AIRCRAFT REVETMENT CONSTRUCTION NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: November 1, 1974
• Content Type: REPORT

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER,
PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION
REPORT
AIRCRAFT REVETMENT
CONSTRUCTION
NORTH KOREA
NOVEMBER 1974
COPY NO 122
8 PAGES
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AIRCRAFT REVETMENT CONSTRUCTION, NORTH KOREA
1. This report contains information on aircraft revetment construction at ten transport/ utility
airfields and a highway airstrip in North Korea. The information is derived from KEYHOLE
photography obtained during May and June 1974. The report includes a location map, four
photographs, and a table.
2. In continuing efforts to improve its air facilities, North Korea has recently begun a program
of aircraft revetment construction and repair at over one-third of its transport/ utility airfields.
Revetment construction has also been observed at one highway airstrip. This construction activity
was first observed in May 1974. When completed, these newly constructed or refurbished revetments
will significantly increase aircraft parking and storage capacity at these air facilities.
V Transport /Utility Airfields
3. Revetment construction has been observed at ten of the 25 transport/ utility airfields in
North Korea (Figure 1 and Table 1). Nine of these ten are in the southern portion of the country
within 60 nautical miles (nm) of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). With the exception of Yongsang-ni,
no aircraft have been observed at these airfields, and support facilities are extremely limited. However,
all of the fields consist of either a serviceable sod or graded-earth runway capable of supporting
light utility aircraft.
4. At least 71 newly constructed or refurbished aircraft revetments have been identified at
these ten transport/ utility airfields. The majority of these earthen revetments are similar in size and
configuration to those previously observed at transport/ utility airfields in North Korea. They are
large enough to accommodate at least two COLT aircraft.
? 5. The distance from and accessibility to the runway of these recently constructed revetments
vary. At Haeju Northeast (Figure 2) ten newly constructed revetments are near the runway and are
connected by a dispersal taxiway. A dispersal taxiway is not yet evident at Hoeyang Southeast (Figure
3), where four revetments are under construction near the runway. At three of the ten airfields
where revetment construction is in progress (Kumgang, Ichon, and Yongsang-ni) revetments are situated
at least 1 nm from the runway. Yongsang-ni (Figure 4) is an operational COLT airfield with at
least 11 new revetments currently under construction approximately 1 nm southeast of the runway.
At least 27 aircraft revetments are now present at this field.
Highway Airstrip
6. Revetment construction has been observed at only one of the 18 highway airstrips in North
Korea. At Kojo Highway Airstrip, approximately 26 nm north of the DMZ, four revetments were
seen in the early stage of construction near the runway (Figures 1 and 5 and Table 1).
7. With an increase of at least 75 aircraft revetments at ten transport/ utility airfields and
one highway airstrip, the potential for future aircraft deployment to these airfields will be greater.
However, runway improvement and support facility construction have not been observed at these
air facilities.
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