Hat Yai International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่, RTGS: Tha-akatsayan Hat Yai) (IATA: HDY, ICAO: VTSS) is in Khlong La subdistrict, Khlong Hoi Khong district, Songkhla province in southern Thailand, near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PLC (AOT). It serves more than 3 million passengers per year, 12,000 flights, and 3,000 tons of cargo, making it the fifth busiest airport in the country by passenger traffic in 2023.
Hat Yai International Airport ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่ สนามบินหาดใหญ่ | |||||||||||
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Hat Yai International Airport (April 2024) | |||||||||||
Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Airports of Thailand | ||||||||||
Serves | Hat Yai | ||||||||||
Location | Khlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand | ||||||||||
Operating base for | Thai AirAsia | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 90 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 06°55′59″N 100°23′34″E / 6.93306°N 100.39278°E | ||||||||||
Website | hatyai | ||||||||||
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Statistics (2023) | |||||||||||
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Source: Airports of Thailand[1] |
Overview
editAt longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 28 m above sea level, the airport is 9 km (6 mi) east of downtown Hat Yai and 43 km east of Songkhla city. Highway 4135 (Sanambin Panij Road) links to the airport. Its service hours are 06:00–24:00. The runway can handle 30 flights per hour, and its durability is rated at PCN 60/F/C/X/T. There are seven taxiways and an apron area of 56,461 m2. Website name: hatyai.airportthai.co.th
Statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Traffic by calendar year
editYear | Passengers | Change from previous year |
Movements | Cargo (tons) |
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2011 | 1,869,113 | – | 14,032 | 15,476 | |
2012 | 2,127,483 | 15,052 | 16,206 | ||
2013 | 2,552,509 | 17,551 | 12,295 | ||
2014 | 3,147,281 | 22,319 | 9,287 | ||
2015 | 3,639,936 | 24,607 | 9,695 | ||
2016 | 4,004,665 | 28,097 | 9,044 | ||
2017 | 4,367,364 | 30,067 | 9,567 | ||
2018 | 4,256,107 | 29,203 | 8,445 | ||
2019 | 3,898,092 | 25,899 | 7,794 | ||
2020 | 2,371,193 | 18,798 | 4,693 | ||
2021 | 1,209,855 | 10,150 | 3,192 | ||
2022 | 2,944,984 | 21,075 | 3,742 | ||
2023 | 3,122,124 | 20,230 | 3,179 |
Expansion
editExpansion plans are in the works, as the airport is designed for 2.5 million passengers and was already seeing 4.5 million passengers in 2018. The upgrade will expand the airport's capacity to serve over 10 million passengers by 2030.[3]
Airlines and destinations
editAirlines | Destinations |
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Bangkok Airways | Phuket |
Batik Air Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur–International (begins 13 September 2024)[4] |
Nok Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang |
Scoot | Singapore |
Thai AirAsia | Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur–International,[5] Singapore |
Thai Airways International | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi Seasonal Charter: Medina |
Thai Lion Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang, Udon Thani |
Thai VietJet Air | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi |
Accidents and incidents
edit- During the 2005 Songkhla bombings, a bomb planted at the departure lounge by Pattani separatists exploded on 3 April 2005, killing two passengers and injuring ten.[6]
Gallery
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Entrance of airport
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Hat Yai International Airport Domestic Terminal
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Arrival hall
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Gate 4
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Terminal bay
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Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 at Hat Yai International Airport
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Air Transport Statistic". Airports of Thailand. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "AOT traffic statistics" (PDF). 2024-07-11.
- ^ "AoT plans Hat Yai expansion". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "NBATIK AIR MALAYSIA EXPANDS THAILAND NETWORK FROM SEP 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Töre, Özgür. "AirAsia Resumes Flights from Malaysia to Thailand". ftnNews. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ สํานักข่าวไทย TNAMCOT (29 February 2016). "ข่าวดังข้ามเวลา ตอน "ล่า…ระเบิดเมือง" [คลิปเต็มรายการ]". Archived from the original on 2021-12-12 – via YouTube.
External links
edit- Hat Yai International Airport, official site