Taichung Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Taichung Airport
nativename-a = 臺中航空站


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IATA = RMQ
ICAO = RCMQ
type = Military/Civil
owner =
operator = Republic of China Air Force
city-served = Greater Taichung
location = Taichung County
elevation-f = 663
elevation-m = 203
coordinates = Coord|24|15|52.80|N|120|37|14.09|E|type:airport
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r1-number = 18/36
r1-length-f = 12,000
r1-length-m = 3,630
r1-surface = Concrete
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stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 16,695
stat2-header = Passenger movements
stat2-data = 781,388
stat3-header = Airfreight movements in tonnes
stat3-data = 1,564.7
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Taichung Airport (zh-t|t=臺中航空站) Airport codes|RMQ|RCMQ, commonly known as Taichung Ching Chuang Kang Airport (zh-t|t=臺中清泉崗機場), is a airport located in Taichung County, Taiwan for both commercial and military purpose. It is also the third international airport in Taiwan, which now provides charter services to Japan, South Korea, Phuket, and Palau, as well as scheduled flights to Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh City. Macau is likely to be its future destination.

Taichung Ching Chuang Kang Airport is now shared with Republic of China Air Force Ching Chuan Kang AFB.Fact|date=May 2007 Despite the fact that it is called an international airport, most of the flights now operated here are domestic, and mainly shuttles to some outlying islands.

History

Ching Chuan Kang Airport was constructed during the Japanese colonial period and was named Gongguan Airport (zh-t|公館機場). The airport then expanded in 1954 according to the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, and later renamed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in memory of General Chiu Ching Chuan on March 20, 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. US Air Force had been garrisoning with two F-4 Phantom II squadron until the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty came into force on March 3, 1955.

As to the civil service, the passenger facilities have constructed since September 4, 2003, and open to service on March 5, 2004, replacing the old Shuinan Airport (zh-t|水湳機場) located in downtown Taichung. Ching Chuan Kang Airport has ever since become the only airport serving Taichung.

Airlines and destinations

*Dragonair (Hong Kong)
*Hong Kong Express Airways (Hong Kong)
*Mandarin Airlines (Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Hualien, Kinmen, Makung, Xiamen (cross-strait charter))
*Uni Air (Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Kinmen, Makung, Nangan)

External links

* [http://www.tca.gov.tw/English/Introduction.htm Taichung Airport Official Website] (in English)
* [http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Taichung-RMQ/city.html Destinations from Taichung]
*WAD|RCMQ