Kaohsiung International Airport

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Kaohsiung International Airport 高雄國際機場

IATA: KHH - ICAO: RCKH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Civil Aeronautics Administration
Serves		Kaohsiung City
Elevation AMSL		31 ft (9 m)
Coordinates		22°34′37″N, 120°21′00″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
09/27	10,335	3,150	Concrete

Kaohsiung International Airport (Traditional Chinese: 高雄國際機場) (IATA: KHH, ICAO: RCKH) is a midsize commercial airport located in Kaohsiung City, Republic of China in southern Taiwan. It primary serves as a hub to countries in Southeastern Asia and as the backup to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE), formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport. New flights to destinations in South Korea and Japan were added in 2006. Kaohsiung International Airport is the second largest airport in Taiwan.

Originally built by the Japanese, "Kaohsiung Airport" was first utilized as an Air Force base when control of Taiwan was taken by the ROC government. Due to the need of a civilian airport in southern Taiwan, it was converted and expanded as a domestic airport in 1965. In 1969, it was further upgraded as "Kaohsiung International Airport," but it wasn't until 1972 that it started transporting international passengers. For a brief period in 1998, EVA Air opened a direct flight from Kaohsiung to Los Angeles, but it was soon stopped due to low ridership. Presently, passengers traveling to Europe, Australia, or North America are served by dedicated connecting flights to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, where most international flights are available. The airport is located in Hsiaogang District in southern Kaohsiung City and thus also known as Hsiaogang Airport or Kaohsiung Hsiaogang Airport (Traditional Chinese: 小港機場 or 高雄小港機場).

1 Terminals
2 Airlines
- 2.1 Domestic
- 2.2 International
3 See also
4 External link

[edit] Terminals

Interior of the domestic terminal departure area

Interior of the international terminal

Kaohsiung International Airport has two terminals: one domestic and one international.

The domestic terminal was built in 1965 when the airport was first opened as a civilian airport. Through the years, it has undergone numerous small expansions and improvements, but jet bridges were never added. For the most part this is acceptable since the domestic terminal mostly serves smaller planes that cannot use jet bridges. The current domestic terminal building also served international flights before the opening of the new international terminal in 1997.

The international terminal opened in 1997 and all gates have jet bridges. It serves all international flights and connecting flights to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Connecting passengers proceed through immigration in Kaohsiung and do not need to repeat the procedure in Taoyuan, avoiding congestions in Taoyuan and saving much time between flights. Like many modern airport terminals, the building has a high ceiling in the check-in area and its exterior uses glass panels extensively. The floor area for the international terminal is more than three times that of the domestic terminal.

[edit] Airlines

Statistics for Kaohsiung International Airport[1]
Year	Total Passengers
1994	7,760,903
1995	9,357,627
1996	11,625,885
1997	12,128,704
1998	11,051,459
1999	10,745,131
2000	9,143,844
2002	7,799,315
2003	6,636,177
2004	7,582,710

Far Eastern Air Transport airliner at Kaohsiung Airport

[edit] Domestic

China Airlines
- Mandarin Airlines (Hualien, Taipei-Songshan)
Daily Air (Chimay, Wonan)
EVA Air
- Uni Air (Kinmen, Makung, Taipei-Songshan)
Far Eastern Air Transport (Hualien, Taipei-Songshan)
TransAsia Airways (Kinmen, Makung, Taipei-Songshan)

[edit] International

Air Macau (Macau)
Asian Spirit (Basco) [seasonal]
Cathay Pacific
- Dragonair (Hong Kong)
China Airlines (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Nagoya-Centrair, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan)
- Mandarin Airlines (Hong Kong)
EVA Air (Macau, Taipei-Taoyuan)
- Uni Air (Bangkok, Hanoi, Seoul-Incheon)
Far Eastern Air Transport (Cheju, Laoag, Seoul-Incheon, Siem Reap, Taipei-Taoyuan)
Japan Airlines
- Japan Asia Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu)
Singapore Airlines
- Silkair (Singapore) [starts May 25, 2007]
Pacific Airlines (Ho Chi Minh City)
TransAsia Airways (Macau)
Vietnam Airlines (Ho Chi Minh City)