CYI

Chiayi Airport

ICAO RCKU23.4626°N 120.3905°E26 m / 85 ftMedium airport
On the map
Chiayi AFB Apron in Open Day 20120811
玄史生 · Public domain · Commons

Chiayi Airport (IATA: CYI, ICAO: RCKU) is a medium airport in Shuishang, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It opened in Dec 1936. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,050 m (10,007 ft). It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2020 it handled 59 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1936–1936
DEC 1936
OpenedChiayi Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
嘉義航空站
18R/36L180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH3,050 m10,007 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete
18L/36R179° / 359°
LENGTH1,618 m5,307 ftWIDTH23 m74 ftSURFACEAsphalt
18/36
LENGTH—WIDTH—SURFACE—

Passengers per year

2009–2020
94K
95K
100K
88K
78K
86K
78K
79K
81K
83K
85K
59K
091011121314151617181920

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CYI. From the Wikipedia article “Chiayi Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers59K (2020)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,024of 3,974 · #640 Asia · #12 TWLongest runway3,050 m10,007 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=997of 29,823 · =303 Asia · =6 TWElevation26 m85 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,438of 43,341 · =2,387 Asia · =18 TWAgeOpened 19362026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=649of 15,079 · =82 Asia · =1 TWRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =10 Asia · =1 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

3 channels
ACCTAIPEI ACC125.500
APPTAICHUNG APP120.600
TWRTWR118.600