# Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA / RCSS)

**Taipei Songshan International Airport** (IATA: TSA, ICAO: RCSS) is a large airport in Taipei (Songshan), Taipei City, Taiwan. It opened in 1936. It has one runway, 2,605 m (8,547 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2021 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TSA / RCSS
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Taipei (Songshan), Taipei City, Taiwan
- Opened: 1936
- Elevation: 6 m / 18 ft
- Coordinates: 25.0672, 121.5528
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,605 m / 8,547 ft
- Passengers: 1,701,698 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.tsa.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songshan_Airport (27 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702019
- Weather station: RCSS · WMO 46696
- Ident: RCSS

## Timeline

- 1936: Taipei Songshan International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,605 m / 8,547 ft | 60 m / 197 ft | Asphalt | 092° / 272° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | 3,712,841 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 5,258,975 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 5,676,411 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 5,847,275 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 6,105,403 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 5,861,133 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,142,996 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 5,943,153 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 6,225,932 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 6,350,353 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 3,089,581 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,701,698 | Wikidata |

## Routes

15 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (15)

- [HUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcyu.md) Hualien Chiashan Airport · Taiwan · 116 km / 72 mi · Uni Air
- [LZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcfg.md) Matsu Nangan Airport · Taiwan · 201 km / 125 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [MFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmt.md) Matsu Beigan Airport · Taiwan · 202 km / 126 mi · Uni Air
- [FOC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsfz.md) Fuzhou Changle International Airport · China · 212 km / 132 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Xiamen Airlines
- [MZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcqc.md) Penghu Magong Airport · Taiwan · 257 km / 160 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [TTT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcfn.md) Taitung Airport · Taiwan · 261 km / 162 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [KNH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcbs.md) Kinmen Airport · Taiwan · 330 km / 205 mi · Mandarin Airlines, Uni Air
- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 351 km / 218 mi · Xiamen Airlines, Uni Air
- [PVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zspd.md) Shanghai Pudong International Airport · China · 676 km / 420 mi · Uni Air, Shanghai Airlines
- [SHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsss.md) Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport · China · 682 km / 424 mi · Air China, China Airlines, EVA Air, Shanghai Airlines
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · China · 960 km / 597 mi · Mandarin Airlines
- [GMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rkss.md) Seoul Gimpo International Airport · South Korea · 1,475 km / 917 mi · Eastar Jet, Trinity Airways, China Airlines, EVA Air
- [CKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zuck.md) Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport · China · 1,558 km / 968 mi · Sichuan Airlines, Air China
- [TFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zutf.md) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport · China · 1,781 km / 1,107 mi · Sichuan Airlines
- [HND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rjtt.md) Tokyo Haneda International Airport · Japan · 2,097 km / 1,303 mi · All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- B7 [Uni Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uni-air) · 8

### Passenger (11)

- AE [Mandarin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mandarin-airlines) · 6
- CI [China Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/china-airlines) · 3
- BR [EVA Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eva-air) · 3
- CA [Air China](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-china) · 2
- FM [Shanghai Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shanghai-airlines) · 2
- 3U [Sichuan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sichuan-airlines) · 2
- MF [Xiamen Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/xiamen-airlines) · 2
- NH [All Nippon Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/all-nippon-airways) · 1
- ZE [Eastar Jet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eastar-jet) · 1
- JL [Japan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/japan-airlines) · 1
- TW [Trinity Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/trinity-airways) · 1

Former hub of [Far Eastern Air Transport](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/far-eastern-air-transport), [Great China Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/great-china-airlines), [TransAsia Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transasia-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.7M (2021) | #625 of 3,974 | #186 in Asia | #4 in TW |
| Longest runway | 2,605 m / 8,547 ft | #2,035 of 29,858 | #625 in Asia | #11 in TW |
| Elevation | 6 m / 18 ft | =41,596 of 43,403 | =2,962 in Asia | #34 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =82 in Asia | =1 in TW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | =6 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TAIPEI APP | 119.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.400 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [HSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcpo.md) Hsinchu Air Base · 68 km / 42 mi
- [HUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcyu.md) Hualien Chiashan Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · 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: “Songshan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Songshan_Airport&oldid=1374486531), revision of 12 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/rcss/data