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| stat1-header = Number of passengers
| stat1-data = 35,354,924 <br />{{increase}}
| stat2-header = Aircraft Movement
| stat2-data = 201,771 <br />
| stat3-header = Airfreight Movements
| stat3-data = 2,112,987.5 tonnes <br />{{decrease}}
| stat-year = 2023
| footnotes = Sources: [[Civil Aeronautics Administration (Taiwan)|Civil Aeronautics Administration]], [[Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan)|Ministry of Transportation and Communications]]<ref name="Taoyuan Stats">{{cite web |title=民航統計月報 |url=https://www.caa.gov.tw/FileAtt.ashx?lang=1&id=21040 |website=caa.gov.tw |access-date=1 February 2020}}</ref>
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'''Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport''' {{airport codes|TPE|RCTP}} — also sometimes referred to as '''Taipei-Taoyuan International Airport''' — is an [[international airport]] situated in [[Taoyuan City]] that serves northern [[Taiwan]], including the capital city [[Taipei]]. Located in [[Dayuan District]], Taoyuan, about {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Taipei, the airport is the busiest and largest in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.immigration.gov.tw/immigration/FileSystem/Statistics/02%20%20Entry%20990430.xls|script-title=zh:實際入境人數－按入境地點分|trans-title=Entry Persons – By Arriving Point|publisher=National Immigration Agency|access-date=2010-06-09|archive-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626185708/http://www.immigration.gov.tw/immigration/FileSystem/Statistics/02%20%20Entry%20990430.xls|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, it was ranked the best airport for its size in the Asia-Pacific region by [[Airports Council International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3110507|title=Taiwan Taoyuan Int'l Airport named best airport in Asia-Pacific|publisher=Taiwan News|date=2017-03-07|access-date=2017-04-05|archive-date=2017-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406020206/http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3110507|url-status=live}}</ref>
The airport opened for commercial operations in 1979 as '''Chiang Kai-shek International Airport''' ({{lang|zh|中正國際機場}}) and was renamed in 2006.<ref name="rename"/> It is an important regional transshipment center, passenger hub, and gateway for destinations in Asia, and is one of two international airports that serve [[Taipei]]. The other, [[Taipei Songshan Airport]], is located within the city limits and served as Taipei's only international airport until 1979.<ref name="encyclo" /> Songshan now mainly serves [[chartered flight]]s, intra-island flights, and limited international flights.
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