Satellite Images of Lungkang Army Airfield (龍岡機場衛星照片)

This Google Street View photo was taken at the gate of now abandoned Lungkang (龍岡) Army Airfield. The brick building behind the trees on the left used to be a hangar when base was active.

Lungkang was inaugurated on May 22, 1959 and served as the base for ROC Army’s L-19 light observation aircraft. The following image was taken by a CORONA satellite in 1966:

By 1969, the runway had been extended toward the east. The extension is clearly visible in the 1969 CORONA image:

It is said that the deactivation of Lungkang was related to the defection of an ROC Army U-6A to China in 1983. Its close proximity to Chungli (中壢) probably also played a role. Anyway, this is what it looked like in 2002:

Related links:

• This blog has several photos taken at Lungkang’s inauguration in 1959.
• This blogger ventured into the abandoned airfield in 2009 and took these photos.