Highway Strip 07/25 (Kusong)

Korea (North) / Pyonganbukto / Panghyon / Kusong

airport, military, highway strip / road runway

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Highway strip airstrip.
A highway strip or road runway is a section of a highway or motorway that is specially built to allow landing of (mostly) military aircraft and to serve as a military airbase. These were built to allow military aircraft to operate even if their airbases, the most vulnerable targets in any war, are destroyed.
Runway: 07/25.
Dimensions: 1,850' (564m) X 52' (16m).
Surface: Asphalt (highway).

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highway_airstrips_in_North_Korea

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Coordinates: 39°48'49"N 125°8'58"E

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