Kaohsiung International Airport

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Kaohsiung International Airport
(Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport)
高雄國際航空站
高雄小港機場
Gāoxióng Guójì Hángkōngzhàn
Gāoxióng Xiǎogǎng Jīchǎng
高雄國際機場.JPG
IATA: KHH – ICAO: RCKH
KHH is located in Taiwan
KHH
KHH
Location of airport in Taiwan
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Civil Aeronautics Administration
Serves Kaohsiung
Location Siaogang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 9 m / 30 ft
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27[1] 3,150 10,335 Concrete
09R/27L 3,150 10,335 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Number of passengers 5,398,904
Aircraft Movements 51,681
Total cargo (metric tonnes) 68,767.3
Source: Civil Aeronautics Administration[2]
Kaohsiung International Airport terminal building
Kaohsiung International Airport control tower
Kaohsiung International Airport runway

Kaohsiung International Airport (Chinese: officially, 高雄國際航空站; commonly, 高雄國際機場; Chinese: 高雄国际航空站／高雄国际机场; pinyin: Gāoxióng guójì hángkōngzhàn/Gāoxióng guójì jīchǎng) (IATA: KHH, ICAO: RCKH), also known as Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport (Chinese: 高雄小港機場; pinyin: Gāoxióng xiǎogǎng jīchǎng) for the Siaogang District where it is located, is a medium-sized commercial airport in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Kaohsiung International is the third busiest Taiwanese airport, after Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and Taipei Songshan Airport, in passenger movement.[2]

History

Originally built as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Squadron base in 1942 during the Japanese rule era of Taiwan,[3] Kaohsiung Airport retained its military purpose when the Republic of China government first took control of Taiwan in 1945. Due to the need for civil transportation in southern Taiwan, it was demilitarised and converted into a domestic civil airport in 1965, and further upgraded to an international airport in 1969, with regular international flights starting in 1972.[4]

During the 1970s and 1980s, direct international flights were rare at the airport, with Hong Kong and Tokyo being the only two destinations.[citation needed] Since the early 1990s, dedicated connection flights to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport) were inaugurated. This brought southern Taiwan travelers much convenience, as they can transit via the Chiang Kai-shek International Airport where there was a higher availability of international flights. In the meantime, direct flights to Southeast Asia cities were gradually opened.[citation needed] This reduced the inconvenience that travelers in southern Taiwan needed to travel to Taoyuan in the north before flying south. These contributed to a steady growth in airport passenger and flight movements. A new terminal dedicated to international flights was opened in 1997.

In summer 1998, EVA Air opened a direct flight between Kaohsiung and Los Angeles, but it was discontinued only three months later due to low ridership. Northwest Airlines served Siaogang Airport, operating from Kansai Airport from 1999 to 2001, and Narita Airport from 2002 to 2003. These two routes were separately suspended due to the low load caused by the September 11 attacks and SARS outbreak.

After the Taiwan High Speed Rail's inauguration in January 2007, the Kaohsiung airport suffered great losses in passenger/flight movements; the Taiwan High Speed Rail and record-high costs of jet fuel are eating up most load factors to Taipei Songshan Airport and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (frequent buses link the Taoyuan Airport and the THSR Taoyuan Station). Some carriers dropped the two routes while other carriers reduced flights.

Since 2009, the number of passengers has been recovering due to the opening of regular scheduled cross-strait flights, as well as the rise of low cost carriers.

Terminals

Kaohsiung International Airport has two terminals – domestic and international. They are connected by a corridor way.

The domestic terminal was built in 1965 when the facility was first opened as a civilian airport. Through the years, it has undergone small expansions and improvements, but jet bridges have never been added. (The domestic terminal primarily serves smaller planes that do not require 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. While riding a connecting flight to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, passengers proceed through immigration in Kaohsiung International Airport and do not need to repeat the procedure in Taoyuan, avoiding congestion in Taoyuan and saving time between flights. The floor area for the international terminal is three times more than that of the domestic one.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations Terminal
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International International
Air Busan Busan International
Air Macau Macau International
China Airlines Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Changzhou,[5] Chongqing, Hong Kong, Kumamoto (begins 26 March 2016),[6] Manila, Nanchang, Naha (begins 26 March 2016),[6] Osaka-Kansai, Sapporo-Chitose, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen, Singapore, Taipei-Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita
Seasonal: Denpasar/Bali		 International
China Eastern Airlines Nanchang,[7] Nanjing, Wuhan International
China Southern Airlines Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Regular charter: Jieyang		 International
Daily Air Cimei, Wang-an Domestic
Dragonair Hong Kong International
EVA Air Fukuoka,[8] Guangzhou, Macau, Ningbo, Seoul-Incheon, Osaka-Kansai, Shanghai-Pudong, Tianjin, Tokyo-Narita, Zhengzhou International[9]
Far Eastern Air Transport Chengdu, Guilin, Nanchang, Taiyuan International
Far Eastern Air Transport Kinmen, Magong Domestic
Japan Airlines Tokyo-Narita International
Juneyao Airlines Shanghai-Pudong International
Mandarin Airlines Changsha, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Seoul-Incheon, Xiamen
Charter: Kitakyushu, Kumamoto		 International
Mandarin Airlines Hualien Domestic
Peach Osaka-Kansai[10] International
Scoot Singapore, Osaka-Kansai[11] International
Solaseed Air Miyazaki International
Spring Airlines Shanghai-Pudong International
Tigerair Taiwan Macau,[12] Osaka-Kansai,[13] Tokyo-Narita[14] International
TransAsia Airways Changsha, Fuzhou, Hefei, Macau, Nanning, Xiamen, Xuzhou International
TransAsia Airways Kinmen, Magong Domestic
Uni Air Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan (begins 29 March 2016),[15] Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang (begins 1 March 2016, ends 22 March 2016),[16]
Charter: Wuxi[17]		 International
Uni Air Kinmen, Magong
Military Charter: Dongsha Island		 Domestic
Vanilla Air Tokyo-Narita[18] International
Vietnam Airlines Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City International
Xiamen Airlines Fuzhou, Xiamen International

International charter flights

Several airlines such as China Airlines and Uni Air operate charter flights from Kaohsiung to many Japanese cities including Asahigawa, Hakodate, Sapporo, Hanamaki, Obihiro, Nagasaki and Kumamoto, mostly during long vacations.

Operations

Operations and Statistics [2]
Year Passenger
movements		 Airfreight
movements
(tons)		 Aircraft
movement
2004 7,586,640 87,758.2 86,167
2005 7,374,217 81,453.4 81,718
2006 7,130,321 76,997.0 78,603
2007 5,717,242 70,241.3 67,149
2008 4,160,515 62,139.4 47,793
2009 3,661,023 54,382.0 40,335
2010 4,053,069 64,850.8 41,300
2011 4,050,980 55,364.4 42,596
2012 4,465,794 54,104.5 45,302
2013 4,646,222 55,112.0 46,721
2014 5,398,904 68,767.3 51,681
Busiest routes from Kaohsiung (2014) [19]
Rank Airport Category Passengers 2014 Carriers
1 Hong Kong International 1,464,142 China Airlines, Dragonair
2 Makung Domestic 705,860 Far Eastern Air Transport, TransAsia Airways, Uni Air
3 Kinmen Domestic 433,827 Far Eastern Air Transport, TransAsia Airways, Uni Air
4 Tokyo-Narita International 325,668 China Airlines, EVA Air, Japan Airlines, Vanilla Air
5 Macau International 316,174 Air Macau, EVA Air, Tigerair Taiwan, TransAsia Airways
6 Shanghai-Pudong Cross-strait 286,238 China Airlines, EVA Air, Juneyao Airlines, Spring Airlines
7 Osaka-Kansai International 199,854 China Airlines, EVA Air, Peach
8 Seoul-Incheon International 162,889 China Airlines, EVA Air, Mandarin Airlines
9 Ho Chi Minh City International 143,106 Mandarin Airlines, Vietnam Airlines
10 Taipei-Taoyuan Domestic-International 137,032 China Airlines

Accidents and incidents

Ground transportation

See also

References

  1. ↑ ex-09L/27R
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ [《不沉空母-台灣島內飛行場百年發展史》，洪致文，ISBN 978-957-43-2515-3]
  4. ↑ http://www.kaohsiung-khh.airports-guides.com/khh_history.html
  5. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/07/02/ci-khhczx-sep15/
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://airlineroute.net/2015/05/13/ci-khhjapan-s16/
  7. ↑ China Eastern Adds New Routes to Kaohsiung in S14. Airline Route (10 April 2014).
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ themecool.com: The Leading Theme Cool Site on the Net. Evaair.themecool.com.
  10. ↑ http://www.flypeach.com/Portals/0/PressReleases/2013/131025-Press-Release-E.pdf
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  15. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/16/b7-khh-mar16/
  16. ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2015/11/16/b7-khh-mar16/
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  21. ↑ Formosa Airlines. Baaa-acro.com.

External links

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