Taoyuan International Airport
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport 臺灣桃園國際機場 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Taoyuan International Airport Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Dayuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 26 February 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | |||||||||||||||
| Focus city for | |||||||||||||||
| Operating base for | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 33 m / 108 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°4′35″N 121°13′26″E / 25.07639°N 121.22389°E | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access | Taoyuan Metro: Airport Terminal 1 metro station Airport Terminal 2 metro station | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Statistics (2024) | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Taoyuan International Airport | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 桃園國際機場 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 桃园国际机场 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
| Chiang Kai-shek International Airport | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中正國際機場 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中正国际机场 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Traditional Chinese: 臺灣桃園國際機場) (IATA: TPE, ICAO: RCTP) is the main international airport serving Taiwan, particularly the northern region and Taipei. Located in Dayuan, Taoyuan, approximately 40 km (25 mi) west of Taipei, the airport is the busiest and largest in Taiwan. In 2016, it was ranked the best airport for its size in the Asia-Pacific region by Airports Council International.
The airport opened for commercial operations in 1979 as Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (中正國際機場) and was renamed in 2006. It is an important regional transshipment center, passenger hub, and gateway for destinations in Asia, and is one of two international airports that serve Taipei. The other, Taipei Songshan Airport, is located within the city limits and served as Taipei's only international airport until 1979. Songshan now mainly serves chartered flights, intra-island flights, and limited international flights.
In 2018, Taoyuan International Airport handled a record 46.5 million passengers and 2.3 billion kg (2½ million tons) of freight, making it the 11th busiest airport worldwide by international passenger traffic, and 8th busiest in terms of international freight traffic in 2018. It is the main international hub for China Airlines, EVA Air and Starlux Airlines. It is also a hub of Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air and Tigerair Taiwan.