Kinmen Airport
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| Kinmen Airport | |||
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| IATA: KNH – ICAO: RCBS | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aeronautics Administration | ||
| Location | Kinmen | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 93 ft / 28 m | ||
| Coordinates | 24°25′40″N 118°21′33″E / 24.42778°N 118.35917°ECoordinates: 24°25′40″N 118°21′33″E / 24.42778°N 118.35917°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06/24 | 9,865 | 3,007 | Asphalt |
Kinmen Airport (Traditional Chinese: 金門尚義機場, Simplified Chinese: 金门尚义机场, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnmén Shàngyì jīchǎng) (IATA: KNH, ICAO: RCBS) is a civilian airport serving Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It was built in 1994 as a civilian airport located at Shang-I, to the northeastern side of the original military airport. It was authorized to become a C-class airport under the direct supervision of Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Executive Yuan.
It has one runway (direction 06-24) of 3,000 metres in length and 45 metres in width. A 2,580-metre connecting road links to a highway leading to two townships.
It served an average of 1.2 million passenger every year.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Mandarin Airlines (Taichung, Taipei-Songshan)
- TransAsia Airways (Kaohsiung, Taipei-Songshan)
- Uni Air (Chiayi, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei-Songshan)
[edit] External links
- Official Website in Traditional Chinese
- Official website in English
- Airport information for RCBS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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