# Kinmen Airport (KNH / RCBS)

**Kinmen Airport** (IATA: KNH, ICAO: RCBS) is a medium airport in Shang-I, Kinmen County, Taiwan. It opened on 1 Mar 1994. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2020 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcbs

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KNH / RCBS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Shang-I, Kinmen County, Taiwan
- Opened: 1 Mar 1994
- Elevation: 28 m / 93 ft
- Coordinates: 24.4279, 118.3590
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 1,653,658 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.kma.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmen_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q646013
- Weather station: RCBS
- Ident: RCBS

## Timeline

- 1 Mar 1994: Kinmen Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 064° / 244° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 1,986,694 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 2,094,623 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 2,242,368 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,300,654 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,192,607 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,303,711 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,185,975 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,339,710 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,336,813 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,429,828 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,543,492 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,653,658 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (6)

- [MZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcqc.md) Penghu Magong Airport · Taiwan · 160 km / 99 mi · Uni Air
- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · Taiwan · 230 km / 143 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [CYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcku.md) Chiayi Airport · Taiwan · 233 km / 145 mi · Uni Air
- [TNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcnn.md) Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base · Taiwan · 250 km / 155 mi · Uni Air
- [KHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rckh.md) Kaohsiung International Airport · Taiwan · 289 km / 180 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [TSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcss.md) Taipei Songshan International Airport · Taiwan · 330 km / 205 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KNH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- B7 [Uni Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uni-air) · 6
- AE [Mandarin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mandarin-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2020) | #639 of 3,974 | #190 in Asia | #5 in TW |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =339 in Asia | =8 in TW |
| Elevation | 28 m / 93 ft | =37,187 of 43,403 | =2,338 in Asia | #17 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1994 | =10,385 of 15,079 | =486 in Asia | =12 in TW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TAICHUNG APP | 124.600 |
| ATIS | KINMEN ATIS | 127.200 |
| TWR | KINMEN TWR | 118.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [JJN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsqz.md) Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [CN-0152](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0152.md) Huian Air Base · 80 km / 50 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kinmen Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinmen_Airport&oldid=1371358613), revision of 26 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcbs/data