G-239 Airport

Not applicable. The airfield remains fully operational for military training purposes.

The site is an active and vital military training facility. As the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, it hosts frequent and large-scale live-fire drills involving artillery, armor, and air assets. The G-239 airstrip is regularly used to practice landings and takeoffs of tactical transport aircraft, simulating operations on semi-prepared runways. It also serves as a forward base for attack helicopters and jets during complex training scenarios, making it a cornerstone of US-ROK military preparedness on the Korean Peninsula.

G-239 is the airstrip within the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex (RLFC), a major US and South Korean military training area established to ensure readiness after the Korean War. Its significance lies in its strategic location near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and its function as a premier combined arms live-fire complex. It has been instrumental for decades in maintaining the combat readiness of the US 2nd Infantry Division and ROK Army units. The airstrip is specifically designed to support air-land integration exercises, historically accommodating a wide range of aircraft including C-130 and C-17 transport planes for austere landings, A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft for close air support training, and various helicopters like the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk.

Not applicable. The facility was never a public or civilian airport and is not 'closed.' Due to its critical strategic importance for ongoing military training, there are no plans for it to be decommissioned or converted to civilian use.