Airports / South Korea / SSN
Seoul Air Base (K-16)
RKSM / SSNSeongnam, South KoreaELEV 92 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
13 nm
To the nearest alternate
Suwon Airport (SWU) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Seoul Air Base (K-16) (RKSM / SSN) sits in Seongnam, South Korea, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 92 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
SSN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Suwon Airport (SWU, 13 nm), Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP, 17 nm), and Osan Air Base (OSN, 22 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SSN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SSN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
RKSM
IATA
SSN
FAA / Local
RKSM
Elevation
92 ft
Coordinates
37.4447° N · 127.1127° 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 South Korea fields
state range 6–1,171 ft
At 92 ft, SSN sits higher than 61% of the 23 South Korea fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 13nmSWUSuwon AirportSuwon
- 17nmGMPSeoul Gimpo International AirportSeoul
- 22nmOSNOsan Air BasePyeongtaek
- 29nmRKSGCamp Humphreys (A-511) Desiderio Army AirfieldPyeongtaek
- 32nmICNIncheon International AirportSeoul
- 40nmWJUWonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46)Wonju
Location
Open the full mapRKSM · Seoul Air Base (K-16) · Seongnam, South Korea