# Hualien Chiashan Airport (HUN / RCYU)

**Hualien Chiashan Airport** (IATA: HUN, ICAO: RCYU) is a large airport in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. It opened on 16 May 1962. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,750 m (9,022 ft). It is operated by Civil Aeronautics Administration. In 2020 it handled 70 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HUN / RCYU
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aeronautics Administration
- Serves: Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan
- Opened: 16 May 1962
- Elevation: 16 m / 52 ft
- Coordinates: 24.0232, 121.6180
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,750 m / 9,022 ft
- Passengers: 69,804 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Taipei
- Website: https://www.hulairport.gov.tw/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hualien_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q703921
- Weather station: RCYU
- Ident: RCYU

## Timeline

- 16 May 1962: Hualien Chiashan Airport opens.
- 26 Oct 1989: China Airlines Flight 204. 54 killed.
- 1999: Uni Air Flight 873. 1 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Paved | 026° / 206° |  |
| 03R/21L | 2,745 m / 9,005 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 026° / 206° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 254,828 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 262,698 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 250,751 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 266,377 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 279,553 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 214,279 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 119,232 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 184,347 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 235,386 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 192,900 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 118,152 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 69,804 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · Taiwan · 105 km / 65 mi · Mandarin Airlines
- [TSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcss.md) Taipei Songshan International Airport · Taiwan · 116 km / 72 mi · Uni Air
- [KHH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rckh.md) Kaohsiung International Airport · Taiwan · 206 km / 128 mi · Mandarin Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- AE [Mandarin Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/mandarin-airlines) · 2
- B7 [Uni Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uni-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 70K (2020) | #1,944 of 3,974 | #625 in Asia | #11 in TW |
| Longest runway | 2,750 m / 9,022 ft | =1,734 of 29,858 | =518 in Asia | #10 in TW |
| Elevation | 16 m / 52 ft | =39,086 of 43,403 | =2,581 in Asia | #26 in TW |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =283 in Asia | #6 in TW |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =3 in TW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 119.100 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [RMQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcmq.md) Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base · 105 km / 65 mi
- [HSZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcpo.md) Hsinchu Air Base · 112 km / 70 mi
- [TSA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcss.md) Taipei Songshan International Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [TPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rctp.md) Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [CYI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcku.md) Chiayi Airport · 140 km / 87 mi
- [RCQS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rcqs.md) Chihhang Air Base · 144 km / 89 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: “Hualien Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hualien_Airport&oldid=1368032216), revision of 6 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/rcyu/data