Sinuiju Airfield is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 near Sinuiju

Sinuiju

Sinŭiju is a city in North Korea, neighboring with Dandong City, China via international border and is the capital of North P'yŏngan Province...

, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea

North Korea

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...

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Facilities

The airfield has a single turf runway 03/21 measuring 3250 x 213 feet (991 x 65 m). It is just south of the city, which itself is across the Yalu River

Yalu River

The Yalu River or the Amnok River is a river on the border between North Korea and the People's Republic of China....

 from the Chinese city of Dandong

Dandong

Dandong , previously known as Andong and Antung, is a city in Liaoning Province, Northeast China. It lies on the border between China and North Korea, which is marked by the Yalu River, and is the largest border city in China. Also, to the southwest of the city, the river flows into Korea Bay...

. It is also a few miles southwest of Uiju Airfield

Uiju Airfield

Uiju Airfield is an airport near Uiju, Pyongan-bukto, North Korea.- Facilities :The airfield has a single concrete runway 03/21 measuring 8180 x 174 feet . It is sited in the Yalu River plain, a few miles northeast of the Chinese city of Dandong. It is also a few miles northeast of Sinuiju Airport...

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History

The airfield was a frequent target during the Korean War

Korean War

The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

 because of its strategic importance, including not only based MiG

Mig

-Industry:*MiG, now Mikoyan, a Russian aircraft corporation, formerly the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau*Metal inert gas welding or MIG welding, a type of welding using an electric arc and a shielding gas-Business and finance:...

 and Yak

Yakovlev

The Yak Aircraft Corporation is a Russian aircraft designer and manufacturer...

aircraft, but also its proximity to major railroad lines.