Hua Hin Airport

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Hua Hin Airport

ท่าอากาศยานหัวหิน
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Department of Airports
Serves Hua Hin
Location Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand
Opened3 February 1961;62 years ago (1961-02-03)
Elevation  AMSL 62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates 12°38′10″N099°57′05″E / 12.63611°N 99.95139°E / 12.63611; 99.95139
Maps
Hua Hin Airport
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Airplane silhouette.svg
HHQ
Location of airport in Thailand
Hua Hin Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
16/342,1006,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers60,935 Increase2.svg86.88%
Aircraft movements396 Increase2.svg30.26%
Freight (tonnes)-

Hua Hin Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : HHQ, ICAO : VTPH) is in Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province in southern Thailand. [1]

Contents

Airport upgrade

In August 2018 the Department of Airports announced that it will spend 3.5 billion baht to upgrade Hua Hin Airport over the next five years. The number of travellers using the airport is expected to increase by tenfold, to three million a year, in that timeframe. The upgrade is part of the "Riviera Thailand" and Southern Economic Corridor projects. The work at the airport will take four to five years. It includes enlarging the existing passenger terminal, building a second one, expanding hangar space, and widening the runway from 35 [2] to 45 metres. [3] The runways RESA are below ICAOs recommendation.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Thai AirAsia Chiang Mai [4]

Notes

  1. Thai: ท่าอากาศยานหัวหิน

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