Lan Yu Airport
| 蘭嶼 機場 Lan Yu Lanyu Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RCLY |
| IATA code | KYD |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 13 m (43 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1964 |
| operator | Civil Airport Authority |
| surface | 43.7 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 47,406 (2016) |
| Air freight | 52.6 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
2,966 (2016) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 13/31 | 1132 m × 24 m concrete |
| year | Flight movements |
Passengers | Freight (in t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 5,032 | 48,720 | 173.8 |
| 1996 | 6,290 | 63.143 | 195.0 |
| 2001 | 3,672 | 51,768 | 75.9 |
| 2005 | 3,336 | 47,513 | 82.3 |
| 2006 | 3,664 | 53,540 | 76.8 |
| 2007 | 3,570 | 52,955 | 78.8 |
| 2008 | 3,316 | 49,522 | 71.3 |
| 2009 | 3,988 | 60,149 | 81.6 |
| 2010 | 4,386 | 68,562 | 78.4 |
| 2011 | 4,538 | 73.002 | 82.7 |
| 2012 | 4,700 | 75.006 | 87.9 |
| 2013 | 4,472 | 74,786 | 75.6 |
| 2014 | 4,400 | 71,538 | 69.3 |
| 2015 | 3.210 | 50,827 | 58.5 |
| 2016 | 2,966 | 47,406 | 52.6 |
The Lan Yu Airport ( Chinese 蘭嶼機場 , pinyin Lányǔ Jīchǎng ) is a small airport on the "Orchid Island" Lan Yu that the Taitung County of Republic of China (Taiwan) is one.
history
After the establishment of the Republic of China on Taiwan, the entire island of Lan Yu was initially under military administration. In 1964 a small airport was built. The airport was handed over to the Central Airports Authority (CAA) of Taiwan in 1977. An expansion took place until 1982 and from 1984 the airport was under the supervision of Taitung County. Since 1990 the airport has been operated by the CAA again.
The airport has a runway measuring 1132 × 24 meters. The apron covers 6875 m² and the waiting hall 1042 m².
Flight destinations and routes
The only flight destination is Taitung Airport, about 92 kilometers away . By Daily Air about three to six flights are offered daily.
Accidents
The most serious aircraft accident near the airport occurred on April 10, 1992, when a Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander of Taiwan Airlines (part of Uni Air since 1998 ) apparently suffered an engine failure and crashed into the sea near the island. Seven of the ten inmates were killed. Further accidents at the airport only resulted in property damage and not serious personal injury. A constant problem are relatively strong cross winds at the airport, which is located directly near the coast.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d 表 3 民航 運輸 各 機場 營運 量 - 按 機場 分, 12. 蘭嶼 機場 (Table 3 civil aviation transports to the airport, 12. Lan Yu airport). (pdf) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; Retrieved December 26, 2017 (Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lanyu Airport. Retrieved January 4, 2018 .
- ↑ 台 東 (Taitung) → 蘭嶼 (Lanyu). Taitung Airport website, accessed January 4, 2018 .
- ^ Accident description. Aviation Safety Network, accessed January 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Orchid Island Airport profile. Aviation Safety Network, accessed January 4, 2018 .
- ↑ George Liao: 19-seat airplane goes off runway at Lanyu Airport, no serious injuries reported. Taiwan News, April 13, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 .
