Phrae Airport is in Tambon Na Chak, Amphoe Mueang Phrae, Phrae province in Northern Thailand.
History Phrae Airport was built during World War II with a gravel runway. After the war ended, the airport operator was given to Royal Thai Air Force for them to maintain. Then, Phrae Airport was developed by Department of Commercial Aviation (Thailand) in 1952 for passenger and airmail uses by upgrading the runway to be 30 x 1,200 meters and building a terminal.
In 1971–1973 the Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) upgraded the runway, taxiway, and tarmac's material to be asphalt concrete, and extended the runway again to be 1,500 meters long. In 1974–1975, the current terminal was built, and was expanded in 1981–1982 to 250 square meters. The terminal was expanded again in 1990 to 432 square meters, and air conditioners were installed. A new seven-floor air traffic control tower was built to separate it from the terminal in 1996.Complete history of Phrae Airport (Thai)
Facilities Terminal Phrae Airport's terminal is three storeys tall, but only one floor is used. The building space is 1,400 square meters, and can accommodate up to 374 people per hour. Floor 1: departures and arrivals area, and airport's office Floor 2 and 3: previously used for air traffic control
The tarmac size is 60 by 180 meters, which can accommodate up to three ATR 72s at the same time. There are also six helicopter landing pads.
Statistics Traffic numbers + Traffic by calendar year Year Passengers Change Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)2001 19,749 1,458 42.422002 12,558 36.41% 860 15.812003 10,592 15.66% 722 17.012004 828 92.18% 41 0.3962005 13 98.43% 17 0.002006 13 4 0.002007 440 3284.62% 180 0.002008 0 100.00% 0 0.002009 0 0 0.002010 470 54 0.002011 3,494 643.40% 215 0.002012 9,056 159.19% 421 0.002013 13,690 51.17% 483 0.002014 23,371 70.72% 509 0.002015 48,673 108.26% 797 0.002016 72,274 48.49% 1,191 0.002017 80,961 12.02% 1,326 0.002018 88,971 9.89% 1,460 0.002019 70,069 21.25% 1,220 0.002020 34,947 50.12% 758 0.00
References
External links Phrae Airport, Dept of Civil Aviation