Kinmen Airport
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Kinmen Airport | |||
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IATA: KNH - ICAO: RCBS | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Operator | Civil Aeronautics Administration | ||
Serves | Kinmen | ||
Elevation AMSL | 93 ft (28 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
06/24 | 9,865 | 3,007 | Asphalt |
Kinmen Airport (IATA: KNH, ICAO: RCBS) is a civilian airport serving Kinmen (Quemoy), Fukien Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It was built in 1994 as a civilian airport located at Shang-I, to the northeastern side of the original military airport. It was authorized to become a C-class airport under the direct supervision of Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Executive Yuan.
It has one runway (direction 06-24) of 3000 metres in length and 45 metres in width. A 2580-metre connecting road links to a highway leading to two townships.
It served an average of 1.2 million passenger every year. There are scheduled flights to Chiayi, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan and Taipei, by Far Eastern Air Transport, Mandarin Airlines, TransAsia Airways and Uni Air.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- World Aero Data airport information for RCBS
Chiayi Airport • Cimei Airport • Hengchun Airport • Hualien Airport • Kaohsiung International Airport • Kinmen Airport • Lanyu Airport • Lyudao Airport • Magong Airport • Matsu Beigan Airport • Matsu Nangan Airport • Pingtung Airport • Taichung Airport • Tainan Airport • Taipei Songshan Airport • Taitung Airport • Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport • Wangan Airport
See also: Civil Aeronautics Administration • Category:Airports in the Republic of China • Category:Airports in Taiwan