Hello all, first timer in the world of Flight Simulator and have been blown away buy the amazing scenery and mod community. Was wondering if anyone is working on or knows if any projects for Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport? Would be amazing to be see a more accurate version of it🙏
June 2026
Taiwan's largest and busiest airport, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, has finally finished construction on its third terminal. Host to some 48,000,000 passengers (making it the 36th busiest passenger airport) and 2.2 million tons of cargo (making it the ninth busiest cargo airport) in 2019, Taoyuan has been sitting around maximum capacity for almost a decade at this point, struggling to find space to service the number of passengers and high-value cargo traveling through the airport annually.
Hoping to relieve this congestion, the government of Taiwan began planning to expand the airport back in 2012 before finally announcing the construction plan in 2015. Set to open by 2021, the terminal's opening date was eventually pushed back to 2023 in 2018 due to mismanagement by the construction firm, before being pushed back once again to 2025 in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even this deadline could not be met, though it did not fall terribly behind schedule, opening in 2026 instead.
The newly-finished Terminal 3, with its distinctive cloud-shaped roof, is easily the largest terminal at the airport, capable of handling up to 45 million passengers per year, bringing the total capacity of the airport up to about 90 million annual passengers. The terminal is connected to the other two terminals and the greater Taoyuan/Taipei transit system through the Taoyuan Airport MRT.
The expansion of Taoyuan International Airport through the opening of Terminal 3 and an accompanying third runway are the centerpiece of a larger urban planning development in the city, the Taoyuan Aerotropolis. Centered around the airport, this development includes new districts for transportation, logistics, industry, and residential developments, with the goal of attracting international investment and businesses through lower corporate tax rates and a convenient location next to the country's largest international airport. The government estimates that, as the Aerotropolis develops, it will create some 200,000-300,000 jobs, handle some 4.5 million
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Hi All.
I'll be travelling through Taiwan for 8 days at the end of January into early February.
As the title says, I have a 12:00pm international flight leaving Taiwan. I was planning on travelling down from north to south along the high speed rail line. So I have a few days set up in Taipei, then a couple days in Taichung finishing with a couple days in Kaohsiung.
Do you think it's possible for me to hop on the first high speed train at 6:30 in the morning from Kaohsiung and make my flight in time? I've read conflicting things online but I'm assuming it is best to take the train to Taoyuan station and then take a cab to the airport? Something else was saying it's best to take the bus from the Taipei main train station - but I'm a little worried about traffic with that option.
Or is there a better way to do this? Or not to do this at all and come back to Taipei the night before?
Thanks for any help!
