# Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base (TNN / RCNN)

**Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base** (IATA: TNN, ICAO: RCNN) is a large airport in Tainan (Rende), Tainan City, Taiwan. It opened in 1936. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,050 m (10,007 ft). It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2020 it handled 258 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TNN / RCNN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Tainan (Rende), Tainan City, Taiwan
- Opened: 1936
- Elevation: 19 m / 63 ft
- Coordinates: 22.9504, 120.2060
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,050 m / 10,007 ft
- Passengers: 258,002 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.tna.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702035
- Weather station: RCNN · WMO 46743
- Ident: RCNN

## Timeline

- 1936: Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18R/36L | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | yes |
| 18L/36R | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 196,460 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 213,315 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 234,727 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 231,035 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 248,860 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 313,791 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 320,770 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 367,125 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 446,803 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 475,844 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 469,338 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 258,002 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [MZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcqc.md) Penghu Magong Airport · Taiwan · 91 km / 57 mi · Uni Air
- [KNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcbs.md) Kinmen Airport · Taiwan · 250 km / 155 mi · Uni Air
- [OKA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/roah.md) Naha International Airport · Japan · 833 km / 518 mi · Tigerair Taiwan
- [HAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vvnb.md) Noi Bai International Airport · Vietnam · 1,495 km / 929 mi · VietJet Air
- [KMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjft.md) Kumamoto Airport · Japan · 1,516 km / 942 mi · Tigerair Taiwan

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- [Tigerair Taiwan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tigerair-taiwan) · 2
- B7 [Uni Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uni-air) · 2
- VJ [VietJet Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/vietjet-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 258K (2020) | #1,414 of 3,974 | #460 in Asia | #9 in TW |
| Longest runway | 3,050 m / 10,007 ft | =997 of 29,858 | =302 in Asia | =6 in TW |
| Elevation | 19 m / 63 ft | =38,559 of 43,403 | =2,502 in Asia | =23 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =82 in Asia | =1 in TW |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =3 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | KAOHSIUNG APP | 121.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [RCAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcay.md) Gangshan Air Force Base · 20 km / 12 mi
- [TW-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tw-0004.md) Zuoying Naval Airfield · 28 km / 18 mi
- [RCSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcsq.md) Pingtung Air Force Base North · 40 km / 25 mi
- [RCDC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcdc.md) Pingtung Air Force Base · 41 km / 25 mi
- [KHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rckh.md) Kaohsiung International Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [CYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcku.md) Chiayi Airport · 60 km / 37 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: “Tainan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tainan_Airport&oldid=1371316865), revision of 25 Aug 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/rcnn/data