Panghyon Airport

The airfield has a single concrete runway 13/31, measuring 8500 x 180 feet (3277 x 55 m).^[2] It has a full-length parallel taxiway and other taxiways leading to hangars. Earth revetments are located along the parallel taxiway. Some aeronautical charts show a second north–south runway;^[3] however it may just be a taxiway.

In December 2016, U.S. analysts reported that a missile base had been constructed approximately 13 miles from the airport, and was possibly the site for Hwasong-10 missiles tests in October.^[4] It is also the site of North Korea's first successful test-launch of the Hwasong-14, the country's first intercontinental ballistic missile, on July 4, 2017.^[1]

From 2023 onwards, satellite imagery indicated that the airfield was the center of North Korea's development of a domestic unmanned surveillance vehicles, which was followed by the announcement of the Saebyeol-4 and Saebyeol-9 on 27 July 2023.^[5] Continued R&D of the drones, followed by the development of loitering munition greatly expanded over the following years, indicated by explosion craters present on satellite imagery.^[6]