Hat Yai International Airport

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Hat Yai International Airport

ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่
Tha-akatsayan Hat Yai
สนามบินหาดใหญ่
Sanambin Hat Yai
Hat Yai Bay 6-4.jpg
Hat Yai International Airport (April 2024)
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Airports of Thailand
Serves Hat Yai
LocationKhlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand
Operating base for Thai AirAsia
Elevation  AMSL 90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates 06°55′59″N100°23′34″E / 6.93306°N 100.39278°E / 6.93306; 100.39278
Website hatyai.airportthai.co.th
Maps
Hat Yai International Airport
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Airplane silhouette.svg
HDY/VTSS
Location of airport in Thailand
Hat Yai International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
08/2610,0073,150 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2024)
Total passengers3,098,213 Decrease2.svg0.77%
International passengers285,963 Increase2.svg15.09%
Domestic passengers2,812,250 Decrease2.svg2.14%
Aircraft movements20,551 Increase2.svg1.59%
Freight (tonnes)3,689 Increase2.svg11.52%
Source: Airports of Thailand [1]

Hat Yai International Airport( 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.

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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) 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.

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at HDY airport. See Wikidata query.

Traffic by calendar year

Comparison of passenger volume, aircraft movements and cargo volume at Hat Yai International Airport, by year [2]
YearPassengersChange from
previous year
MovementsCargo
(tons)
Notes
20111,869,11314,03215,476
20122,127,483Increase2.svg13.82%15,05216,206
20132,552,509Increase2.svg19.98%17,55112,295
20143,147,281Increase2.svg23.3%22,3199,287
20153,639,936Increase2.svg15.65%24,6079,695
20164,004,665Increase2.svg10.02%28,0979,044
20174,367,364Increase2.svg9.06%30,0679,567
20184,256,107Decrease2.svg2.55%29,2038,445
20193,898,092Decrease2.svg8.41%25,8997,794
20202,371,193Decrease2.svg39.17%18,7984,693
20211,209,855Decrease2.svg48.98%10,1503,192
20222,944,984Increase2.svg143.42%21,0753,742
20233,122,124Increase2.svg6.01%20,2303,179
20243,098,213Decrease2.svg0.77%20,5513,544

Expansion

Expansion 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

AirlinesDestinations
Bangkok Airways Phuket
Batik Air Malaysia Kuala Lumpur–International [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 [ citation needed ]
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang, Udon Thani
Thai Summer Airways Pattaya
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi

Accidents and incidents

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