# Penghu Magong Airport (MZG / RCQC)

**Penghu Magong Airport** (IATA: MZG, ICAO: RCQC) is a large airport in Huxi, Penghu County, Taiwan. It opened on 1 Aug 1977. It has one runway, 3,000 m (9,843 ft) long, concrete. It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2020 it handled 2.5 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MZG / RCQC
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Huxi, Penghu County, Taiwan
- Opened: 1 Aug 1977
- Elevation: 31 m / 103 ft
- Coordinates: 23.5687, 119.6280
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 2,547,311 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.mkport.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penghu_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708281
- Weather station: RCQC
- Ident: RCQC

## Timeline

- 1 Aug 1977: Penghu Magong Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete | 018° / 198° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 1,702,805 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,838,126 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 2,009,704 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,106,852 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,156,441 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,118,733 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,077,659 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,320,249 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,380,265 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,528,820 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,743,876 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 2,547,311 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (7)

- [CMJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rccm.md) Qimei Airport · Taiwan · 45 km / 28 mi · Daily Air
- [CYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcku.md) Chiayi Airport · Taiwan · 79 km / 49 mi · Uni Air
- [TNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcnn.md) Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base · Taiwan · 91 km / 57 mi · Uni Air
- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · Taiwan · 127 km / 79 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [KHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rckh.md) Kaohsiung International Airport · Taiwan · 133 km / 83 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [KNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcbs.md) Kinmen Airport · Taiwan · 160 km / 99 mi · Uni Air
- [TSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcss.md) Taipei Songshan International Airport · Taiwan · 257 km / 160 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- B7 [Uni Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uni-air) · 6
- AE [Mandarin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mandarin-airlines) · 3
- DA [Daily Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/daily-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.5M (2020) | #514 of 3,974 | #156 in Asia | #3 in TW |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =339 in Asia | =8 in TW |
| Elevation | 31 m / 103 ft | =36,731 of 43,403 | =2,286 in Asia | #14 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =377 in Asia | =8 in TW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | TAIPEI APP | 128.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.050 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |
| GND | GND | 126.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [CYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcku.md) Chiayi Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [TNN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcnn.md) Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base · 91 km / 56 mi
- [RCAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcay.md) Gangshan Air Force Base · 109 km / 68 mi
- [TW-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tw-0004.md) Zuoying Naval Airfield · 117 km / 73 mi
- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · 127 km / 79 mi
- [RCSQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcsq.md) Pingtung Air Force Base North · 130 km / 81 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: “Penghu Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penghu_Airport&oldid=1373767727), revision of 7 Sep 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/rcqc/data
