| Tainan Airport 臺南航空站 |
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| IATA: TNN – ICAO: RCNN
TNN
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aeronautics Administration | ||
| Location | Tainan City | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 63 ft / 19 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18L/36R | 10,006 | 3,050 | Concrete |
| 18R/36L | 10,006 | 3,050 | Concrete |
Tainan Airport (Chinese: 臺南機場; formally "臺南航空站") (IATA: TNN, ICAO: RCNN) is a commercial airport located in South District, Tainan City, Taiwan. It is shared with Republic of China Air Force Tainan AFB. In January 2011, the Civil Aeronautics Administration approved the airport to handle international flights in the future.[1]
It is the third busiest domestic airport after Taipei Songshan Airport and Kaohsiung Airport. However its passenger number dropped significantly since 2007 after the inauguration of Taiwan High Speed Rail. The Far Eastern Air Transport suspended the service between Tainan Airport and Taipei Songshan Airport on March 1, 2008, ending this carrier's 50-year service history in the Tainan Airport. Its competitor, TransAsia Airways, also had to downgrade the aircraft from jet Airbus A320 to turboprop ATR 72 to maintain revenue, and finally decided to quit this airport since August 1, 2008.
Because of the share use with the Air Force, the airport terminal was built quite a distance away from the airfield. Passengers disembark at the apron and board shuttle buses to the terminal. Also because of the share use, some flights will be cancelled when the Air Force is conducting war games.
Among other U.S. units, the 868th Tactical Missile Squadron was stationed at Tainan Air Base from 1958-1962 operating MGM-1 Matadors, probably under the ultimate control of the United States Taiwan Defense Command.
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Uni Air | Kinmen, Makung |
On February 24, 1969, Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104, a Handley Page Dart Herald with 36 passengers and crew board, crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Tainan. Everyone on board was killed.[2]
On April 16, 1977, Douglas C-47A B-247 of FEAT was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident.[3]
On March 21, 2003, TransAsia Airways flight 543 (Airbus A321 registration B-22603) on a flight from Taipei Songshan Airport to Tainan Airport, collided with a truck which was on runway 36R when the A321 was landing at Tainan. None of the 175 passengers and crew were killed or injured but the two people inside the truck was injured in the collision. The aircraft was written off in the accident. [4][5]
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