The Lanyu Airport (;
Tao
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: Seyseykedan No Sikoki No Irala ) is an airport on
Orchid Island
Orchid Island, also known by other names, is a volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan Island. The island is part of Taiwan. It is separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is g ...
,
Taitung County,
Taiwan
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. The airport does not support night time flying except for emergency medical services flights.
History
The airport was initially controlled by the
military
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, but is now under control of the
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) since 1977. Expansion was made to the airport in which it was completed in 1982. Since 1990, the CAA has initiated a series of development projects for further expansion and improvement of the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Incidents and accidents
* On 13 April 2017, Flight 55571, a
DHC-6 of
Daily Air
Daily Air Corporation () is an airline with its headquarters in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It operates scheduled passenger services to offshore islands from Taiwan, including Penghu, Green Island and Orchid Island, as well as helicopter ...
, experienced a runway excursion and crashed into a guard rail. All of the passengers and flight crews were safe.
* On 7 June 2017, a
DHC-6-400 of
Daily Air
Daily Air Corporation () is an airline with its headquarters in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It operates scheduled passenger services to offshore islands from Taiwan, including Penghu, Green Island and Orchid Island, as well as helicopter ...
experienced malfunction nose
landing gear
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. All of the passengers and flight crews were safe.
See also
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Civil Aeronautics Administration (Taiwan)
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*
Transportation in Taiwan
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List of airports in Taiwan
This is a list of airports in Taiwan, grouped by type and sorted by number of passengers.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport currently has regular international flights.
See also
* Transportation in Taiwan
Trans ...
References
External links
About Lanyu Airport
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Airports in Taitung County