# Hsinchu Air Base (HSZ / RCPO)

**Hsinchu Air Base** (IATA: HSZ, ICAO: RCPO) is a medium airport in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It opened in 1998. It has one runway, 3,644 m (11,955 ft) long, paved.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HSZ / RCPO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Hsinchu City, Taiwan
- Opened: 1998
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: 24.8180, 120.9390
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,644 m / 11,955 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsinchu_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q701217
- Weather station: RCPO
- Ident: RCPO

## Timeline

- 1998: Hsinchu Air Base opens.
- 18 Mar 1998: Formosa Airlines Flight 7623. 13 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,644 m / 11,955 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Paved | 045° / 225° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,644 m / 11,955 ft | #361 of 29,858 | #106 in Asia | #3 in TW |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =2,827 in Asia | #33 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1998 | =10,861 of 15,079 | =533 in Asia | #15 in TW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TAIPEI APP | 123.500 |
| CNTR | TAIPEI RADAR | 126.180 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 41 km / 26 mi
- [TSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcss.md) Taipei Songshan International Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · 69 km / 43 mi
- [HUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcyu.md) Hualien Chiashan Airport · 112 km / 70 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)
- [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/rcpo/data