Kaohsiung International Airport

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
IATA: KHH ICAO: RCKH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aeronautics Administration
Serves	Kaohsiung
Location	Siaogang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Hub for	China Airlines Eva Air Uni Air Mandarin Airlines Tigerair Taiwan Far Eastern Air Transport
Elevation AMSL	9 m / 30 ft
Coordinates	22°34′37″N 120°21′00″E / 22.57694°N 120.35000°E / 22.57694; 120.35000
Map
KHH Location of airport in Taiwan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 3,150 10,335 Concrete 09R/27L 3,150 10,335 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Number of passengers 6,001,487 Aircraft Movements 55,685 Total cargo (metric tonnes) 63,031.2
Source: Civil Aeronautics Administration

Kaohsiung International Airport (Chinese: 高雄國際航空站; pinyin: Gāoxióng guójì hángkōngzhàn; commonly 高雄國際機場; Gāoxióng guójì jīchǎng) (IATA: KHH, ICAO: RCKH), also known as Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport (高雄小港機場; 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.

Originally built as an Imperial Japanese Army Air Squadron base in 1942 during the Japanese rule era of Taiwan, 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.

During the 1970s and 1980s, direct international flights were rare at the airport, with Hong Kong and Tokyo being the only two destinations. 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. 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.