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Baengnyeong Island airport project clears feasibility review
South Korea’s Baengnyeong Island airport project passed a new feasibility review, clearing a major step toward construction.
The island lies off the country’s west coast, and the planned airport will be built near Baengnyeong Lake.
Plans include a 1,200-metre runway and a passenger terminal.
The project’s cost rose from 201.8 billion won to 391.3 billion won after plans expanded following an increase in the passenger limit for small aircraft from 50 to 80 seats.
That cost increase led to the reassessment, which had paused work on the airport plan and strategic environmental review.
Those planning and environmental steps can now resume, according to the announced decision.
Construction is planned to begin in 2029, with the airport scheduled to open in 2033.
Baengnyeong Island’s small-airport project passed a feasibility reassessment at a government investment review committee.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the decision on November 13, 2026.
The project includes a 1,200-metre runway and a passenger terminal near Baengnyeong Lake.
Its estimated cost rose from 201.8 billion won to 391.3 billion won after plans expanded.
Construction is planned to begin in 2029, with the airport expected to open in 2033.
- Who
- The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the result; the government investment review committee made the decision.
- What
- Baengnyeong Island’s airport project passed a feasibility reassessment.
- When
- The committee made the decision on November 13, 2026.
- Where
- Baengnyeong Island, near Baengnyeong Lake, South Korea.
- Why
- The project’s scope and cost increased after the seat limit for small-aircraft operators rose from 50 to 80, triggering a reassessment.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The airport project was included in the airport development master plan.
The project passed a preliminary feasibility study.
Planning began, before a change to the permitted seat limit led to an expansion of the project.
A reassessment began after the estimated cost increased to 391.3 billion won from 201.8 billion won.
The government investment review committee approved the project in its feasibility reassessment.
- Runway
- 1,200 metres
- Estimated cost
- 391.3 billion won, up from 201.8 billion won
- Planned construction start
- 2029
- Expected opening
- 2033
- Project site
- Near Baengnyeong Lake, Baengnyeong Island