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Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

Taoyuan, Taoyuan City (Taiwan)
IATA: TPE ICAO: RCTP
Longest Active Runway
12,008 ft
3,660 meters
Field Elevation
106 ft
32 m MSL
Runway Inventory
2 active
Lighted / Paved
Coordinates & Class
25.0777°, 121.2330°
LARGE AIRPORT
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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank
#1 in Taiwan
Out of 18 commercial aerodromes
Global Runway Rank
#277 Worldwide
Top 3.7% percentile
Elevation Ranking
#5186 MSL
Top 71.2% percentile
vs Large Airport Median
+20.1%
Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport's longest active runway measures 12,008 ft (3,660 m). It ranks as the #1 longest runway in Taiwan and #277 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator Length (ft / m) Width (ft / m) Surface Material Lighting Status
05L/23R 12,008 ft (3660m) 197 ft (60m) Concrete (CON) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active
05R/23L 10,991 ft (3350m) 197 ft (60m) Concrete (CON) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name IATA Distance Longest Runway Lighting
Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (Taichung (Qingshui)) RMQ 59.1 NM (109.5 km) 12,000 ft ✅ Lighted
Fuzhou Changle International Airport (Fuzhou (Changle)) FOC 98.8 NM (183 km) 11,841 ft ✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database
Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01
Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock
Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle
Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/tpe.json ↗