Nakhon Sawan Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Nakhon Sawan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 113 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 15°40′22″N100°08′12″E / 15.67278°N 100.13667°E | ||||||||||
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  VTPN Location of airport in Thailand | |||||||||||
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Nakhon Sawan Airport [1] ( ICAO : VTPN), is an airport in Nakhon Sawan, the capital city of Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand.
Nakhon Sawan is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat). It lies in lower northern Thailand, neighbouring the provinces of Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phetchabun, Lopburi, Sing Buri, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani, and Tak.
Thai Airways Company or Thai Airways was the domestic flag carrier of Thailand. Its main base was the domestic terminal at Don Mueang International Airport. Its head office was located in Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Bangkok. In 1988, Thai Airways merged to become Thai Airways International.
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport in Thailand.
Chum Saeng is a district (amphoe) in Nakhon Sawan province, upper central Thailand.
Banphot Phisai is the northernmost district (amphoe) of Nakhon Sawan province, central Thailand.
Phayuha Khiri is a district (amphoe) in Nakhon Sawan province, central Thailand.
Lat Yao is a district (amphoe) of Nakhon Sawan province, central Thailand.
Phayap Army was the combined Thai force that invaded the Siamese Shan States of Burma on 10 May 1942 during the Burma Campaign of World War II.
Mueang Nakhon Sawan is the capital district of Nakhon Sawan province, in central Thailand.
Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovitvanij is a Thai Catholic prelate and cardinal who has served as Archbishop of Bangkok since 2009.
Nakhon Sawan Football Club is a Thai semi-professional football club based in the northern Nakhon Sawan province. The club currently plays in the Thailand Semi-pro League Northern Region.
Highway 32 is a national highway in Thailand.
Nakhon Sawan railway station is a railway station in Nong Pling Sub-district, Nakhon Sawan City, Nakhon Sawan. It is a Class 1 station and the main station in Nakhon Sawan Province. It is about 245 kilometres from Bangkok railway station. The railyard serves as a PTT Petroleum tanker car yard with a spur line to a gas refinery.
Nakhon Sawan is a city in Thailand. The name literally means "Heavenly City". The city is the capital of Nakhon Sawan Province, and covers the complete subdistrict (tambon) of Pak Nam Pho and parts of Khwae Yai, Nakhon Sawan Tok, Nakhon Sawan Ok and Wat Sai, as well as all of Mueang Nakhon Sawan district. As of 31 December 2020, it has a population of 82,305. Nakhon Sawan is 238 km north of Bangkok.
The 44th Thailand National Games were held in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand from 12 to 21 December 2015. The opening ceremony, scheduled for 11 December, was postponed by Bike for Dad ปั่นเพื่อพ่อ, to 12 December. There were matches in 43 sports and 77 disciplines. The games were held in Nakhon Sawan Sport Center and Nakhon Sawan sport school. Nakhon Sawan also hosted the 28th national games in 1995.
Ayutthaya United Football Club is a Thai professional football club based in Sena, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The club competes in Thai League 2, the second tier of Thai football league system. The team plays their home matches at Ayutthaya Province Stadium.
Sawanpracharak Hospital is the main hospital of Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand and is classified under the Ministry of Public Health as a regional hospital. It has a CPIRD Medical Education Center which trains doctors for the MOPH-Mahidol CPIRD Program. It is an affiliated teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
Sawan is the fifth month in the Hindu calendar, corresponding to July-August in the Gregorian calendar.
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Nakhon Sawan travel guide from Wikivoyage