Information of Osan Air Base

Osan, Korea, Republic of

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RKSO
OSN

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Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:RKSO
Airport IATA Code:OSN
Longitude/Latitude:E 127° 01' 46.54"/N 37° 05' 26.22"
127.029594/37.090617
Elevation:40 ft / 12.19 m
Location:Osan, Korea, Republic of
Magnetic Variation:W 7°47.2' (2008-04)
Time Zone:UTC+9

Airport Communications

Type Name Freq 1 Freq 2 Freq 3 Freq 4 Freq 5
Approach Control APP127.9 M306.3 M
Automatic Terminal Information Service ATIS132.125 M272.7 M
Clearance Delivery CLNC DEL127.3 M343.0 M
Departure Control DEP127.9 M234.3 M
Ground Control GND132.45 M253.7 M
Pilot To Metro Service PMSV METRO346.5 M
Command Post 1CNSLD COMD POST
Pilot To Dispatcher PTD120.7 M232.9 M
Tower TWR122.1 M308.8 M

Communication Remarks

  • Approach Control - VFR svc avbl call APP CON at or before 20 NM N at or blw 6000' and S at or blw 13,000'. See RADAR ADVISORY SERVICE Sec C.
  • Ground Control - Rotary Wing acft ctc prior to eng start.
  • Command Post - 276.2 277.2 (Call ROUNDUP). (227.525 HAVE QUICK timing avbl). Air Mobility Control Cntr-(AMC COMD POST)-(Call BRICKWALL) 120.0 349.4 RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER - 282.8 381.0 Sby fac. Freq unmto exc dur SAR emerg or SAR trng, acft ctc COMD
  • Command Post - POST OT.

Runway Information

Runway 09/27

Dimension:9004 x 150 ft / 2744.4 x 45.7 m
Surface:Concrete.
  Runway 09 Runway 27
Longitude:127.014242 / E 127° 00' 51.27"127.044944 / E 127° 02' 41.80"
Latitude:37.089339 / N 37° 05' 21.62"37.091894 / N 37° 05' 30.82"
End Elevation:33.0 ft40.0 ft
Alignment:091.9271.9
Slope:0.1-0.1
Touchdown Zone Elev.:33.040.0
Lighting System 1:Sequenced Flashing LightsSequenced Flashing Lights
Lighting System 2:High Intensity Runway LightsHigh Intensity Runway Lights
Lighting System 3:Runway End Identifier LightsRunway End Identifier Lights
Lighting System 4:ALSF-1ALSF-1
Lighting System 5:PAPI - Precision Approach Path IndicatorPAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator

Remarks

A-GEAR - BAK-12(B) (1350') 4' cable hsg 200' ea side rwy cntrln. BAK-12(B) (2700') 4' cable hsg 275' ea side cntrln. 15 min PN rqr for apch end engagement.
Caution - Dur VMC, all F/W acft must remain blw 1200' until past the afld bdry to ensure separation for overhead tfc pat, unless otherwise cleared by ATC. All VFR copter tfc maint at or blw 700' while in Arpt Tfc Area/CTLZ. Hvy tfc to Suwon cros fi
Caution - nal apch to Osan Rwy 27 at 3000'. Dur Rwy 09 opr use extreme caution for acft opr in R-79, lctd OSN 265/14.5 NM. Orbiting copter tfc brg 030 /2.5 NM. Extv copter tfc all quad. Copters must maint a min of 500' AGL over populated areas.
Caution - Acft taxiing in Diamonds not vis fr twr. Lgtd bridge 3/4 NM final and lgtd road 1.5 NM E and 1/4 NM S of apch end Rwy 27 may be mistaken at ngt and lo wx for Rwy apch lgt. Rwy 09 ILS GS abnormal lctn, 275' N of rwy cntrln. All legs of Alpha
Caution - and Bravo Diamond and NE, SE and SW legs of Charlie Diamond are nonstandard 50' wide with nonstandard 18' wide shoulders. The NW and SW leg of Charlie Diamond fr bldg 1102 to 1172 clsd to taxing acft. Bird haz, see AP/3 Korea Supplementar
Caution - y Arpt Rmk for details. Use caution when parking on the Hot Cargo Spot, especially dur ngt or reduced vis. Main ldg gear must remain on twy cntrln. Follow marshallers and deplane a crew member if nec.
Customs/Agriculture/Immigration - Aircrew on intl flt into or out of Osan AB, Republic of Korea, must clear mil CSTMS and Korean IMG inside AMC trml. Mil CSTMS will meet you at the acft. Korean IMG officers will not meet you at the acft. AMC PAX Service will transport du
Customs/Agriculture/Immigration - ty PAX and space avbl PAX to the AMC trml when acft beddown actions are complete. Violators will be fined.
Fluid - SP LPOX OX
Fuel - J8,
JASU - 8(A/M32A-86) 3(MC-1A) 3(MA-1A) (MC-2A) (AM32A-60A)
Miscellanouis - All acft on an AMC msn must ctc the Air Mobility Control Center, call sign BRICKWALL, 30 min out. 120.0/349.4 if unable to ctc, pass arrival info through PTD 120.7/232.9. All 4 eng acft shutdown outboard eng aft clearing rwy. All AMC, PACAF
Miscellanouis - , NAVY, USMC, and other tran acft rqr PAX/cargo handling must ctc air mobility control cntr - (AMC comd post), call-sign BRICKWALL, 30 min out with arr and dep info to coord svc; also, call Air Trml Ops Cntr at D 784-4715 or 6500 for prior
Miscellanouis - coord of need for svc; lack of notification could result in significant delay. HF fone patch to Air Mobility Control Center thru YOKOTA AWY. AMC OPS clsd 1200-2100Z dly. Acft planning multi lcl sorties send msg to 7AF/DO and 51 OG/DO/MA/LGX
Miscellanouis - /OSM. VIP acft with DV codes ctc PTD or Comd Post 30 min prior to ldg with arr msg and firm block time. Tran acft exp 2 hr delay on wkend and dur exer for svc. Ltd stor of sealed COMSEC packages SECRET and blw is avbl at Base OPS. No COMSEC
Miscellanouis - avbl at Base OPS. Acft with PAX must ctc Air Trml Ops Cntr D 784-4715. Wx D 784-9370/5630. Base OPS fax DSN 315-784-5671. Twy C and D VFR hold short signs nstd, signs lctd on rgt-hand side. Due to ltd parking, the first F-18, AV-8 or A-6
Miscellanouis - parking within revetments may taxi in, second acft will be shut down and towed into posn. Attn Boeing 747, 757 aircrew: no tow capability exits at Osan for 757 acft; for 747 acft tow capability can be obtained in 2 hr. ATC pers will notify
Miscellanouis - wx of chg as part of the Cooperative Weather Watch (CWW). CWW will incl but is not ltd to twr and sctr vis and significant PIREP info to be incl in the obs/TAFs. Base wx station provides H24 obsn, ltd wx brief support. Remote wx briefings a
Miscellanouis - vbl H24 from 17th WX Sqdn at DSN 315-449-4127, 2 hr ntc rqr for timely brief. 17th WX Sqdn METRO svc ltd. Wx vis ltd due to hills and bldg obsc the horizon fr the SE thru the SW quad. The following limitation affects sfc obsn quality at the
Miscellanouis - manual obsn sites: Hill and Bldg obsc the horizon fr the SE thru the SW quad. Dry-ice req rqr 72 hr PN, ctc 731 AMS at 784-6500 to place order.
Noise Abadment - Base quiet hr 1300-2100Z dly. Dur quiet hr unsuppressed eng runs and nonessential acft opr are proh.
Oil - O-148 SOAP
Restricted - All acft PPR exc emerg AIREVAC and sked AMC msn, ctc Base OPS D 784-4222/1861 at least 24 hr prior but no earlier than 5 days in advance. Acft must adhere to PPR block time +/- 30 min of sked ldg and dep. Tran acft ltd to 1 apch to full st
Restricted - op ldg 0100-0900Z. Rwy clsd 2nd and 4th Sat mthly 2300-0800Z. No vert tkof or ldg by F/W acft (AV8). Tran and divert acft rqr de-arm will ctc Base OPS (PTD). Acft rqr RON for more than 1 day ctc RWG D 784-5753/8787, not rqr for AMC msns.
Restricted - All acft with haz (incl MJU7, MJU10 flares) no later than 30 min prior notify Base OPS; AMC acft with haz notify Comd Post no later than 30 min prior to ldg. Due to ltd max on gnd (MOG) capability, any AMC trng msn rqr prior coord w/ AMC
Restricted - D 784-6500/4600. All hvy acft, if required by ATC to accomplish a 180 turn at the apch end of Rwy 27 or departure end of Rwy 09, will make a rgt 180 turn.
Traffic Pattern - See Pro (section E) for OSAN VFR PAT.
Transit Alert - Coord maint/eng run/tow with tran alert, ltd fleet svc avbl; lavatory and potable water avbl upon req, no de-ice C5, no Follow Me svc avbl 1300-2100Z. See FLIP AP/3 Supplementary Arpt Info.

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