Lyudao Airport is an airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 serving Lyudao

Green Island, Taiwan

Green Island is a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, about off the eastern coast of Taiwan. In the 19th century it was known as Samasana Island and the Japanese called it Kasho-to . The island is 15.092 km² at high tide and 17.329 km² at low tide...

 (Green Island), in Taitung County

Taitung County

Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung County is also known as 後山 by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan, Republic of China.Taitung runs along the south east...

, Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

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The airport was built in 1972, and was under the control of the Taiwan Garrison Command

Taiwan Garrison Command

The Taiwan Garrison Command was a secret police/state security body which existed under the Republic of China military on Taiwan. The agency was established at the end of World War II, and operated throughout the Cold War. It was disbanded on August 1, 1992....

. It was rebuilt in 1977, and is now under control of the Civil Aeronautics Administration

Civil Aeronautics Administration (Republic of China)

The Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communication is a government agency of the Republic of China . It is a division of the Ministry of Transportation and Communication under the Executive Yuan and responsible for the regulation of all civil aviation activities in...

. An airport expansion project was implemented in 1995.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 28 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 17/35 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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surface measuring 992 by 23 m (3,254.6 by 75.5 ).