Nakhon Si Thammarat International Airport is in Pak Phun subdistrict, Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand.
History
The airport's first landing was on 1 December 1998 by Thai Airways International and PBair from Bangkok.
Beginning in 1985, Nakhon Si Thammarat used Cha-ian Airport (Army Region 4) temporarily. Thai Airways Company flew from Surat Thani to Nakhon Si Thammarat on Short 360 aircraft. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport then had Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, and One-Two-Go as airlines. Thai Airways and PBair later suspended service.
In July 2008, the Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) suspended the certificate of One-Two-Go (operated by Orient Thai Airlines) from 22 July to 15 September. One-Two-Go was then re-certified and their service was suspended to Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport.
As a result of the airport's growth, the Nakhon Si Thammarat Provincial Governor and Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Director are working on including international flights, due to the potential for increased tourism and economic growth for the Nakhon Si Thammarat province. The initiative planned to extend the runway to .
On 12 July 2013 Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport was published in Royal Thai Government Gazette to customs airport, No. 10/1 of Ministerial Regulation prescribed port or place, customs airport, border approval way, and customs ACT 2553. Dated 1 July 2013 by Kittiratt Na-Ranong, the Minister of Finance, which resulted in Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport qualifying to import and export international flights and goods.
Capacity The airport is from the city center. It has an arrival terminal capacity of 188 people per hour and a departure terminal capacity of 215 people per hour. It has two Boeing 737 parking spaces, two ATR 72 parking spaces, and two helipad spaces. The airport spans .
The terminal building covers . The arrival terminal covers , while the departure terminal covers .
The flight capacity is 32/day. The passenger capacity is 2,504 passengers/day. Aircraft parking space is 17,000 square meters (85 x 200 meters). The runway covers .
Airlines and destinations Passenger
Statistics +Activity year Flights(flights/year) Passengers(people/year) Cargo(kilograms/year) Mail(kilograms/year) Passenger change(%) 1995 796 30,079 93,656 0 0.0 1996 898 39,805 75,228 0 32.33 1997 1,070 62,755 134,265 0 57.66 1998 1,240 69,979 140,177 0 11.22 1999 726 74,712 271,891 0 6.76 2000 788 82,687 373,336 115 10.67 2001 1,352 92,583 425,723 0 11.97 2002 1,262 90,921 546,462 0 1.80 2003 1,705 104,340 820,998 0 14.76 2004 2,048 131,957 1,105,237 0 26.47 2005 2,160 146,435 1,369,876 0 10.97 2006 2,275 193,231 983,837 0 31.96 2007 3,488 396,737 1,587,848 0 105.32 2008 2,636 299,075 1,205,442 0 24.62 2009 2,458 297,257 1,108,671 0 0.61 2010 3,365 406,792 811,327 0 36.85 2011 4,610 555,015 684,214 0 36.44
References
External links
Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport homepage
Accident history for NST at Aviation Safety Network