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 / 24.2646667; 120.6205806
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

AirlinesDestinationsTerminal
Air China Chengdu[1] 2
China Eastern Airlines Nanjing, Taiyuan[2] 2
Dragonair Hong Kong 2
EVA Air Macau, Seoul-Incheon 2
Far Eastern Air Transport Kinmen, Magong 1
Far Eastern Air Transport Changzhou,[3] Hefei, Hohhot,[4] Taiyuan
Charter: Meixian		 2
HK Express Hong Kong 2
Japan Airlines Osaka-Kansai 2
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon 2
Mandarin Airlines Kinmen, Magong 1
Mandarin Airlines Changsha, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Naha, Ningbo, Seoul-Incheon,[5] Shantou,[6] Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Charter: Meixian		 2
Shandong Airlines Jinan, Qingdao 2
Tianjin Airlines Seasonal charter: Tianjin 2
Transasia Airways Hualien 1
Transasia Airways Fuzhou, Nanning, Shanghai-Pudong, Xiamen
Charter: Macau, Yichang		 2
T'way Airlines Seasonal charter: Seoul-Incheon 2
Uni Air Kinmen, Magong, Matsu-Nangan 1
Uni Air Changsha, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Shenzhen 2
International destinations

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Air China Adds Chengdu - Taichung Route from mid-June 2015". Airlineroute.net. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/27/mu-tynrmq-nov15/
  3. ↑ http://www.caacnews.com.cn/newsshow.aspx?idnews=273223
  4. ↑ https://www.fat.com.tw/Press/newsshow.aspx?id=550
  5. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2014/09/08/ae-rmqicn-w14/
  6. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/21/ae-china-w15/

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