Airports / South Korea / SWU
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
9 nm
To the nearest alternate
Osan Air Base (OSN) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Suwon Airport, listed as RKSW / SWU, is a mid-sized airport in Suwon, South Korea. The airport sits 88 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into SWU for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Osan Air Base (OSN, 9 nm), Seoul Air Base (K-16) (SSN, 13 nm), and Camp Humphreys (A-511) Desiderio Army Airfield (RKSG, 17 nm).
Charter pricing from SWU depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Suwon.
Field capability
ICAO
RKSW
IATA
SWU
FAA / Local
RKSW
Elevation
88 ft
Coordinates
37.2394° N · 127.0070° 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 88 ft, SWU sits higher than 57% 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.
- 9nmOSNOsan Air BasePyeongtaek
- 13nmSSNSeoul Air Base (K-16)Seongnam
- 17nmRKSGCamp Humphreys (A-511) Desiderio Army AirfieldPyeongtaek
- 22nmGMPSeoul Gimpo International AirportSeoul
- 30nmICNIncheon International AirportSeoul
- 39nmCJJCheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)Cheongju
Location
Open the full mapRKSW · Suwon Airport · Suwon, South Korea