AirportsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport is a large airport serving Taoyuan, in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TPE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TPE
- ICAO code
- RCTP
- City
- Taoyuan
- State or region
- Taoyuan City
- Country
- Taiwan
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 25.0777° N, 121.2330° E
- Elevation
- 32 m (106 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,660 m (12,008 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TPE means Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RCTP. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 25.0777° N, 121.2330° E. It stands 32 metres (106 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Taipei, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,660 metres (12,008 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 13 airports of Taiwan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 3,660 m 12,008 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 05R/23L | 3,350 m 10,991 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Taipei Songshan International AirportTaipei (Songshan) | TSA | 32 km |
| Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air BaseTaichung (Qingshui) | RMQ | 110 km |
| Hualien Chiashan AirportHualien City | HUN | 124 km |
| Matsu Nangan AirportMatsu (Nangan) | LZN | 176 km |
| Matsu Beigan AirportMatsu (Beigan) | MFK | 177 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,373 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,002 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,555 km | 8 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,783 km | 12 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,545 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,922 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,222 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,122 km | 3 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,285 km | 9 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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