Airports / South Korea / YEC
Yecheon Airbase
RKTY / YECYecheon-ri, South KoreaELEV 354 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
33 nm
To the nearest alternate
Jungwon Air Base/Chungju Airport (JWO) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Yecheon-ri, South Korea, Yecheon Airbase (RKTY / YEC) operates as a mid-sized airport. Field elevation is 354 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list YEC as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Jungwon Air Base/Chungju Airport (JWO, 33 nm), Cheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513) (CJJ, 41 nm), and Daegu International Airport (TAE, 47 nm).
Trip costs from YEC 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 YEC to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
RKTY
IATA
YEC
FAA / Local
RKTY
Elevation
354 ft
Coordinates
36.6304° N · 128.3497° 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 354 ft, YEC sits higher than 91% 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.
- 33nmJWOJungwon Air Base/Chungju AirportGimseang-ro
- 41nmCJJCheongju International Airport/Cheongju Air Base (K-59/G-513)Cheongju
- 47nmTAEDaegu International AirportDaegu
- 52nmWJUWonju Airport / Hoengseong Air Base (K-38/K-46)Wonju
- 65nmKPOPohang Airport (G-815/K-3)Pohang
- 66nmRKSGCamp Humphreys (A-511) Desiderio Army AirfieldPyeongtaek
Location
Open the full mapRKTY · Yecheon Airbase · Yecheon-ri, South Korea