Hat Yai International Airport

Hat Yai International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่) (IATA: HDY, ICAO: VTSS) is an international airport in southern Thailand in Songkhla Province near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PLC (AOT). Annually, it handles more than 1,500,000 passengers, 9,500 flights and 12,000 tons of cargo. Expansion plans are in the works, as the airport is designed for 2.5 million passengers, was already seeing 3.56 million using it in Sept 2015, will be expanded to 4.5 million capacity scheduled complete by 2018, and 10 million by 2030.[1]

Hat Yai International Airport ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่
IATA: HDY ICAO: VTSS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT)
Serves	Hat Yai
Location	99 Moo 3, Khlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand
Focus city for	Thai AirAsia Thai Smile Thai Vietjet Air
Elevation AMSL	90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates	06°55′59″N 100°23′34″E
Website	hatyai.airportthai.co.th
Map
HDY Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 10,007 3,050 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2017)
Total Passengers 4,367,364 9.1% International Passengers 283,899 8.8% Domestic Passengers 4,083,465 9.1% Aircraft Movements 30,067 7.0% Freight (tonnes) 11,568 3.1%

Overview

At longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 28 m above sea level, the airport is 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Hat Yai. 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.

Statistics

See source Wikidata query.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Bangkok Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,[2] Phuket
Kunming Airlines	Kunming
Malindo Air	Seasonal: Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur–International, Kuala Lumpur–Subang, Penang
Nok Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Ubon Ratchathani
Scoot	Singapore
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi [3] Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Kuala Lumpur–International, Pattaya–U-Tapao
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Udon Thani
Thai Smile	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Vietjet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Rai

Accidents and incidents

• During the 2005 Songkhla bombings, a bomb planted at the departure lounge by Pattani separatists exploded on 3 April 2005, killing one passenger and injuring 10.[4]

Photo gallery

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  Hat Yai International Airport Domestic Terminal
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  Arrival hall
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  Gate 4 in the Airport
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  Terminal bay
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  Nok Air at the Airport
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  Thai AirAsia Airbus A320 at the Airport

References

1. Kositchotethana, Boonsong (3 May 2016). "AoT plans Hat Yai expansion". Bangkok Post. Post Publishing. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
2. Liu, Jim. "Bangkok Airways schedules new domestic routes in W20". Routesonline.
3. Liu, Jim. "Thai AirAsia W20 Bangkok Suvarnabhumi network adjustment". Routesonline. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
4. สํานักข่าวไทย TNAMCOT (29 February 2016). "ข่าวดังข้ามเวลา ตอน "ล่า…ระเบิดเมือง" [คลิปเต็มรายการ]" – via YouTube.

External links

• Hat Yai International Airport, Official site
• Airport information for VTSS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.