Surat Thani Airport

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Surat Thani International Airport
IATA: URT – ICAO: VTSB
Summary
Airport type Public & Military
Operator Department of Aviation
Location Surat Thani
Elevation AMSL 87 m / 286 ft
Coordinates 09°07′57″N 99°08′08″E / 9.1325, 99.13556
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04/22 3,000 9,843 Asphalt

Surat Thani Airport (IATA: URT, ICAO: VTSB) is in Phunphin district, Surat Thani province, Thailand. The airport, which is located 21 km west of Surat Thani, is also the Wing 7 Airforce base. Surat Thani has a single paved runway.

On December 11, 1998, Thai Airways International Flight 261, an A310-200 (HS-TIA) bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt in heavy rain and crashed into a rice paddy about 2 miles (3 km) from the airport; 101 of the 146 passengers and crew aboard were killed.

Contents

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] International airlines

[edit] Domestic airlines

[edit] Statistics (2005)

  • Movements - 5,983
  • Passenger departures - 102,808
  • Passenger arrivals - 101,338
  • Total Passenger - 204,146
  • Outgoing cargo - 1,149,551 kg
  • Incoming cargo - 503,988 kg

[edit] Statistics (2006)

  • Movements - 3,810
  • Passenger departures - 144,946
  • Transit - 1,214
  • Passenger arrivals - 142,246
  • Total Passenger - 288,406
  • Outgoing cargo - 925,074 kg
  • Incoming cargo - 579,877 kg
  • Outgoing Mail Cargo - 27 kg
  • Incoming Mail Cargo - 79,319 kg

[edit] Statistics (2007)

  • Movements - 3,030
  • Passenger departures - 165,540
  • Transit - 512
  • Passenger arrivals - 161,718
  • Total Passenger - 327,770
  • Outgoing cargo - 590,167 kg
  • Incoming cargo - 347,545 kg
  • Outgoing Mail Cargo - 103 kg
  • Incoming Mail Cargo - 0 kg

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