North Korea fields
state range 7–4,050 ft
At 26 ft, KP-0020 sits lower than 75% of the 16 North Korea fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 16nmKP-0041Uthachi Highway Strip AirportPyongyang (Ryokpo)
- 35nmFNJPyongyang Sunan International AirportPyongyang
- 37nmKP-0068Koksan 2 Highway StripKoksan
- 38nmKP-0015Koksan Air BaseKoksan
- 39nmKP-0039Kwail Air BaseKwail
- 39nmKP-0002Haeju AirfieldHaeju
Location
Open the full mapKP-0020 · Hwangju Airbase · Hwangju, North Korea