Taichung Airport
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Taichung International Airport 臺中國際機場 |
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| Airport type | Military/Civil | ||||||||||
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Civil Aeronautics Administration Ministry of National Defense |
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| Serves | Greater Taichung | ||||||||||
| Location | Taichung City | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 663 ft / 203 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°15′52.80″N 120°37′14.09″E / 24.2646667°N 120.6205806°E | ||||||||||
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| Aircraft Movements | 26,457 |
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| Passenger movements | 2,343,346 |
| Airfreight movements in tonnes | 2,492.0 |
Taichung International Airport (Chinese: 臺中國際機場) (IATA: TXG, ICAO: RCMQ), previously known as Ching Chuan Kang Airport (清泉崗機場), is an international airport located in Taichung City, Republic of China for both commercial and military purposes. It is also the third international airport in Taiwan, with scheduled services to Mainland China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.
Taichung International Airport was constructed during the era of Japanese rule and was named Kōkan Airport (Japanese: 公館空港?). The airport then expanded in 1954 according to the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, and in 1966 was renamed Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in memory of General Ching Chuan Kang. It was the largest air force base in the Far East at the time, allowing Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers to land. During the Vietnam War, Ching Chuan Kang became a depot for the United States Air Force (USAF). The USAF had been garrisoning the base with two fighter squadrons until the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty came into force on March 3, 1955.
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