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Air Koryo

state owned national airline of North Korea
Organization airline Q257502
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Summary

Air Koryo is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,972 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: North Korea[3]
  • Airline hub: Pyongyang International Airport[4]
  • Item operated: Antonov An-24[5], Antonov An-148[6], Ilyushin Il-18[7], Ilyushin Il-76[8], Ilyushin Il-62[9], Tupolev Tu-134[10], Tupolev Tu-154[11], Tupolev Tu-204[12]
  • Named after: Goryeo[13]
  • Headquarters location: Pyongyang[14]
  • IATA airline designator: JS[15]
  • ICAO airline designator: KOR[16]
  • Commons category: Air Koryo[17]
  • Inception: September 21, 1955[18]
  • Location of formation: Pyongyang[19]
  • Official website: http://www.airkoryo.com.kp/?__lang=ko_KP[20], http://www.airkoryo.com.kp/?__lang=zh_CN[21], http://www.airkoryo.com.kp/?__lang=en_US[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Air Koryo[23]
  • Official name: 고려항공[24]
  • Legal form: state-owned enterprise[25]
  • Native label: 고려항공[26]
  • Airline accounting code: 120[27]
  • Street address: Sunan District, P'yongyang[28], Sunnan Airport, Sunnan District, Pyongyang, North Korea[29]
  • Date of incorporation: September 21, 1955[30]

Why It Matters

Air Koryo has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

North Korea Pyongyang

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  16. [18] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · 解浪 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of incorporation → +1955-09-21T00:00:00Z
    Start of work period → —
    Sitelink count → 43
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo'
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Start of work period: 21 September 1955"
  2. 9w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Logo image: Air Koryo 2024.svg, Removing [[:c:File:Air_Koryo_2024.svg|Air_Koryo_2024.svg]], it has been deleted from Commons by [[:c:User:Explicit|Explicit]] beca"
  3. 16w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → Pyongyang
    Legal form → state-owned enterprise
    Topic's main category → Category:Air Koryo
    Country → North Korea
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Goryeo"
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