Due to its location, the airport frequently experiences strong katabatic winds and is forced to close.

Because of this, the load factor of the flights rarely exceeds 40%; airlines are considering filing applications for withdrawal of services to Hengchun.

In late May 2019, Taiwanese carrier, Uni Air has announced that they will be officially ending flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Hengchun after they suspended flights from Taipei Songshan Airport to Hengchun back in September 2014.

[3] However, since the opening of Taiwan High Speed Rail in 2007, there has been a sharp decline in the number of passengers using the airport.

In October 2015, the Civil Aeronautics Administration announced that they will make a decision whether to close the airport in the second half of 2016 due to the extremely low passenger rate.