But because the lay of the land is so hilly, the runway at Peikan Airport is only 890 meters long, too short to install an instrument-based landing system. Pilots have to fly by sight, and the only planes from Taiwan that can land here are the 37-seat DASH-8-200s owned by Uni Air.
但因馬祖地區山勢險峻，北竿機場跑道僅八百九十公尺，無法安裝儀降系統，仍屬於目測的小型機場，國內也只有立榮航空的一架 DASH－8－200 型三十七人座飛機可以飛行。