Taichung Airport
| 臺中 國際 機場 Taichung Taichung International Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RCMQ |
| IATA code | RMQ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 203 m (666 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 10 km northwest of Taichung |
| Basic data | |
| opening | before 1945 |
| operator | Civil Airport Authority |
| surface | 8.8445 ha |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 2,380,000 (2016) |
| Air freight | 3,807 t (201) |
| Flight movements |
25,945 (2016) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 18/36 | 3659 m × 61 m cement concrete |
| year | Flight movements |
Passengers (in 1000) |
Freight (in t) |
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| 1971 | 756 | 38 | 202 |
| 1981 | 1,798 | 15th | 209 |
| 1991 | 9,546 | 189 | 697 |
| 2001 | 36,829 | 1,246 | 1,683 |
| 2007 | 16,695 | 781 | 1,565 |
| 2008 | 17,464 | 1.106 | 1,723 |
| 2009 | 14,352 | 1,015 | 1,947 |
| 2010 | 16,503 | 1,284 | 2,294 |
| 2011 | 18,437 | 1,450 | 2.133 |
| 2012 | 19,710 | 1,592 | 1,820 |
| 2013 | 22,120 | 1,807 | 2,004 |
| 2014 | 25,293 | 2,187 | 2.143 |
| 2015 | 26,456 | 2,343 | 2,942 |
| 2016 | 25,945 | 2,380 | 3,807 |
The International Airport Taichung ( Chinese 臺中國際機場 , english Taichung International Airport ) is one of four international airports in the Republic of China on Taiwan . It is located in the Shalu district of Taichung city near the west coast of the island of Taiwan .
history
A military airfield was built on the area of today's airport during the Japanese rule over Taiwan . After 1945 the airport was further expanded under national Chinese rule. On March 20, 1966, the Air Force Base was named Ching Chuan Kang Base in honor of the Chinese National General Qiu Qingquan (邱清泉, 1902–1949) .
Prior to 2004, there was a small Shuinan domestic airport for civil aviation in Taichung's Xitun city district . Civil flight operations were relocated from this location to the area of the Ching Chuan Kang base, which until then had been used purely for military purposes, and officially went into operation there on March 6, 2004. On 11 April 2013, a second international terminal and the airport opened officially by on January 3, 2017 Ching Chuan Kang Airport Taichung in International Airport Taichung renamed.
The airport has two check-in buildings ( airport terminals ), one for domestic flights with a total area of 10,054 m² and one for international flights with an area of 25,015 m², as well as a runway of 3.6 kilometers. The airport apron has 6 aprons. According to the airport operator, both terminals together have a combined capacity of 2.9 million passengers per year. Since February 5, 2014, international (not just national as before) freight transport has been offered. The airport is connected to Taichung's subway and bus network.
The city administration of Taichung has been trying for a long time to further expand international flight operations. The main arguments cited were the economic needs of the 2.7 million inhabitant city of Taichung, as well as the relief of the Taiwan Tayouan Airport , which had more than 40 million passengers for the first time in 2016. Obstacles to further expansion of the airport are the limited space available and the restrictions on flight operations between 23:00 and 7:00 due to noise protection reasons .
Airlines at Taichung Airport
Domestic Airlines (2016):
Foreign airlines and lines from the People's Republic (2016):
Destinations flown to
The destinations flown to as of 06/2019:
- Domestic: Kinmen , Magong , Nangan and [Hualien Airport | Hualien]
- in the People's Republic of China: Hangzhou , Ningpo , Wuxi , Nanjing , Xiamen , Fuzhou , Taiyuan , Shenzhen , Guangzhou , Meizhou , Sanya
- Irregular flight routes: Xiamen, Nanjing, Haikou, Tianjin
- Abroad: Hong Kong , Macau , Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Bangkok in Thailand, Incheon and Gwangju in South Korea, Okinawa and Narita in Japan,
Incidents
- On June 20, 1964, a Curtiss C-46D Commando of the Taiwanese Civil Air Transport ( aircraft registration B-908 ) crashed shortly after take-off from Taichung Airport due to a loss of control after an engine failure. All 57 occupants, 5 crew members and 52 passengers, were killed. It was the accident with the most fatalities in a C-46 in civil service (see also Civil Air Transport Flight 106 ) .
See also
Web links
- Airport website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China 2016 . In: Taiwan National Bureau of Statistics (ed.): STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA 2016 . 2017, p. 130–131 (English, online - traffic volume at the most important airports in 1952–2016).
- ↑ Ching Chuan Kang Air Base. globalsecurity.org, accessed November 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Newly renamed Taichung International Airport eyes future growth in passengers and freight (2017/01/03). Formosa News, January 3, 2017, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Basic Information. Taichung Airport, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Introdcution of the Airport. Taichung Airport, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Bus Routes , at tca.gov.tw, accessed on October 21, 2019
- ↑ Taichung Airport: How to get to Taichung train station from Taichung Airport? Taichung Tourist Office, accessed November 22, 2017 . , on travel.taichung.gov.tw
- ↑ Matthew Fulcoon: Will Taichung's Airport be Expanded? Taiwan Business Topics, May 17, 2017, accessed November 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Flight Routes in Operation. Taichung Airport, accessed November 22, 2017 .
- ^ Taichung Airport. tca.gov.tw, October 19, 2019, accessed on October 19, 2019 .
- ^ Accident report C-46 B-908 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 16, 2017.