Phuket Airport
| Phuket Airport ท่าอากาศยาน นานาชาติ ภูเก็ต |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | VTSP |
| IATA code | HKT |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 25 m (82 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 20 mile (s) from Phuket Town |
| Basic data | |
| operator | Airports of Thailand |
| surface | 9 ha |
| Terminals | 2 |
| Passengers | 16.8 million (2017) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 09/27 | 3000 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Phuket Airport ( Phuket International Airport , IATA code : HKT , ICAO code : VTSP ) is an airport on Ko Phuket in southern Thailand .
The airport is open around the clock. It has a runway , eight taxiways and five gates.
With 16.8 million passengers in 2017, it is the third busiest airport in Thailand (after the two Bangkok airports).
By early 2016, in response to the significant increase in passenger numbers (it doubled from 2009 to 2014), another terminal was built. The new Terminal T1 opened on September 16, 2016 and has been used for international flights since then, while domestic flights depart from the old Terminal T2.
Airlines and Destinations
Phuket is currently a popular destination for European travelers, which is why several airlines fly in regularly from Europe every season. There is also a significant domestic market from Phuket, which is served by Thai Airways , Thai AirAsia , Bangkok Airways , Nok Air and Orient Thai Airlines , among others . Thai Airways, Eurowings and Edelweiss Air fly directly to Phuket from German-speaking countries .
Incidents
- On April 15, 1985 collided Boeing 737-200 of Thai Airways ( air vehicle registration HS-TBB ) during the landing approach to the airport Phuket to a failure of two engines with a mountainside. All eleven people on board were killed.
- On August 31, 1987, a Thai Airways (HS-TBC) Boeing 737-200 crashed into the sea while approaching, killing all 83 occupants. Investigations reveal a stall due to human error as the cause (see also Thai Airways flight 365 ) .
- On September 16, 2007 a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 of the low-cost airline One-Two-Go Airlines (a subsidiary of " Orient Thai Airlines ") (HS-OMG) initiated a go-around shortly before landing at Phuket Airport, which failed, however, because the thrust went to idle. The machine fell on the ground next to the runway , broke in two and caught fire. There were 90 fatalities among the 130 inmates. At the time of the accident, it was raining heavily (see also One-Two-Go-Airlines flight 269 ) .
See also
Web links
- Information on Phuket International Airport from Airports of Thailand (in English, Flash player recommended)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Phuket Airport Guide
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airports of Thailand: Stats Report. Retrieved June 11, 2019 .
- ^ New International Airport Terminal. In: Phuket Island Radio Co Ltd. September 16, 2016, accessed March 31, 2018 .
- ^ Accident report B-737-200 HS-TBB , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 3, 2018.
- ^ Accident report B-737-200 HS-TBC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 3, 2018.
- ^ Accident report DC-9-82 HS-OMG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 3, 2018.
- ↑ Official Investigation Report DC-9-82 HS-OMG, Thailand