# Chiayi Airport (CYI / RCKU)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CYI / RCKU
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Shuishang, Chiayi County, Taiwan
- Opened: Dec 1936
- Elevation: 26 m / 85 ft
- Coordinates: 23.4626, 120.3905
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 58,913 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.cya.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiayi_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712367
- Weather station: RCKU
- Ident: RCKU

## Timeline

- Dec 1936: Chiayi Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18R/36L | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 180° / 360° | yes |
| 18L/36R | 1,618 m / 5,307 ft | 23 m / 74 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° |  |
| 18/36 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 93,758 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 95,333 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 99,866 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 88,197 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 77,892 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 85,932 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 77,981 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 78,826 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 81,342 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 83,032 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 85,123 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 58,913 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [MZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcqc.md) Penghu Magong Airport · Taiwan · 79 km / 49 mi · Uni Air
- [KNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcbs.md) Kinmen Airport · Taiwan · 233 km / 145 mi · Uni Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- B7 [Uni Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uni-air) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 59K (2020) | #2,024 of 3,974 | #638 in Asia | #12 in TW |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =302 in Asia | =6 in TW |
| Elevation | 26 m / 85 ft | =37,494 of 43,403 | =2,381 in Asia | =18 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =82 in Asia | =1 in TW |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =10 in Asia | =1 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | TAIPEI ACC | 125.500 |
| APP | TAICHUNG APP | 120.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [TNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcnn.md) Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base · 60 km / 37 mi
- [RCAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcay.md) Gangshan Air Force Base · 77 km / 48 mi
- [MZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcqc.md) Penghu Magong Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [TW-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tw-0004.md) Zuoying Naval Airfield · 85 km / 53 mi
- [RCSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcsq.md) Pingtung Air Force Base North · 85 km / 53 mi
- [RCDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcdc.md) Pingtung Air Force Base · 88 km / 55 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: “Chiayi Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiayi_Airport&oldid=1363026888), revision of 7 Jul 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/rcku/data