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HUN · Hualien City, Taiwan
--:--:-- · GMT+8 (UTC+08:00) · 24.0232° N, 121.6180° E
Hualien Airport
Commercial airport in Xincheng, Hualien County, Taiwan
Verification trail
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
OurAirports ID 5530; ident RCYU; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
hulairport.gov.tw
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceHualien Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-25.
Open source20 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-25.
IATA / ICAO
HUN / RCYU
OurAirports ident
RCYU
GPS / local code
RCYU
ISO region
TW-HUA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
large scheduled-service airport
Official host
hulairport.gov.tw
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q703921
Snapshot generated
2026-05-25
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 25, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 3:12 PM UTC.
Local airport time
--:--:--GMT+8 · UTC+08:00
Time zone
GMT+8
Asia/Taipei · UTC+08:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
96 km
Approximate distance to central Hualien City.
Country capital
Taipei
Languages
Chinese
Currency
TWD ($)
Country area
36,197 km²
Passenger volume
235,386 passengers (2017)
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
9,022 ft / 2,750 m
Runway surface
asphalt, PEM
Opened / operator
1962 · Civil Aeronautics Administration
Owner / entity
Q703921
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
large scheduled-service airport
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
20 source-backed signals
Hualien Chiashan Airport is a large scheduled-service airport for Hualien City, Taiwan. Hualien City's built-up core sits roughly 96 km from the terminal area. Operations run on Asia/Taipei (UTC+08:00, GMT+8). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Hualien Chiashan Airport (HUN / RCYU) is at 24.0232° N, 121.6180° E, elevation 52 ft (16 m), serving Hualien City, Taiwan.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Hualien City is in Taiwan (capital Taipei); on Asia/Taipei (GMT+8, UTC+08:00); working languages: Chinese; currency: TWD ($).
Distance from central Hualien City: 96 km.
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for HUN.
Primary airport name
Hualien Chiashan Airport (HUN / RCYU)
Hualien Airport · Commercial airport in Xincheng, Hualien County, Taiwan
Known label 1
花蓮機場
Alternate airport-name cue retained for HUN, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
RCYU · RCYU · TW-HUA
hulairport.gov.tw · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Regional role cue
With flights to Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung, it served 235,386 passengers in 2017, making it the tenth-busiest airport in Taiwan.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for HUN; not treated as a live service guarantee.
1. Hualien City
hualien-city · 5.3 km from HUN
Taiwan · Asia/Taipei · +0h · population 99,458 · city coordinates 23.9769, 121.6044
2. Xiulin
xiulin · 11 km from HUN
Taiwan · Asia/Taipei · +0h · population 17,068 · city coordinates 24.1202, 121.6263
3. Puli
puli · 66 km from HUN
Taiwan · Asia/Taipei · +0h · population 86,406 · city coordinates 23.9664, 120.9695
4. Yilan
yilan · 83 km from HUN
Taiwan · Asia/Taipei · +0h · population 94,188 · city coordinates 24.7570, 121.7530
5. Lugu
lugu · 93 km from HUN
Taiwan · Asia/Taipei · +0h · population 17,746 · city coordinates 23.7464, 120.7525
6. Wufeng
wufeng · 94 km from HUN
Taiwan · Asia/Taipei · +0h · population 65,567 · city coordinates 24.0637, 120.6980
1. RMQ RCMQ
Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · Taichung (Qingshui)
105 km from HUN · Asia/Taipei · +0h · elevation 663 ft (202 m) · airport coordinates 24.2647, 120.6210
2. TSA RCSS
Taipei Songshan International Airport · Taipei (Songshan)
116 km from HUN · Asia/Taipei · +0h · elevation 18 ft (5 m) · airport coordinates 25.0672, 121.5528
3. TPE RCTP
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taoyuan
124 km from HUN · Asia/Taipei · +0h · elevation 106 ft (32 m) · airport coordinates 25.0777, 121.2330
4. KHH RCKH
Kaohsiung International Airport · Kaohsiung (Xiaogang)
206 km from HUN · Asia/Taipei · +0h · elevation 31 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates 22.5771, 120.3500
5. MZG RCQC
Penghu Magong Airport · Huxi
209 km from HUN · Asia/Taipei · +0h · elevation 103 ft (31 m) · airport coordinates 23.5687, 119.6280
1. HUN-RMQ
Taichung (Qingshui) · 105 km · 58m
Asia/Taipei · +0h from HUN; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. HUN-TSA
Taipei (Songshan) · 116 km · 59m
Asia/Taipei · +0h from HUN; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. HUN-TPE
Taoyuan · 124 km · 59m
Asia/Taipei · +0h from HUN; reference route only, not a live schedule.
4. HUN-KHH
Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) · 206 km · 1h 6m
Asia/Taipei · +0h from HUN; reference route only, not a live schedule.
5. HUN-MZG
Huxi · 209 km · 1h 6m
Asia/Taipei · +0h from HUN; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 9,022 ft / 2,750 m. 0 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt, PEM
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for HUN.
Runway identifiers
03/21 · 03R/21L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
1. RMQ RCMQ
Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · Taichung (Qingshui) · 105 km from HUN
large airport · Asia/Taipei · taiwan · 663 ft (202 m) · 24.2647, 120.6210
2. TSA RCSS
Taipei Songshan International Airport · Taipei (Songshan) · 116 km from HUN
large airport · Asia/Taipei · taiwan · 18 ft (5 m) · 25.0672, 121.5528
3. TPE RCTP
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · Taoyuan · 124 km from HUN
large airport · Asia/Taipei · taiwan · 106 ft (32 m) · 25.0777, 121.2330
4. KHH RCKH
Kaohsiung International Airport · Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) · 206 km from HUN
large airport · Asia/Taipei · taiwan · 31 ft (9 m) · 22.5771, 120.3500
5. MZG RCQC
Penghu Magong Airport · Huxi · 209 km from HUN
large airport · Asia/Taipei · taiwan · 103 ft (31 m) · 23.5687, 119.6280
Source note 1
With flights to Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung, it served 235,386 passengers in 2017, making it the tenth-busiest airport in Taiwan.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for HUN.
HUN sits in Taiwan (Republic of China (Taiwan)), whose capital is Taipei. No specific civil-aviation authority label is attached in the current map, so this page avoids inventing one. Country context: Asia, Eastern Asia.
Common country-language signals: Chinese. Currency context: TWD ($). HUN is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
HUN is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with 花蓮機場. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Commercial airport in Xincheng, Hualien County, Taiwan. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Regional role cue: With flights to Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung, it served 235,386 passengers in 2017, making it the tenth-busiest airport in Taiwan.
Wikidata airport entity: Q703921 · Hualien Airport. Administrative area: Xincheng Township. Named after: Hualien City. Entity official-site cross-check: hulairport.gov.tw
Hualien Chiashan Airport is a near sea-level field at 52 ft (16 m), positioned at 24.0232° N, 121.6180° E in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 9,022 ft / 2,750 m. The airport clock uses Asia/Taipei (GMT+8, UTC+08:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
Hualien City is the closest retained city-time anchor at 5.3 km. RMQ Taichung (Qingshui) is the closest retained airport alternative at 105 km.
HUN is compared with RMQ Taichung (Qingshui) at 105 km, TSA Taipei (Songshan) at 116 km, TPE Taoyuan at 124 km, KHH Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) at 206 km, MZG Huxi at 209 km inside the retained Taiwan airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
HUN-RMQ Taichung (Qingshui): 105 km, about 58m, +0h. HUN-TSA Taipei (Songshan): 116 km, about 59m, +0h. HUN-TPE Taoyuan: 124 km, about 59m, +0h. HUN-KHH Kaohsiung (Xiaogang): 206 km, about 1h 6m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
OurAirports ident RCYU backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. hulairport.gov.tw is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-25.
Traffic profile
235,386 passengers (2017)
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 9,022 ft / 2,750 m
Runway identifiers
03/21, 03R/21L
OurAirports classifies HUN as a large airport with scheduled service, which gives it stronger planning value than a code-only lookup.
HUN (RCYU) is one of the curated airport pages with a real traffic signal attached: 235,386 passengers (2017), operating from a near sea-level field at 52 ft (16 m).
HUN sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
HUN's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 9,022 ft / 2,750 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt, PEM.
Civil Aeronautics Administration is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for HUN.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at hulairport.gov.tw, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
HUN uses Asia/Taipei (GMT+8, UTC+08:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
Hualien Chiashan Airport is about 96 km from central Hualien City; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
RMQ Taichung (Qingshui) is the closest retained alternate at 105 km, time difference +0h.
hulairport.gov.tw is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
These comparisons place HUN inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
HUN ranks #1 in the curated Taiwan airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 6 airports.
HUN shares Asia/Taipei with KHH Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) TW · MZG Huxi TW · RMQ Taichung (Qingshui) TW · TPE Taoyuan TW · TSA Taipei (Songshan) TW. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
HUN is 52 ft (16 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include NOU 52 ft (16 m) (0 ft delta) · AGP 53 ft (16 m) (1 ft delta) · HAM 53 ft (16 m) (1 ft delta) · BEL 54 ft (16 m) (2 ft delta) · CAN 50 ft (15 m) (2 ft delta).
HUN's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are RMQ 105 km +0h · TSA 116 km +0h · TPE 124 km +0h · KHH 206 km +0h.
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| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taichung (Qingshui) | RMQ | 105 km | 58m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Taipei (Songshan) | TSA | 116 km | 59m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Taoyuan | TPE | 124 km | 59m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) | KHH | 206 km | 1h 6m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Huxi | MZG | 209 km | 1h 6m | +0h | --:--:-- |
HUN to RMQ
Distance 105 km; estimated travel window 58m; destination zone Asia/Taipei is +0h from HUN. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
HUN to TSA
Distance 116 km; estimated travel window 59m; destination zone Asia/Taipei is +0h from HUN. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
HUN to TPE
Distance 124 km; estimated travel window 59m; destination zone Asia/Taipei is +0h from HUN. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Because the airport sits well outside central Hualien City, surface transfer planning matters almost as much as flight timing, especially for late arrivals and early departures.
Taichung is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Hualien Chiashan Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from HUN, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Hualien City
hualien-city · 5.3 km · Asia/Taipei
Xiulin
xiulin · 11 km · Asia/Taipei
Puli
puli · 66 km · Asia/Taipei
Yilan
yilan · 83 km · Asia/Taipei
Lugu
lugu · 93 km · Asia/Taipei
Wufeng
wufeng · 94 km · Asia/Taipei
Caotun
caotun · 95 km · Asia/Taipei
Zhongxing New Village
zhongxing-new-village · 95 km · Asia/Taipei
Zhudong
zhudong · 95 km · Asia/Taipei
Taichung
taichung · 96 km · Asia/Taipei
Nantou
nantou · 98 km · Asia/Taipei
Xizhou
xizhou · 98 km · Asia/Taipei
Hualien Chiashan Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Taichung (Qingshui) (RMQ), Taipei (Songshan) (TSA), Taoyuan (TPE). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from HUN. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air BaseRMQ
Taichung (Qingshui) · large airport
Compare against RMQ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Taipei Songshan International AirportTSA
Taipei (Songshan) · large airport
Compare against TSA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTPE
Taoyuan · large airport
Compare against TPE when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Kaohsiung International AirportKHH
Kaohsiung (Xiaogang) · large airport
Compare against KHH when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Penghu Magong AirportMZG
Huxi · large airport
Compare against MZG when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
Hualien Chiashan Airport is in the Asia/Taipei timezone (UTC+08:00, GMT+8).
Hualien Chiashan Airport uses IATA code HUN and ICAO code RCYU.
Hualien Chiashan Airport is located in Hualien City, Taiwan at coordinates 24.0232° N, 121.6180° E, with an elevation of 52 ft (16 m) (near sea-level field in the subtropics).
Hualien Chiashan Airport sits roughly 96 km from the nearest mapped city center for Hualien City.
Taichung (Qingshui) (RMQ) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 58m, destination timezone Asia/Taipei, and a +0h difference from HUN.
HUN's curated peers in Taiwan on this site include RMQ Taichung (Qingshui), TSA Taipei (Songshan), TPE Taoyuan, plus 2 more.
Hualien Chiashan Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,022 ft / 2,750 m; identifiers include 03/21, 03R/21L.
