Surat Thani Airport

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Surat Thani International Airport
IATA: URT - ICAO: VTSB
Summary
Airport type public & military
Operator Department of Aviation
Serves Surat Thani
Elevation AMSL 286 ft (87 m)
Coordinates 09°07′57″N, 99°08′08″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 9,843 3,000 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 a Thai Airways International A310-200 (HS-TIA), bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt during a heavy rain and crashed into a rice paddy about 2 miles (3 km) from the airport; 102 of 143 passengers and crew aboard were killed.

Contents

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

  • Movements - 3,596
  • Passenger departures - 133,774
  • Passenger arrivals - 128,577
  • Outgoing cargo - 892,378 kg
  • Incoming cargo - 548,191 kg
  • Outgoing Mail Cargo - 27 kg
  • Incoming Mail Cargo - 79,319 kg

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