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Scope: to build a small airport at the country's northernmost island of Baengnyeong.
South Korea has been seeking to build an airstrip on the island near the western sea border with North Korea for a 50-seat plane.
The Baengnyeong Airport building project plans to build a 30-meter wide and 1200-meter-long runway, control tower and passenger terminal to accommodate 50 person-capacity private airplanes by channeling 174 billion KRW using the 254,000 square meter land from Solgae district, Baengnyeong-myeon, Ongjin-gu.
The airport -- which could be used for both civilian and military purposes -- will allow people from the island to travel to Gimpo International Airport in an hour. Not only will the project ease difficulties in traveling for local residents, it will also improve (the island's) capabilities to cope with emergencies, eventually leading to better living conditions for them.
The airport will help Baengnyeong -- home to a key Marine Corps unit -- emerge as a new tourism hub in the Yellow Sea.
The project will run from 2023 to 2029.
