# Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH / RCKH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KHH / RCKH
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Kaohsiung (Xiaogang), Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
- Opened: 1938
- Elevation: 9 m / 31 ft
- Coordinates: 22.5771, 120.3500
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,150 m / 10,335 ft
- Passengers: 6,971,162 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.kia.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaohsiung_International_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16810
- Weather station: RCKH · WMO 46740
- Ident: RCKH

## Timeline

- 1938: Kaohsiung International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,150 m / 10,335 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Concrete | 092° / 272° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 5,397,021 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 6,001,487 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,416,681 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 6,479,183 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 6,973,845 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 7,506,753 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 1,891,762 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 836,594 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 1,238,674 | Wikidata |
| 2023 | 4,225,403 | Wikidata |
| 2024 | 5,865,413 | Wikidata |
| 2025 | 6,971,162 | Wikidata |

## Routes

37 destinations in 11 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (36)

- [CMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rccm.md) Qimei Airport · Taiwan · 119 km / 74 mi · Daily Air
- [WOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcwa.md) Wang'an Airport · Taiwan · 124 km / 77 mi · Daily Air
- [HUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcyu.md) Hualien Chiashan Airport · Taiwan · 206 km / 128 mi · Mandarin Airlines
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 315 km / 196 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 379 km / 235 mi · Xiamen Airlines
- [LZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcfg.md) Matsu Nangan Airport · Taiwan · 400 km / 249 mi · Mandarin Airlines
- [ISG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roig.md) New Ishigaki Airport · Japan · 446 km / 277 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · Hong Kong SAR China · 662 km / 411 mi · Mandarin Airlines, HK Express, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 672 km / 418 mi · China Airlines
- [MFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vmmc.md) Macau International Airport · Macao SAR China · 697 km / 433 mi · Air Macau, EVA Air
- [NGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsnb.md) Ningbo Lishe International Airport · China · 814 km / 506 mi · Spring Airlines
- [OKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roah.md) Naha International Airport · Japan · 840 km / 522 mi · Jetstar Japan, Thai Lion Air, Tigerair Taiwan, Starlux Airlines, China Airlines
- [MNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rpll.md) Ninoy Aquino International Airport · Philippines · 900 km / 559 mi · Philippines AirAsia, China Airlines, Cebu Pacific
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 963 km / 598 mi · Spring Airlines, Juneyao Air, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [CJU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpc.md) Jeju International Airport · South Korea · 1,356 km / 843 mi · Tigerair Taiwan, Trinity Airways
- [DAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvdn.md) Da Nang International Airport · Vietnam · 1,466 km / 911 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 1,507 km / 936 mi · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air
- [KMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjft.md) Kumamoto Airport · Japan · 1,538 km / 956 mi · Tigerair Taiwan, China Airlines
- [FUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjff.md) Fukuoka Airport · Japan · 1,573 km / 977 mi · Tigerair Taiwan, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 1,579 km / 981 mi · China Airlines
- [PUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkpk.md) Gimhae International Airport · South Korea · 1,630 km / 1,013 mi · Air Busan, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways
- [ICN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rksi.md) Incheon International Airport · South Korea · 1,756 km / 1,091 mi · Trinity Airways, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [GMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkss.md) Seoul Gimpo International Airport · South Korea · 1,776 km / 1,104 mi · Tigerair Taiwan, Jeju Air, Trinity Airways
- [OKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjob.md) Okayama Momotaro Airport · Japan · 1,886 km / 1,172 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [SGN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvts.md) Tan Son Nhat International Airport · Vietnam · 1,956 km / 1,215 mi · Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air
- [KIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbb.md) Kansai International Airport · Japan · 1,959 km / 1,217 mi · Peach, Tigerair Taiwan, AirAsia, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [UKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjbe.md) Kobe Airport · Japan · 1,972 km / 1,225 mi · Starlux Airlines
- [NGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjgg.md) Chubu Centrair International Airport · Japan · 2,102 km / 1,306 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [KMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjnk.md) Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base · Japan · 2,179 km / 1,354 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [BKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbs.md) Suvarnabhumi Airport · Thailand · 2,292 km / 1,424 mi · China Airlines
- [DMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vtbd.md) Don Mueang International Airport · Thailand · 2,293 km / 1,425 mi · Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air
- [NRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjaa.md) Narita International Airport · Japan · 2,428 km / 1,509 mi · Thai AirAsia, Jetstar Japan, Tigerair Taiwan, United Airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [SDJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjss.md) Sendai Airport · Japan · 2,613 km / 1,624 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [SIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wsss.md) Singapore Changi Airport · Singapore · 2,949 km / 1,832 mi · China Airlines
- [KUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wmkk.md) Kuala Lumpur International Airport · Malaysia · 2,984 km / 1,854 mi · AirAsia
- [CTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjcc.md) New Chitose Airport · Japan · 2,988 km / 1,857 mi · Thai Lion Air, Tigerair Taiwan

### Charter (1)

- [PQC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvpq.md) Phú Quốc International Airport · Vietnam · 2,221 km / 1,380 mi · Tigerair Taiwan

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- DA [Daily Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/daily-air) · 2

### Passenger (24)

- [Tigerair Taiwan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tigerair-taiwan) · 15
- CI [China Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-airlines) · 13
- BR [EVA Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eva-air) · 7
- TW [Trinity Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trinity-airways) · 4
- AE [Mandarin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mandarin-airlines) · 3
- SL [Thai Lion Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-lion-air) · 3
- AK [AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airasia) · 2
- 7C [Jeju Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jeju-air) · 2
- GK [Jetstar Japan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jetstar-japan) · 2
- 9C [Spring Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/spring-airlines) · 2
- JX [Starlux Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/starlux-airlines) · 2
- FD [Thai AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/thai-airasia) · 2
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 2
- VN [Vietnam Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietnam-airlines) · 2
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 2
- BX [Air Busan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-busan) · 1
- NX [Air Macau](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-macau) · 1
- CX [Cathay Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cathay-pacific) · 1
- 5J [Cebu Pacific](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/cebu-pacific) · 1
- UO [HK Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hk-express) · 1
- HO [Juneyao Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/juneyao-air) · 1
- MM [Peach](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/peach) · 1
- Z2 [Philippines AirAsia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/philippines-airasia) · 1
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Taiwan Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taiwan-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 7.0M (2025) | #284 of 3,974 | #88 in Asia | #2 in TW |
| Longest runway | 3,150 m / 10,335 ft | =905 of 29,858 | #284 in Asia | #5 in TW |
| Elevation | 9 m / 31 ft | =40,429 of 43,403 | =2,776 in Asia | #31 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =95 in Asia | #4 in TW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 121.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.800 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [RCDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcdc.md) Pingtung Air Force Base · 16 km / 9.7 mi
- [TW-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tw-0004.md) Zuoying Naval Airfield · 16 km / 9.9 mi
- [RCSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcsq.md) Pingtung Air Force Base North · 19 km / 12 mi
- [RCAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcay.md) Gangshan Air Force Base · 25 km / 15 mi
- [TNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcnn.md) Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base · 44 km / 27 mi
- [HCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rckw.md) Hengchun Airport · 71 km / 44 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: “Kaohsiung International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kaohsiung_International_Airport&oldid=1374486686), revision of 12 Sep 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/rckh/data