Kinmen Airport

Kinmen Shangyi Airport

金門航空站
金門尚義機場
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorCivil Aeronautics Administration
ServesKinmen
LocationJinhu Township, Kinmen, Fuchien Province, Taiwan
Elevation AMSL28 m / 93 ft
Coordinates24°25′40″N 118°21′33″E / 24.42778°N 118.35917°E / 24.42778; 118.35917
Map
KNH/RCBS is located in Taiwan
KNH/RCBS
KNH/RCBS
Location of airport in the Republic of China
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 3,001 9,846 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]
Kinmen Shangyi Airport
Traditional Chinese金門機場
Simplified Chinese金门机场
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīnmén Shàngyì Jīchǎng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKim-mn̂g Siōng-gī Ki-tiû
Kinmen Airport
Traditional Chinese金門航空站
Simplified Chinese金门航空站
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīnmén Hángkōngzhàn
Southern Min
Hokkien POJkim mn̂g hái khang chām

Kinmen Airport (Chinese: 金門機場) (IATA: KNH, ICAO: RCBS), commonly known as the Shangyi Airport (Chinese: 尚義機場), is a civilian airport serving Kinmen, Fuchien Province, Republic of China.[1] It is located at Jinhu Township of Kinmen County. It was authorized to become a C-class airport under the direct supervision of the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications of the Executive Yuan. It serves an average of 1.2 million passengers every year.

With the direct Cross-Strait flights between mainland China and Taiwan being expensive compared to domestic fares for each side respectively, this makes travel via Kinmen with an hourly short thirty-minute ferry ride to Xiamen's Wutong Ferry Terminal, close to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, very popular. Check-in facilities for Kinmen Airport flights exists within the Wutong Ferry Terminal to assist in travel from the mainland to Taiwan.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b Airport information for RCBS[usurped] from DAFIF (effective October 2006)
  2. ^ Airport information for KNH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).