Hua Hin Airport

Hua Hin Airport ท่าอากาศยานหัวหิน
IATA: HHQ ICAO: VTPH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Prachuap Khiri Khan Phetchaburi
Location	Tambon Hua Hin, Amphoe Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Tambon Cha-am, Amphoe Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Opened	3 February 1961;64 years ago (1961-02-03)
Elevation  AMSL	19 m / 62 ft
Coordinates	12°38′10″N099°57′05″E / 12.63611°N 99.95139°E / 12.63611; 99.95139
Website	minisite.airports.go.th/huahin
Maps
HHQ/VTPH Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 16/34 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 74,242 86.88% Aircraft movements 548 30.26% Cargo (tonnes) -
Sources: Department of Airports

Hua Hin Airport( IATA : HHQ, ICAO : VTPH) is on the provincial border between Tambon Hua Hin, Amphoe Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan province and Tambon Cha-am, Amphoe Cha-am, Phetchaburi province in Southern Thailand. ^[1]

Airport upgrade

In August 2018 the Department of Airports (DOA) 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 runway's RESA are below ICAOs recommendation.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Thai AirAsia	Chiang Mai [4]

Accidents and incidents

A Royal Thai Police Aviation de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed after takeoff on 25 April 2025 after a test flight. All six aboard were killed: three crew and three passengers. The cause was ascribed to the failure of both engines. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. "HHQ-Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
2. "Hua Hin". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
3. "Hua Hin airport due for upgrade, Ratchaburi could get small one". The Nation. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
4. Liu, Jim. "Thai AirAsia adds new routes from Hua Hin in August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
5. "Six die as plane crashes into sea near Hua Hin". Bangkok Post. 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
6. "Fatal police aircraft crash in Hua Hin involved DHC6-400 Twin Otter". nationthailand. 2025-04-25. Archived from the original on 2025-04-25. Retrieved 2025-07-26.
7. English, Khaosod (2025-04-25). "Police Plane With Mechanical Issues Crashes off Hua Hin, Six Dead" . Retrieved 2025-07-26.

External links

• Hua Hin travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Current weather for VTPH at NOAA / NWS
• Accident history for HHQ at Aviation Safety Network

• Aviation portal