Kaohsiung International Airport

Kaohsiung International Airport
高雄國際航空站
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCivil Aeronautics Administration
ServesKaohsiung
LocationSiaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Opened1 July 1965 (1965-07-01)
Hub for
Elevation AMSL9 m (30 ft)
Coordinates22°34′37″N 120°21′00″E / 22.57694°N 120.35000°E / 22.57694; 120.35000
Map
KHH/RCKH is located in Kaohsiung
KHH/RCKH
KHH/RCKH
Location of airport in Kaohsiung
KHH/RCKH is located in Taiwan
KHH/RCKH
KHH/RCKH
Location of airport in Taiwan
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27[a] 3,150 10,335 Concrete
Statistics (2025)
Number of passengers6,971,162
Increase18.85%
Aircraft movements59,057
Increase13.70%
Airfreight movements53,442.7 tonnes
Increase25.36%
Source: Civil Aeronautics Administration[1]
Kaohsiung International Airport
Traditional Chinese高雄國際機場
Simplified Chinese高雄国际机场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāoxióng Gúojì Jīchǎng
Bopomofoㄍㄠ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˇ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳKô-hiùng Koet-chi Kî-chhòng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKo-hiông Kok-chè Ki-tiûⁿ
Siaogang International Airport
Traditional Chinese小港國際機場
Simplified Chinese小港国际机场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiǎogǎng Guójì Jīchǎng
Bopomofoㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄔㄤˇ
Hakka
Pha̍k-fa-sṳSéu-kóng Koet-chi Kî-chhòng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSió-káng Kok-chè Ki-tiûⁿ

Kaohsiung International Airport (高雄國際機場[b]) (IATA: KHH, ICAO: RCKH) is an international airport located in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, also known as Siaogang Airport (小港機場). With 5.8 million passengers in 2024, it is the second busiest airport in Taiwan, after Taoyuan.[1] The airport has a single east–west runway and two terminals: one international and one domestic.

History

Early years

Originally built as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Squadron base in 1942 during the Japanese rule era of Taiwan,[2] 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 the status an international airport in 1969, with regular international flights starting in 1972.[3]

During the 1970s and 1980s, direct international flights were rare at the airport, with Hong Kong and Tokyo being the only two destinations.[4] Since the early 1990s, dedicated connection flights to Taipei were inaugurated, bringing convenience to the south as Taipei had more international flights. These contributed to a steady growth in airport passenger and flight movements. A new terminal dedicated to international flights was opened in 1997.[5]

In summer 1998, EVA Air opened a direct flight between Kaohsiung and Los Angeles, but it was discontinued only after six months.[6]

Development since the 2000s

Since 2009, the number of passengers has been recovering due to the opening of regular scheduled cross-strait flights to China, as well as the rise of low cost carriers.[7]

Kaohsiung International Airport terminal building
Kaohsiung International Airport control tower

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Busan Busan[8]
Air Macau Macau[9]
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International,[10] Osaka–Kansai[11]
Cathay Pacific Hong Kong[12]
Cebu Pacific Manila[13]
China Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[14] Chongqing,[14] Fukuoka,[14] Hong Kong,[14] Kumamoto,[14] Manila,[14] Naha,[14] Osaka–Kansai,[14] Seoul–Incheon,[14] Shanghai–Pudong,[14] Shenzhen,[14] Singapore,[14] Tokyo–Narita[14]
Daily Air Qimei,[15] Wang-an[16]
EVA Air Fukuoka,[14] Hong Kong,[14] Macau,[14] Osaka–Kansai,[14] Seoul–Incheon,[14] Shanghai–Pudong,[14] Tokyo–Narita[14]
HK Express Hong Kong[12]
Jeju Air Busan,[17] Seoul–Gimpo[18]
Jetstar Japan Naha (begins 6 December 2026),[19] Tokyo–Narita[20]
Juneyao Air Shanghai–Pudong[21]
Mandarin Airlines Hong Kong,[22] Hualien,[23] Matsu–Nangan[24]
Peach Osaka–Kansai[25]
Philippines AirAsia Manila[26]
Spring Airlines Ningbo,[27] Shanghai–Pudong[28]
Starlux Airlines Kobe,[29] Naha (both begin 1 January 2027)[30]
T'way Air Busan,[31] Jeju,[32] Seoul–Gimpo,[33] Seoul–Incheon[34]
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang,[35] Tokyo–Narita[36]
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[35]
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang,[35] Naha,[37] Sapporo–Chitose[38]
Tigerair Taiwan Da Nang,[39] Fukuoka,[40] Ishigaki (begins 2 September 2026),[41] Jeju,[42] Komatsu (begins 3 September 2026),[43] Kumamoto,[44] Nagoya–Centrair,[45] Naha,[46] Okayama,[47] Osaka–Kansai,[48] Sapporo–Chitose,[49] Sendai,[50] Seoul–Gimpo,[51] Tokyo–Narita[52]
Charter: Phu Quoc[53]
United Airlines Tokyo–Narita[54]
VietJet Air Hanoi,[55] Ho Chi Minh City[56]
Vietnam Airlines Hanoi,[55] Ho Chi Minh City[56]
XiamenAir Fuzhou,[57] Xiamen[58]

Statistics

PassengersYear01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,000201620182020202220242026PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Operations and statistics[59]
Year Passenger
movements		 Airfreight
movements
(tons)		 Aircraft
movement
2016 6,416,681 71,447.8 57,446
2017 6,479,183 81,555.3 51,768
2018 6,973,845 73,541.6 60,155
2019 7,506,753 64,676.8 64,015
2020 1,891,762 46,506.3 26,475
2021 836,594 57,087.3 16,317
2022 1,238,674 46,312.5 20,666
2023 4,225,403 40,018.4 40,516
2024 5,865,413 42,629.9 51,940
2025 6,971,162 53,442.7 59,057
Domestic routes from Kaohsiung (2025)[60][61]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Penghu 777,991
2 Kinmen 404,140
3 Qimei 17,681
4 Hualien 17,070
5 Wang-an 1,766
Busiest international routes from Kaohsiung (2025)[60][61]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Hong Kong 1,253,468 Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air, HK Express
2 Tokyo–Narita 563,125 China Airlines, EVA Air, Thai AirAsia, Tigerair Taiwan, United
3 Osaka–Kansai 562,164 China Airlines, EVA Air, Tigerair Taiwan, Peach, Scoot
4 Seoul–Incheon 415,460 Asiana Airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air, T'way Air
5 Macau 324,799 Air Macau, EVA Air, Tigerair Taiwan
6 Naha 242,680 China Airlines, Tigerair Taiwan
7 Ho Chi Minh City 221,528 Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air
8 Hanoi 219,186 Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air
9 Shanghai–Pudong 190,747 China Airlines, EVA Air, Juneyao Air, Spring Airlines
10 Fukuoka 195,040 China Airlines, Eva Air, Tigerair Taiwan

Accidents and incidents

Ground transportation

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ ex-09L/27R
  2. ↑ Official name in Chinese is 高雄國際航空站.

References

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