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Kaohsiung International Airport

ICAO RCKH22.5771°N 120.3500°E9 m / 31 ftLarge airport

Kaohsiung International Airport (IATA: KHH, ICAO: RCKH) is a large airport in Kaohsiung (Xiaogang), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. It opened in 1938. It has one runway, 3,150 m (10,335 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2025 it handled 7.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938

1938

OpenedKaohsiung International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

09/27092° / 272° · LIT

LENGTH3,150 m10,335 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

5.4M

6.0M

6.4M

6.5M

7.0M

7.5M

1.9M

837K

1.2M

4.2M

5.9M

7.0M

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Routes

37 destinations · 11 countries

Year-round36

CMJQimei AirportTaiwan · Daily Air119 km74 mi WOTWang'an AirportTaiwan · Daily Air124 km77 mi HUNHualien Chiashan AirportTaiwan · Mandarin Airlines206 km128 mi XMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines315 km196 mi FOCFuzhou Changle International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines379 km235 mi LZNMatsu Nangan AirportTaiwan · Mandarin Airlines400 km249 mi ISGNew Ishigaki AirportJapan · Tigerair Taiwan446 km277 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Mandarin Airlines, HK Express, Cathay Pacific +2662 km411 mi SZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · China Airlines672 km418 mi MFMMacau International AirportMacao SAR China · Air Macau, EVA Air697 km433 mi NGBNingbo Lishe International AirportChina · Spring Airlines814 km506 mi OKANaha International AirportJapan · Jetstar Japan, Thai Lion Air, Tigerair Taiwan +2840 km522 mi MNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Philippines AirAsia, China Airlines, Cebu Pacific900 km559 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · Spring Airlines, Juneyao Air, China Airlines +1963 km598 mi CJUJeju International AirportSouth Korea · Tigerair Taiwan, Trinity Airways1,356 km843 mi DADDa Nang International AirportVietnam · Tigerair Taiwan1,466 km911 mi HANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air1,507 km936 mi KMJKumamoto AirportJapan · Tigerair Taiwan, China Airlines1,538 km956 mi FUKFukuoka AirportJapan · Tigerair Taiwan, China Airlines, EVA Air1,573 km977 mi CKGChongqing Jiangbei International AirportChina · China Airlines1,579 km981 mi PUSGimhae International AirportSouth Korea · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways1,630 km1,013 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Trinity Airways, China Airlines, EVA Air1,756 km1,091 mi GMPSeoul Gimpo International AirportSouth Korea · Tigerair Taiwan, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways1,776 km1,104 mi OKJOkayama Momotaro AirportJapan · Tigerair Taiwan1,886 km1,172 mi SGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air1,956 km1,215 mi KIXKansai International AirportJapan · Peach, Tigerair Taiwan, AirAsia +21,959 km1,217 mi UKBKobe AirportJapan · Starlux Airlines1,972 km1,225 mi NGOChubu Centrair International AirportJapan · Tigerair Taiwan2,102 km1,306 mi KMQKomatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air BaseJapan · Tigerair Taiwan2,179 km1,354 mi BKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · China Airlines2,292 km1,424 mi DMKDon Mueang International AirportThailand · Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air2,293 km1,425 mi NRTNarita International AirportJapan · Thai AirAsia, Jetstar Japan, Tigerair Taiwan +32,428 km1,509 mi SDJSendai AirportJapan · Tigerair Taiwan2,613 km1,624 mi SINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · China Airlines2,949 km1,832 mi KULKuala Lumpur International AirportMalaysia · AirAsia2,984 km1,854 mi CTSNew Chitose AirportJapan · Thai Lion Air, Tigerair Taiwan2,988 km1,857 mi

Charter1

PQCPhú Quốc International AirportVietnam · Tigerair Taiwan2,221 km1,380 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KHH. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kaohsiung International Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Airlines

25 airlines · destinations from KHH

Former hub of Taiwan Airways.

Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from KHH. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers7.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#284of 3,974 · #88 Asia · #2 TW Longest runway3,150 m10,335 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=905of 29,858 · #284 Asia · #5 TW Elevation9 m31 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,429of 43,403 · =2,776 Asia · #31 TW AgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =95 Asia · #4 TW Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =185 Asia · =6 TW

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels

APPAPP121.100

ATISATIS127.800

CLDCLNC DEL121.800

GNDGND121.900

TWRTWR118.700