Taiping Island Airport

Airport in Taiping Island

RCSP

Location of airport in the South China Sea

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
07/25	1,200	3,937	Concrete

Taiping Island Airport (Chinese: 太平島機場; pinyin: Tàipíng Dǎo Jīchǎng) is an airport on Taiping Island, Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is located in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The island (named Itu Aba before 1946^[1]) has been stationed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) with military personnel since 1956.

Background

Once every two months, a C-130 transport aircraft arrives from Taiwan island which provides personnel transportation and material supplies for the entire island. There are no other regular scheduled flights.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Republic of China Air Force	Military Charter: Kaohsiung^[2]

References

^ See Taiping Island for more information.
^ "Kaohsiung International Airport Domestic Flight Schedule". Archived from the original on 2012-01-24.

Airports in Taiwan

Major international

Taipei–Taoyuan

Minor international

Domestic

Unscheduled

Military

Chiayi
Chihhang Air Base
Dongsha Island (DSX)
Gangshan Air Base
Jiashan Air Base
Taiping Island
Taoyuan Air Base
Zuoying Naval Airfield
Guiren Army Heliport
Longtan Army Heliport
Shengying Naval Heliport
Xinshe Army Heliport

Defunct

Huaisheng Air Base
Taichung-Shuinan
Taipei South Airfleld
Yilan Airfield

See also: Civil Aeronautics Administration
Category:Airports in Taiwan
Statistics

Spratly Islands

Confrontations

Regions

Occupied features

Brunei	Louisa Reef
China	Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef
Malaysia	Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef
Philippines	Commodore Reef Flat Island Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island
Taiwan	Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef
Vietnam	Alison Reef Amboyna Cay Barque Canada Reef Bombay Castle Central London Reef Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Discovery Great Reef East London Reef Grierson Reef Ladd Reef Lansdowne Reef Namyit Island Pearson Reef Petley Reef Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island South Reef Southwest Cay Spratly Island Tennent Reef West London Reef

Unoccupied features

South China Sea

Pratas Island

Pratas Island
North Vereker Bank
South Vereker Bank

Paracel Islands

Amphitrite Group	Rocky Island Tree Island West Sand Woody Island Qilian Yu
Crescent Group	Money Island Robert Island Yagong Island
Other features	Bombay Reef Triton Island

Northeastern SCS

Spratly Islands

Dangerous
Ground

NW	North Danger Reef Northeast Cay Southwest Cay Thitu Reefs Thitu Island Subi Reef Loaita Bank Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Tizard Bank Gaven Reefs Namyit Island Sand Cay Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef NNW Irving Reef West York Island WNW Western Reef
NE	Flat Island Nanshan Island Reed Tablemount Third Thomas Shoal
SE	Commodore Reef First Thomas Shoal Mischief Reef Sabina Shoal Second Thomas Shoal
SW	Union Banks Collins Reef Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Sin Cowe Island Ardasier Reef Cornwallis South Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef