Taipei Songshan Airport
| 台北 松山 機場 Táiběi Sōngshān Jīchǎng |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RCSS |
| IATA code | TSA |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 5 m (16 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 5 km northeast of Taipei |
| Street | Minsheng East / Dunhua North Roads |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1936 |
| operator | Civil Aeronautics Administration |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 6,143,000 (2016) |
| Air freight | 43,641 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
59,351 (2016) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 10/28 | 2605 m × 60 m concrete / asphalt |
The Airport Sung Shan ( Chinese 臺北松山機場 , pinyin Taibei Songshan Jīchǎng , IATA code: TSA) is in the same district of Taipei preferred domestic airport of the capital of the Republic of China on Taiwan .
development
| year | Flight movements |
Passengers (in 1000) |
Freight (in t) |
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| 1952 | 5.133 | 26th | 3.122 |
| 1971 | 46 357 | 2 133 | 54.033 |
| 1981 | 21,638 | 2,035 | 7,188 |
| 1991 | 68,532 | 4,192 | 14,034 |
| 2001 | 151.617 | 10.092 | 13,924 |
| 2007 | 68.084 | 4,471 | 13,115 |
| 2008 | 49.264 | 3,102 | 11,831 |
| 2009 | 44,655 | 3,091 | 11,406 |
| 2010 | 48,925 | 3.713 | 14,355 |
| 2011 | 58,185 | 5,259 | 34,492 |
| 2012 | 58,170 | 5,676 | 31,311 |
| 2013 | 60,066 | 5,847 | 36,320 |
| 2014 | 61,881 | 6.105 | 43,528 |
| 2015 | 57,642 | 5,861 | 45.218 |
| 2016 | 59,351 | 6.143 | 43,641 |
The airport, which was initially used as a military base, developed together with Taipei into an important transport hub. After the completion of the international airport near Taoyuan in 1979, Songshan only handled national passenger flights within Taiwan and the surrounding islands belonging to the Republic of China.
The commissioning of the first section of the Taiwan High Speed Rail , which runs along Taipei along the west coast of Taiwan a. a. with Taichung , Chiayi , Tainan and Kaohsiung (Zuoying), initiated a sharp decline in passenger numbers to these destinations. Most of the affected connections have been deleted. With the start of charter connections to destinations in the People's Republic of China in 2008 and better transport links between the airport and the underground network in 2009, the airport became more attractive again.
Flight destinations and airlines
Destinations on other islands: Kinmen KNH (Quemoy), Magong MZG ( Penghu )
- Mandarin Airlines (IATA: AE, Chinese 華 信 航空 , Pinyin HuáXìn Hángkōng )
Destinations on Taiwan: Kaohsiung KHH, Taichung RMQ
Destinations on other islands: Kinmen KNH (Quemoy)
- TransAsia Airways (IATA: GE, Chinese 復興 航空 , Pinyin FùXīng Hángkōng )
Destinations on Taiwan: Hualien HUN, Hengchun HCN, Kaohsiung KHH, Pingtung PIF, Tainan TNN
Destinations on other islands: Kinmen KNH (Quemoy), Magong MZG (Penghu)
Destinations on Taiwan: Chiayi CYI, Hengchun HCN, Kaohsiung KHH, Taitung TTT
Destinations on other islands: Beigan ( Matsu Islands ), Kinmen KNH (Quemoy), Makong MZG (Penghu), Nan'gan (Matsu)
There are connecting flights from Taitung to Lan Yu and Green Island, from Kaohsiung to Wang'an and from Kaohsiung or Magong to Qimei.
Transport links
There are separate stopping areas for taxis, city and intercity buses and a parking lot directly in front of the main building. Taxis that drop off passengers at the airport are not allowed to take new passengers with them immediately, but have to "queue". Especially when it rains, it can be worthwhile to take the short walk to the airport exit instead of waiting in line at the main building, as taxis are often available at the nearby petrol station entrance. Intercity buses are marked with the name of the place of departure and destination (often only in Chinese, sometimes also transcribed in Latin letters), city buses also have route numbers.
A shuttle bus runs to and from Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport , the journey takes about 1 hour for a direct journey (KuoKuang or FreeGo Bus), with stops in Taipei correspondingly longer (Yatung or Toward You Air Bus).
The airport has direct access to Taipei's subway network . There is an underground station on the brown Neihu Line immediately in front of the terminal.
Incidents
- On February 1, 1975 a Vickers Viscount 806 of the Indonesian Mandala Airlines ( aircraft registration number PK-RVM) rolled over the end of the runway at Taipei-Songshan Airport and only came to a standstill in a rice field. All occupants survived the accident. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
- On July 31, 1975, a Vickers Viscount 837 of the Taiwanese Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT) (B-2029) had an accident while landing at Taipei-Songshan Airport. The machine coming from Hualien Airport stalled in a heavy rain field ; the plane crashed on the runway. Of the 75 inmates, 27 died and 48 survived.
- On February 4, 2015, an ATR 72-600 operated by Taiwanese TransAsia Airways (B-22816) crashed into the Keelung River shortly after taking off from Taipei Songshan Airport because the captain had switched off the wrong engine after an engine failure. Of the 58 occupants, 43 were killed and 15 survived the accident (see also TransAsia Airways flight 235 ) .
See also
Web links
- Official website (Chinese, 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).
- ↑ Accident report Viscount 806 PK-RVM , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 9, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report Viscount 800 B-2029 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 7, 2020.
- ^ Accident report ATR-72 B-22816 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 27, 2017.