Muan International Airport

Jeju Air Flight 2216 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Jeju Air from Suvarnabhumi Airport near Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea. On 29 December 2024, the Boeing 737-800 operating the flight was approaching Muan, when a bird strike occurred. The pilots issued a mayday alert, performed a go-around, and on the second landing attempt, the landing gear did not deploy and the airplane belly landed well beyond the normal touchdown zone. It overran the runway, colliding with multiple approach lighting system bulbs and crashed into a berm encasing a concrete structure that supported an antenna array for the instrument landing system. The collision killed all 175 passengers and 4 of 6 crew members. The surviving 2 cabin crew were seated in the rear of the plane, which detached from the fuselage, and were rescued with injuries. The accident is the deadliest aviation disaster involving a South Korean airliner since the 1997 crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in Guam and became the deadliest aviation accident on South Korean soil, surpassing the 2002 crash of Air China Flight 129 that killed 129 people. This was the first fatal accident in Jeju Air's 19-year history. The crash is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft and the deadliest aviation accident since the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in 2018.

Muan County (Korean: 무안군; RR: Muan-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. In 2005, Muan County became the capital of South Jeolla following the transfer of the provincial office from its previous location in Gwangju to the village of Namak in Muan. Muan International Airport was opened here and will eventually replace the airport in Gwangju (it already replaced Mokpo Airport).

Chodang University (Korean: 초당대학교) is the only university in Muan County, a largely rural district of South Korea's South Jeolla province. The current president is Boung-Sik, Kim.

Mokpo National University is a public university in Muan and Mokpo, South Korea. The school was founded in 1946 and was named Mokpo Normal School. In 1964, it was changed to Mokpo College of Education. In 1978, it was reorganized into Mokpo Elementary School. In 1979, it was upgraded to a four-year university. In 1990, it was upgraded to Mokpo National University, a comprehensive university.