Phuket International Airport

Phuket International Airport
ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติภูเก็ต
IATA: HKT – ICAO: VTSP
HKT
Location of airport in Thailand
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Airports of Thailand (A.O.T.)
Location Phuket, Thailand
Hub for Thai AirAsia
Elevation AMSL 25 m / 82 ft
Website Phuket Airport Website [2]
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 7,043,783
Aircraft operations 48,568
Sources: Airports of Thailand[1]

Phuket International Airport (IATA: HKT, ICAO: VTSP) is an airport serving the Phuket Province of Thailand. It is located in the north of Phuket Island, 32 kilometres from the centre of Phuket City. The airport plays a major role in Thailand's tourism industry, as Phuket Island is a popular resort destination. It is the second busiest airport in Thailand in terms of passengers (but not cargo), after Suvarnabhumi Airport in the Bangkok metropolitan area.

The airport has two terminals: Terminal 1 is used for international flights and Terminal 2 for domestic flights.

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Airport Expansion

Due to record-setting passenger numbers, the airport is currently undergoing a B5.8 billion expansion (approx. $188 million USD) which will last until 2014. The expansion plans call for a new international terminal, refurbishment of the existing terminal for domestic use, and other airfield improvements. A new car park as well as air cargo office are also being planned. Terminal construction is expected to start in July 2012.[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Aeroflot Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo 1
Air Asia Seasonal: Chongqing 1
Air Australia Brisbane, Melbourne 1
Air Bagan Yangon 1
Air Berlin Berlin-Tegel 1
Air China Beijing-Capital 1
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur 1
Arkefly Seasonal: Amsterdam [begins 27 June 2012] 1
Asiana Airlines Seoul-Incheon 1
Bangkok Airways Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Koh Samui, Trat, U-Tapao 2
Business Air Busan, Seoul-Incheon 1
China Airlines Taipei-Taoyuan 1
China Eastern Airlines Charter: Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing 1
Condor Flugdienst Seasonal: Frankfurt 1
Dragonair Hong Kong 1
Eastar Jet Seoul-Incheon 1
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich 1
Enter Air Seasonal: Warsaw, Kraków 1
Firefly Penang 1
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital, Hangzhou 1
Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong 1
Indonesia AirAsia Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta 1
Jetairfly Seasonal: Brussels 1
Jetstar Airways Sydney 1
Jetstar Asia Airways Singapore 1
I-Fly Moscow-Vnukovo, Krasnoyarsk 1
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon 1
Mahan Air Tehran-Imam Khomeini 1
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur 1
Nok Air Bangkok-Don Mueang 2
Nordwind Airlines Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk 1
Novair Seasonal:Stockholm-Arlanda 1
Orient Thai Airlines Bangkok-Don Mueang 2
Qatar Airways Doha, Kuala Lumpur 1
S7 Airlines Irkutsk, Novosibirsk 1
Shanghai Airlines Shanghai-Pudong 1
Sichuan Airlines Chongqing 1
SilkAir Singapore 1
Thai AirAsia Denpasar, Hong Kong, Singapore 1
Thai AirAsia Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchatani, Udon Thani 2
Thai Airways International Hong Kong, Perth, Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita
Seasonal: Copenhagen		 1
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai 2
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Charter: Copenhagen, Malmö, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda 1
Tiger Airways Singapore 1
Transaero Airlines Ekaterinburg, Moscow-Domodedovo, Saint-Petersburg
Seasonal: Moscow-Sheremetyevo		 1
TransAsia Airways Taipei-Taoyuan 1
TUIfly Nordic Charter: Billund, Copenhagen, Gothenburg-Landvetter, Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda 1
Virgin Australia Perth 1
XL Airways France Paris-Charles de Gaulle 1
Notes

^1 There are 3 weekly flights operating the Bangkok-Copenhagen-Phuket-Bangkok route. This is a one-way route whereby there are no direct flights from Phuket to Copenhagen. Passengers wishing to fly from Phuket to Copenhagen must transit in Bangkok. [3].

Climate

Climate data for Phuket (1961—1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.8
(89.2)		 32.9
(91.2)		 33.5
(92.3)		 33.4
(92.1)		 32.0
(89.6)		 31.6
(88.9)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.9
(87.6)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.8
(89.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.9
(82.2)		 28.7
(83.7)		 29.3
(84.7)		 29.5
(85.1)		 28.4
(83.1)		 28.3
(82.9)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.9
(82.2)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.5
(81.5)		 27.6
(81.7)		 28.1
(82.6)
Average low °C (°F) 23.3
(73.9)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.3
(75.7)		 24.8
(76.6)		 24.5
(76.1)		 24.5
(76.1)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.4
(75.9)		 23.9
(75.0)		 23.8
(74.8)		 23.8
(74.8)		 23.7
(74.7)		 24.1
(75.4)
Precipitation mm (inches) 29.8
(1.173)		 20.9
(0.823)		 49.1
(1.933)		 121.9
(4.799)		 319.4
(12.575)		 268.9
(10.587)		 290.5
(11.437)		 272.6
(10.732)		 399.0
(15.709)		 309.6
(12.189)		 175.7
(6.917)		 59.4
(2.339)		 2,316.8
(91.213)
Avg. rainy days 4 3 5 11 21 19 19 19 23 22 16 8 170
Source no. 1: Thai Meteorological Department[4]
Source no. 2: Hong Kong Observatory [5]

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. ^ [1], AOT Investors Site | accessdate = 2011-12-11
  2. ^ "Phuket Magazine". http://www.phuketmagazine.com/phukets-airport-expansion-set-to-start-in-november/. Retrieved 2011-12-11. 
  3. ^ http://www.takeoff.dk/news/21189
  4. ^ "30 year Average (1961-1990) - PHUKET". Thai Meteorological Department. http://www.tmd.go.th/EN/province_stat.php?StationNumber=48564. Retrieved 2010-04-20. 
  5. ^ "Climatological Normals of Phuket". Hong Kong Observatory. http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/asia/se_asia/phuket_e.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-13. 
  6. ^ "AirDisaster.Com Accident Database". http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=04151985&reg=HS-TBB&airline=Thai+Airways. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 
  7. ^ "AirDisaster.Com Accident Database". http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=08311987&reg=HS-TBC&airline=Thai+Airways. Retrieved 2007-09-18. 

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