Taichung Airport

Taichung Airport (Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Airport) 臺中航空站 臺中清泉崗機場 Táizhōng Hángkōngzhàn Táizhōng Qīngquángǎng Jīchǎng
IATA: RMQ – ICAO: RCMQ RMQ Location of airport in Taiwan
Summary
Airport type	Military/Civil
Operator	Civil Aeronautics Administration Ministry of National Defense
Serves	Greater Taichung
Location	Taichung
Elevation AMSL	663 ft / 203 m
Coordinates	24°15′52.80″N 120°37′14.09″E / 24.2646667°N 120.6205806°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18/36 12,000 3,658 Concrete
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft Movements 19,710 Passenger movements 1,592,363 Airfreight movements in tonnes 1,819.6

Taichung Airport terminal building

Taichung Airport runway

Taichung Airport (Chinese: 臺中航空站; pinyin: Taizhong Hangkong Zhan) (IATA: RMQ, ICAO: RCMQ), commonly known as Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Airport (traditional Chinese: 臺中清泉崗機場; simplified Chinese: 台中清泉岗机场; pinyin: Táizhōng Qīngquángǎng Jīchăng), is an airport located in Taichung, Taiwan for both commercial and military purposes. It is also the third international airport in Taiwan, which now provides services to Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi.

History

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base Airfield.

Ching Chuan Kang Airport was constructed during the era of Japanese rule and was named Kōkan Airport (公館空港). The airport then expanded in 1954 according to the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, and later renamed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (清泉崗空軍基地) in memory of General Qiu Qingquan on March 20, as deputy director of Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison and commander-in-chief of 2nd Army whose death on January 10, 1948 marked the nationalist defeat in the Huaihai Campaign. 1966 with the airport code CCK. It was the largest air force base in the Far East at the time, allowing B-52 Stratofortress to land. During the Vietnam War, Ching Chuan Kang has become a depot for the US Air Force. The US Air Force had been garrisoning with two fighter squadrons until the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty came into force on March 3, 1955.

As for civilian service, the passenger facilities have constructed since September 4, 2003, and open to service on March 5, 2004, replacing the old Shuinan Airport (Chinese: 水湳機場, IATA: TXG) located in downtown Taichung at 24.186436N,120.654581E. Ching Chuan Kang Airport has since become the only airport serving Taichung.

Terminals

Terminal 1

In 2003, with the demand to develop cross-strait and other international air routes from Taichung City, the Taiwan authorities made the decision to transfer airport from Shuinan Airport (TXG) to RMQ; since RMQ had been for the airbase for ROCAF, the Taiwanese CAA put a negotiation with the air force, and the air force spared an edge for building a new terminal for civil use. The first terminal completed in 2004, and all flights moved from TXG to RMQ soon afterwards. At first, Terminal 1 had served for both domestic and international arrival and departure functions until the inauguration of Terminal 2.

Terminal 2

In 2008, the Taiwanese authorities decided to build another terminal to meet for the booming passengers' demands, and then announced "First Phase for Central Taiwan International Airport (not to be confused with Chūbu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya, Japan literally)". Terminal 2 is now serving with all international/cross-strait flights, while the older Terminal 1 is just serving domestic flights.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Air China	Chengdu	2
China Airlines	Seasonal Charter: Nagoya-Centrair	2
China Eastern Airlines	Nanjing, Taiyuan[1]	2
Dragonair	Hong Kong	2
EVA Air	Macau, Seoul-Incheon	2
Far Eastern Air Transport	Kinmen, Magong	1
Far Eastern Air Transport	Changzhou,[2] Hefei, Hohhot,[3] Taiyuan Charter: Meixian	2
HK Express	Hong Kong	2
Mandarin Airlines	Kinmen, Magong	1
Mandarin Airlines	Changsha, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Naha, Ningbo, Seoul-Incheon,[4] Shantou,[5] Wuhan, Wuxi,[6] Zhengzhou Charter: Meixian Seasonal Charter: Oita (begins 2 June 2016)[7]	2
Shandong Airlines	Jinan, Qingdao	2
Transasia Airways	Hualien	1
Transasia Airways	Fuzhou, Nanning, Shanghai-Pudong, Xiamen Charter: Macau, Yichang	2
Uni Air	Kinmen, Magong, Matsu-Nangan	1
Uni Air	Changsha, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen, Wuxi[6]	2

International destinations

See also

• List of airports in Taiwan

References

1. http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/27/mu-tynrmq-nov15/
2. http://www.caacnews.com.cn/newsshow.aspx?idnews=273223
3. https://www.fat.com.tw/Press/newsshow.aspx?id=550
4. http://airlineroute.net/2014/09/08/ae-rmqicn-w14/
5. http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/21/ae-china-w15/
6. "Wuxi Enhances International/Regional Links from late-April 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
7. "Mandarin Airlines Adds Taichung – Oita Charter Service from June 2016". airlineroute. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

External links

• Taichung Airport Official Website
• Airport information for RCMQ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.