Taitung Airport
| 臺 東 機場 Taitung Taitung Airport |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | RCFN |
| IATA code | TTT |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 43 m (141 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | July 1, 1981 |
| operator | Civil Airport Authority |
| surface | 153.7 ha |
| Terminals | 1 |
| Passengers | 300,000 (2016) |
| Air freight | 284 t (2016) |
| Flight movements |
43,984 (2016) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 04/22 | 2438 m × 45 m concrete |
| year | Flight movements |
Passengers (in 1000) |
Freight (in t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 604 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18,235 | 246 | 976 |
| 1991 | 30,630 | 492 | 1,220 |
| 2001 | 18,720 | 948 | 566 |
| 2007 | 10,270 | 457 | 437 |
| 2008 | 8,870 | 369 | 358 |
| 2009 | 10.118 | 382 | 391 |
| 2010 | 10,503 | 408 | 351 |
| 2011 | 10,727 | 437 | 376 |
| 2012 | 11,753 | 447 | 403 |
| 2013 | 11,728 | 429 | 359 |
| 2014 | 13,948 | 380 | 305 |
| 2015 | 30.109 | 302 | 281 |
| 2016 | 43,984 | 300 | 284 |
The Airport Taitung ( Chinese 臺東機場 , pinyin Taidong Jīchǎng , English Taitung Airport ), unofficially Fengnian -airport (豐年機場) is a small domestic airport in the city of Taitung in the Republic of China on Taiwan . Taitung Airport is located in the western part of the city area. In addition, there is a larger military airport in Taitung, the Zhihang Air Force Base (空軍 志 航 基地), which is located in the eastern part of the city near the coast.
history
As early as the 1970s there was a small airfield in Taitung, which was officially granted the status of an airport on July 1, 1981. A few months later, civil aviation was relocated to its current location in the Fengnian (豐年 里) district. The old airfield continued to be used by the Taiwanese Air Force and later developed into the Zhihang Air Force Base. On June 1, 2001, Taitung Airport, along with Hualien Airport, was upgraded to a "Second Tier Airport". This was done as part of a program of the Taiwanese government for the tourist and economic development of the regions on the east coast. The number of air passengers has risen continuously since it was founded and in 2001 reached its all-time high of 948,000. In 2007 it was only 457,000 and has since decreased to 300,000 in 2016.
Infrastructure data
The airport area covers 153.7 hectares . There is a runway measuring 2,438 × 45 meters. The taxiway measures 2,528 X 22.5, the 17 aircraft parking bays have an area of 46,190 m² and the check-in hall measures 1,623 hectares.
Air connections and airlines
There are three destinations served from Taitung Airport: Taipei and the islands of Lü Dao and Lan Yu , located off the coast of Taitung County . From June to August 2015, China Airlines offered charter flights to Hong Kong . The airlines Mandarin Airlines , Uni Air and Daily Air operate on these flight connections .
Aviation accidents
There have not yet been any very serious accidents on or in the immediate vicinity of the airport since it was founded. On December 21, 2014, a Dornier 228-212 made a belly landing after the pilot forgot to extend the landing gear. On June 15, 1995, the same thing happened to a Formosa Airlines Dornier 228-201 . In both cases, no passengers were harmed.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e 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).
- ↑ also in other transcriptions, e.g. B. 'Fong Niam' etc.
- ↑ a b Taitung Airport. Taitung Airport website, accessed December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Flight Schedule. Taitung Airport website, accessed December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ China Airlines Adds Taitung - Hong Kong Charter June - Aug 2015. routesonline.com, accessed on December 1, 2017 (English).
- ^ Taitung Airport profile. Aviation Safety Network, accessed December 1, 2017 .