Phrae Airport

Phrae Airport ท่าอากาศยานแพร่
IATA: PRH ICAO: VTCP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Phrae
Location	Tambon Na Chak, Amphoe Mueang Phrae, Phrae, Thailand
Opened	1952;73 years ago (1952)
Elevation  AMSL	538 ft / 164 m
Coordinates	18°07′54″N100°09′52″E / 18.13167°N 100.16444°E / 18.13167; 100.16444
Maps
Phrae Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 4,921 1,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger 59,792 Flights 1,026
Sources: DAFIF [1] [2] DCA [3]

Phrae Airport( IATA : PRH, ICAO : VTCP) is in Tambon Na Chak, Amphoe Mueang Phrae, Phrae province in Northern Thailand.

History

Phrae Airport was built during World War II with a gravel runway. After the war ended, the airport operator was given to Royal Thai Air Force for them to maintain. Then, Phrae Airport was developed by Department of Commercial Aviation (Thailand) in 1952 for passenger and airmail uses by upgrading the runway to be 30 x 1,200 meters and building a terminal.

In 1971–1973 the Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) upgraded the runway, taxiway, and tarmac's material to be asphalt concrete, and extended the runway again to be 1,500 meters long. In 1974–1975, the current terminal was built, and was expanded in 1981–1982 to 250 square meters. The terminal was expanded again in 1990 to 432 square meters, and air conditioners were installed. A new seven-floor air traffic control tower was built to separate it from the terminal in 1996. ^[4]

Facilities

Terminal

Phrae Airport's terminal is three storeys tall, but only one floor is used. The building space is 1,400 square meters, and can accommodate up to 374 people per hour. ^[5]

• Floor 1: departures and arrivals area, and airport's office
• Floor 2 and 3: previously used for air traffic control

The tarmac size is 60 by 180 meters, which can accommodate up to three ATR 72s at the same time. There are also six helicopter landing pads. ^[5]

Statistics

Traffic numbers

Traffic by calendar year ^[6]

Year	Passengers	Change	Aircraft movements	Cargo (tonnes)
2001	19,749		1,458	42.42
2002	12,558	36.41%	860	15.81
2003	10,592	15.66%	722	17.01
2004	828	92.18%	41	0.396
2005	13	98.43%	17	0.00
2006	13		4	0.00
2007	440	3284.62%	180	0.00
2008	0	100.00%	0	0.00
2009	0		0	0.00
2010	470		54	0.00
2011	3,494	643.40%	215	0.00
2012	9,056	159.19%	421	0.00
2013	13,690	51.17%	483	0.00
2014	23,371	70.72%	509	0.00
2015	48,673	108.26%	797	0.00
2016	72,274	48.49%	1,191	0.00
2017	80,961	12.02%	1,326	0.00
2018	88,971	9.89%	1,460	0.00
2019	70,069	21.25%	1,220	0.00
2020	34,947	50.12%	758	0.00

References

1. "Airport information for VTCP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
2. Airport information for PRH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF  (effective October 2006).
3. http://www.aviation.go.th Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. Complete history of Phrae Airport (Thai)
5. Phrae Airport's physical characteristics (Thai)
6. Airports stats under Department of Airports (Thailand)

External links

• Phrae Airport, Dept of Civil Aviation