National Comprehensive Flight Performance Test Center
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| Product Name | National Comprehensive Flight Performance Test Center |
| Model Number | (KARI) Goheung National Aviation Test Center Expansion & Upgrade |
| Brand | Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea |
| Category | Civil Aircraft Flight Test Infrastructure |
| Country of Origin | South Korea |
| Material | 700 m & 1,200 m runways/ Test hangars for airships, small aircraft, UAVs/Drop-test hangar for landing gear Helicopter whirl-tower (rotor balancing)/Ground infrastructure: flight monitoring systems, EO/IR sensors, RF scanners, VCCS communication systems, monitoring tower. |
| Applications | Provides “one-stop” R&D services—including system integration, component testing, performance evaluation, and certification—for both manned and unmanned aircraft and their subsystems. It also supports UAM testing, research programs, academic competitions, and space observation activities. |
Korea’s Largest Flight-Testing Facility for Civil Aircraft Development
The National Comprehensive Flight Performance Test Center is Korea’s first dedicated aerospace infrastructure established to support system integration, ground testing, flight testing, and component performance evaluation of national R&D and next-generation advanced aircraft systems, as well as serving as a forward base for scientific experiments related to space observation. It is located on reclaimed land in Goheung Bay, Goheung County, Jeollanam-do.
In August 2002, KARI and Goheung County signed an agreement to build the test center on a 16-hectare site (9.3 ha for the aerospace center, 6.6 ha for the runway), with a total investment of KRW 28.3 billion. Initially linked with the medium-sized airship development program, the first constructed facilities included an airship test hangar (72m × 32m × 25m) for assembly, maintenance, and storage of 50m-class airships, a research building (36m × 9m × 8m), a mooring field (60m × 60m), and a 700-meter-long, 24-meter-wide test runway.
Subsequent expansions included a test facility for small aircraft and UAVs in 2006, a drop test facility for landing gear in 2008, a whirl tower for testing rotary-wing rotor blades in 2009, and a security fence and guard station in 2010.
In July 2015, a large-scale test runway was constructed, comprising two visual flight-compatible runways and taxiways, measuring 1,200 meters in length and 45 meters in width across a 1.09 million square meter area. The center enables one-stop services from ground integration testing to flight testing for aircraft components, navigation equipment, drones, and developmental aircraft. To further enhance safety and utilization, infrastructure such as a flight monitoring system, monitoring tower, EO/IR sensors, RF scanners, and VCCS (Voice Communication Control System) are being installed. These upgrades will allow the center to support smooth and efficient testing and certification of both manned and unmanned aircraft, aviation equipment, and navigation safety facilities.
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