Taichung Airport Terminal 2 Departure lobby 2019

Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A320 (B-LPB) at Taichung Airport

Taichung International Airport () , is an

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located in

Taichung Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of T ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

, which is used for both commercial and military purposes. It is also the third international airport in Taiwan, with scheduled services to China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.

History

Taichung International Airport was constructed during the era of Japanese rule and was named . The

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(USAF) had been garrisoning the base with two fighter squadrons until the

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came into force on March 3, 1955. The airport then expanded in 1954 according to the

, and later renamed

Ching Chuan Kang Air Base Ching Chuan Kang Air Base ( zh, t=清泉崗空軍基地, CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan. It is the home to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, with three squadrons of AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fi ...

(CCK) after General

Qiu Qingquan Qiu Qingquan (; 27 January 1902 – 10 January 1949) was a ROC Army general who excelled himself in Northern Expedition, anti-communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, and Chinese Civil War. In the Huaihai Campaign, which wa ...

. In 1966 the American Air Force established a joint forces air-base at CCK. It was the largest air force base in the

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at the time, allowing

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bombers to land. During the

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, CCK became a depot for the USAF. The US Military used CCK and

Shuinan Airport Taichung Shuinan Airport () was an airport located in Xitun District, Taichung, Taiwan. It had an area of 250 hectares. The name originates from Shuinan, a village in nearby Beitun District. History Shuinan Airport was built during the Japanes ...

to run many of its long-distance Vietnam, Cambodia and Laotian bombing, scouting and cargo transport runs during the

era. This base was shut down and most American facilities were removed after the U.S. established diplomatic relations with China in 1979. Taichung Airport Construction of passenger facilities was completed in September 2003 and civilian services began on March 5, 2004, replacing the old

located closer to downtown Taichung. Ching Chuan Kang Airport has since become the only airport serving Taichung. The airport was promoted to an international airport on January 3, 2017, and renamed Taichung International Airport. In 2003, with the demand to develop cross-strait and other international air routes from Taichung City, it was decided to transfer the airport from Shuinan Airport (TXG) to RMQ; since RMQ had been for the airbase for the

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, the Taiwanese Civil Aeronautics Administration held negotiations with the air force, which led to the air force allowing an edge for building a new civilian terminal. The first terminal was completed in 2004, and all flights moved from TXG to RMQ soon afterwards. In 2008, officials decided to build another terminal. Terminal 2 now handles all international and cross-strait flights, while the older Terminal 1 serves domestic flights.

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Taichung International Airport Official Website
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