Qimei airport
| 七美 機場 Qimei Qimei Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RCCM |
| IATA code | CMJ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 19 m (62 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 37 km southwest of Magong |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1977 |
| operator | Civil Airport Authority |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 16,074 (2016) |
| Air freight | 7 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
1,464 (2016) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 02/20 | 783 m × 23 m cement concrete |
| year | Flight movements |
Passengers | Freight (in t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,868 | 26,609 | 18.1 |
| 2005 | 1,761 | 20,855 | 63.3 |
| 2006 | 1,802 | 22,661 | 50.5 |
| 2007 | 1,836 | 20,996 | 32.7 |
| 2008 | 1,796 | 22,178 | 22.7 |
| 2009 | 2,022 | 26,606 | 17.3 |
| 2010 | 1,946 | 24,638 | 16.6 |
| 2011 | 1.918 | 25,017 | 19.3 |
| 2012 | 1,894 | 25,035 | 25.7 |
| 2013 | 1,884 | 25,813 | 23.7 |
| 2014 | 1,966 | 25,980 | 20.9 |
| 2015 | 1,594 | 18,518 | 12.9 |
| 2016 | 1,464 | 16,074 | 7.0 |
The Qimei airport ( Chinese 七美機場 , pinyin Qimei Jīchǎng ) is a small airport in the Republic of China (Taiwan) . It is located on the island of Qimei, which belongs to the Penghu Islands (Pescadors).
history
In the 1970s, the Penghu administrative authorities decided to build an airport on Qimei Island to improve air transport links to the islands. In 1977 the airport opened. The only scheduled connections existed between the airport on the neighboring island of Magong, also opened in 1977, and Kaohsiung Airport . Scheduled traffic was initially operated by Yong-Xing Airlines (renamed Formosa Airlines in 1987 ). From 1998 Taiwan Airlines (merged into Uni Air from 1998 ) was added.
In 1991, Qimei Airport was administratively subordinated to the neighboring Magong Airport . On May 11, 1996, airport operations were transferred from Penghu County to the Taiwan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). In 1993/94 a new airport building was built and in 1996 the aging runway made of asphalt was replaced by a runway made of concrete.
Current situation
Currently, Uni Air is the only scheduled flight connection to have regular flights to and from the airport on the neighboring island of Magong and to Kaohsiung Airport . In 2016, 16,074 passengers were carried.
Aviation accidents
So far there have been no major accidents at or near the airport.
See also
Web links
- www.mkport.gov.tw/Qimei , airport website (Chinese / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 表 3 民航 運輸 各 機場 營運 量 - 按 機場 分, 10. 七美 機場 (Table 3 civil aviation transports to the airport, 10. Qimei 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.
- ↑ Airport Introduction. Airport website Magong, accessed December 15, 2017 .
- ^ About the Qimei Airport. Qimei Airport, accessed December 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Schedule. Retrieved December 29, 2017 .
- ^ Chi Mei Airport profile. AviationSafetyNetwork, accessed December 30, 2017 .
