Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base

ICAO RCMQ24.2647°N 120.6210°E202 m / 663 ftLarge airport

Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (IATA: RMQ, ICAO: RCMQ) is a large airport in Taichung (Qingshui), Taichung City, Taiwan. It opened in 1954. It has one runway, 3,658 m (12,000 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2021 it handled 582 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954

1954

OpenedTaichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

18/36177° / 357° · LIT

LENGTH3,658 m12,000 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2010–2021

1.3M

1.5M

1.6M

1.8M

2.2M

2.3M

2.4M

2.6M

2.8M

1.1M

582K

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Routes

11 destinations · 5 countries

Most destinationsStarlux Airlines 9Jin Air 2Tigerair Taiwan 1China Airlines 1Shandong Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RMQ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Taichung International Airport” (revision of 13 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers582K (2021)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,048of 3,974 · #333 Asia · #6 TW Longest runway3,658 m12,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=336of 29,823 · =98 Asia · #2 TW Elevation202 m663 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=24,088of 43,341 · #1,347 Asia · #2 TW AgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =212 Asia · #5 TW Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =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

4 channels

APPTAICHUNG APP120.400

TWRTWR118.750

ATISCINGCYUANGANG AIRPORT127.750

TowerCCK Tower120.250