Country airport index

Airports in Taiwan.

6 airportsPrimary zone: Asia/Taipei

This page lists 6 retained airport records in our curated Taiwan airport catalog with IATA and ICAO codes, city names, and local timezone information. Airport records come from OurAirports and timezone rules come from the IANA database. Click any airport for coordinates, elevation, the current local time, and nearby airports.

Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. This airport index is reviewed as a curated reference surface. It does not claim complete aviation coverage for Taiwan; it lists 6 retained airport records (6 large airports) across Asia/Taipei.

Coverage note. This is an airport-reference index for timezone and travel planning. It focuses on retained large and medium airport records with usable codes and coordinates, not every runway, heliport, closed facility, or local landing strip. Airport service levels, terminal operations, route availability, and codes can change; verify with the airport, airline, NOTAM, or official aviation source before travel.

Country airport evidence

Why this Taiwan airport page is retained

12/12 signals

This page is classified as a compact gateway set. The evidence score comes from static source coverage: codes, airport facts, official domains, city-clock handoffs, IANA zones, operational facts, and country dossiers where present.

Retained scope

compact gateway set

Taiwan has 6 retained large/medium airport records (6 large, 0 medium) across 1 IANA zone.

Code and entity coverage

6 IATA, 6 ICAO

6 retained records have airport-facts rows; 6 cite official airport domains and 6 carry Wikidata entity links.

Traffic and operation facts

3 passenger rows

3 records quote passenger-volume facts; 8 runway counts are aggregated where quoted; 6 records carry scheduled-service flags.

Timezone pattern

single airport-timezone cluster

The retained airport set resolves to one dominant local-clock pattern, but each airport still stores its own IANA identifier for DST-safe calculations.

Verification boundary

24 source URLs

Visible source hosts include hulairport.gov.tw, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org, ourairports.com, kia.gov.tw, mkport.gov.tw, tca.gov.tw, taoyuan-airport.com. These support identity and static facts, not live routes, terminal assignments, NOTAMs, or airline schedules.

Editorial status

manual dossier attached

Manual dossier sources are attached for country-level aviation context; point-in-time statements still defer to the linked authorities.

Source hosts seen in retained airport facts

hulairport.gov.twen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.comkia.gov.twmkport.gov.twtca.gov.twtaoyuan-airport.com

Traveler planning patterns

How to use Taiwan airport data without overreading it

Country-specific caveats

Start with the gateway layer

Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) is the first retained airport to check for Taiwan; then scan the 6 large and 0 medium records for regional alternates.

Keep airport-local time explicit

The retained airport set behaves like a single local-clock cluster, but the airport-specific IANA zone still matters around DST transitions and imported calendar events.

Use codes for the search, city pages for context

5 airport records link onward to vetted city-time pages, so a code lookup can become a local-clock, daylight, holiday, and meeting-time check.

Treat schedules as live elsewhere

6 retained records carry a scheduled-service flag, but route availability, airline service, terminals, and disruption notices are not live here.

Watch holidays and local operating days

No holiday country page is attached here yet, so verify public holidays and local operating restrictions with country or airport authorities before travel.

Know what the passenger data covers

3 retained airports quote passenger-volume facts. Airports without a quoted figure are not ranked by traffic on this page.

Airport coverage patterns

How the Taiwan airport index is structured

This page adds country-level context around airport counts, code coverage, timezone spread, and city-clock handoffs. It is built from the retained airport dataset rather than a live airline or aviation registry feed.

Coverage pattern

Only 6 airport records are retained for Taiwan, mapped across 6 localities — a deliberately small set (6 large and 0 medium; 6 large airports) covering the airports most likely to anchor a city clock or travel check.

Code reliability

Every retained Taiwan record carries both an IATA and an ICAO code (6 of each), so passenger-facing and aviation lookups resolve consistently across the set.

Timezone spread

Every retained airport in Taiwan resolves to Asia/Taipei (6), so the country's airport clocks move together and a single offset check covers the whole set.

Major airport examples

Standout anchors here include Hualien Chiashan Airport (HUN) in Hualien City, Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) in Kaohsiung (Xiaogang), Penghu Magong Airport (MZG) in Huxi, and Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (RMQ) in Taichung (Qingshui). Large airports lead the list because they are the most reliable hooks for travelers, city clocks, and cross-border time checks.

City-clock handoff

Airport records here hand off to indexable city pages such as Hualien City (HUN, RMQ), Taoyuan (TPE, TSA), and Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) (KHH). Handoffs are restricted to vetted city pages so the airport index does not spend crawl budget on thin local URLs.

Busiest airport

Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) in Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) at 5.8 million passengers (2024) sits at the top of the curated passenger ranking for Taiwan. Curated passenger figures are attached to 3 retained records on this page. Aggregated curated annual passenger volume across those records is 8.4 million. Numbers come from the airport-facts curation file and reflect the latest year quoted there, not a live traffic feed.

International gateway count

3 retained records carry an international-gateway role label in the curated airport facts for Taiwan. Role labels are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.

Regional peer comparison

Taiwan has 6 retained airport records vs. Iran 6, Pakistan 6, Vietnam 6 in the same continent. This is a structural comparison of retained-record counts, not an audit of national aviation policy or fleet size.

Operational depth

Across the retained Taiwan set we have 8 curated runway records, 2 curated terminal records, and 6 airports flagged with scheduled service. Operational facts come from the Wikipedia-derived airport-facts curation, which is sparse for smaller airports and not a substitute for the airport authority's own data.
Traveler boundary: use these records for timezone orientation and airport discovery. Verify live operations, route availability, terminal status, and NOTAM-sensitive details with official airport, airline, or aviation sources.

Country aviation profile

Aviation profile snapshot for Taiwan

Curated airport facts

These numbers aggregate the curated airport-facts file across this country’s retained records. Missing fields mean the curation file does not quote that figure; they are not zero-imputed.

International gateways

3

Records flagged with an international-gateway role label.

Scheduled service

6 / 6

Records with the OurAirports “scheduled service” flag set.

Runway records

8

Sum of curated runway counts where the facts file quotes a number.

Curated passenger coverage

3 / 6

Aggregated curated annual volume: 8.4 million.

Gateway evidence matrix

Leading retained airports and their source signals

6 representative rows

The rows below show why the top airport records are useful beyond a country list: role labels, code identity, timezone, scheduled-service flags, passenger/runway facts where quoted, and the source hosts that back static airport identity.

Kaohsiung International Airport

Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) · KHH · Asia/Taipei

RCKH

OurAirports classifies KHH as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Kaohsiung (Xiaogang).

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; 2 terminals; longest runway 10,335 ft / 3,150 m; passengers 5.8 million passengers (2024)

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 21 coverage signals

kia.gov.twen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Penghu Magong Airport

Huxi · MZG · Asia/Taipei

RCQC

OurAirports classifies MZG as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 9,843 ft / 3,000 m; passengers 2,380,265 passengers (2017)

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals

mkport.gov.twen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Hualien Chiashan Airport

Hualien City · HUN · Asia/Taipei

RCYU

OurAirports classifies HUN as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.

Operations

scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 9,022 ft / 2,750 m; passengers 235,386 passengers (2017)

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 20 coverage signals

hulairport.gov.twen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base

Taichung (Qingshui) · RMQ · Asia/Taipei

RCMQ

RMQ carries military or air-base wording in the source names/keywords, so the page treats it as more than a simple passenger terminal reference.

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 12,000 ft / 3,658 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals

tca.gov.twen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Taipei Songshan International Airport

Taipei (Songshan) · TSA · Asia/Taipei

RCSS

OurAirports classifies TSA as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Taipei (Songshan).

Operations

scheduled service; 1 runway; longest runway 8,547 ft / 2,605 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 18 coverage signals

tsa.gov.twen.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

Taoyuan · TPE · Asia/Taipei

RCTP

Located in Dayuan, Taoyuan, approximately 40 km (25 mi) west of Taipei, the airport is the busiest and largest in Taiwan.

Operations

scheduled service; 2 runways; longest runway 12,008 ft / 3,660 m

Source signals

official site; Wikipedia summary; Wikidata entity; 4 source labels; 21 coverage signals

taoyuan-airport.comzh.wikipedia.orgwikidata.orgourairports.com

Time-zone span

Single-zone airport clock for Taiwan

All retained airport records resolve to one IANA timezone (Asia/Taipei, UTC+08:00 GMT+8 no DST). Local-clock math is simpler here than in multi-zone countries, but the airport’s stored IANA identifier is still the authoritative reference for DST transition weekends.

Busiest curated airports

Top airports in Taiwan by curated passenger volume

Numbers from airport-facts file

These ranks reflect passenger volumes quoted in the curated airport-facts file; airports without a quoted figure are excluded from this card even if they may be locally busier.

Regional peer comparison

Taiwan vs. Asia peers

Retained-record counts

Peers are picked by geographic proximity (same continent) and similarity of retained-record counts. Comparison is structural — it does not audit fleet size, national aviation policy, or passenger traffic.

CountryAirports
Taiwan6
Iran6
Pakistan6
Vietnam6

Country aviation dossier

Editorial context for Taiwan aviation

Hand-curated

Taiwan's retained catalog includes six large airports spanning the island and offshore links: Taoyuan (TPE), Taipei Songshan (TSA), Kaohsiung (KHH), Taichung / Ching Chuang Kang (RMQ), Penghu Magong (MZG), and Hualien Chiashan (HUN). Taoyuan is the long-haul hub, Songshan is the capital-city business airport, and Kaohsiung/Taichung cover southern and central demand. Taiwan uses UTC+08:00 year-round, so airport-time comparisons are stable even when connecting markets such as Japan, Korea, Europe, or North America shift for DST. The Civil Aviation Administration under MOTC publishes traffic statistics and airport oversight material.

Last verified 2026-05-11 · manually curated. Figures quoted in this paragraph are point-in-time; treat the linked sources as authoritative.

Frequently asked

Taiwan airport questions

How many airports does Taiwan have in this index?
This index retains 6 airport records for Taiwan (6 large and 0 medium). It is a curated reference set with usable IATA/ICAO codes and coordinates, not a complete national aviation registry.
What is the busiest airport in Taiwan?
Based on the curated airport-facts file, the busiest retained record for Taiwan is Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH) in Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) at 5.8 million passengers (2024). Other airports in the country may carry more traffic; this reflects only retained records with quoted passenger figures.
Which timezone is Taiwan in?
All retained airport records in Taiwan resolve to Asia/Taipei. The zone does not observe a seasonal DST shift in the IANA database.
Does Taiwan have international airports?
Yes. The curated airport-facts file flags 3 records with an international-gateway role label in Taiwan. The role tags are derived from OurAirports type plus airport naming; verify scheduled international service with the carrier before booking.
How does Taiwan compare with regional peers for airport count?
Among same-continent peers with similar retained-record counts, Taiwan has 6 records vs. Iran (6), Pakistan (6), Vietnam (6). The comparison covers only retained records on this site, not full national aviation inventories.

Country overview

Airport coverage for Taiwan

The retained catalog currently includes 6 airport records in 6 airport cities or localities. Large airports are shown first because they are usually the most useful entry points for flight planning, timezone checks, and nearby-city lookup.

Retained records

6

Airport localities

6

Timezone records

1 zone

Time-zone planning

Use the airport clock for travel math

For overnight flights, connections near daylight-saving transitions, and cross-border itineraries, use the airport’s IANA timezone instead of assuming every airport follows the country’s primary zone.

Asia/Taipei6 airports

Codes, clocks, and city mapping

How to read the Taiwan airport index

IATA + ICAO reference

IATA coverage

6 codes

Useful for passenger-facing flight searches, tickets, airport boards, and quick route lookup.

ICAO coverage

6 codes

Useful for aviation references, flight tracking, weather briefings, and operational documents.

Airport mix

6 large / 0 medium

Gateway airports are prioritized first, but regional airports remain useful for local clock checks.

DST travel risk

Single-zone

Recheck local airport time around overnight arrivals, daylight-saving weekends, and cross-border connections.

Major airport list

Key airports in Taiwan

Large airports first

These entries are pulled from the same retained catalog as the full table below. Use them as a starting point for local time, code lookup, and nearby-city planning, then verify route and terminal details with the airport or airline.

Route-planning cues

When this airport index is useful

Start with gateway airports

6 large airports

Use large-airport entries first for broad trip planning, then scan medium airports for regional options.

Check the local clock

1 timezone

Compare airport zones before overnight arrivals, early departures, or daylight-saving changes.

Move to city context

5 linked airports

Linked city pages help turn an airport timezone into a local clock for meetings and ground plans.

Boundary: this page supports code lookup, timezone checks, and city planning. It does not verify active routes, terminals, flight schedules, border rules, or operating notices.

Illustrative airport time board

Example flight and gate labels are generated for display; local-time values use the timezone records shown on the page.

Destination
Flight
Gate
Local Time
HUALIEN CITY (HUN)
EK 351
D44
0
4
1
9
KAOHSIUNG (XIAOGANG) (KHH)
AA 915
A07
0
4
1
9
HUXI (MZG)
AF 803
C02
0
4
1
9
TAICHUNG (QINGSHUI) (RMQ)
AF 766
C02
0
4
1
9
TAIPEI (SONGSHAN) (TSA)
AF 421
C02
0
4
1
9
TAOYUAN (TPE)
AF 716
C02
0
4
1
9