Phrae Airport

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Phrae Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Department of Airports
Serves Phrae, Phrae province, Thailand
Opened1952;72 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
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Phrae Airport
Phrae Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
01/194,9211,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger59,792
Flights1,026
Sources: DAFIF [1] [2] DCA [3]

Phrae Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : PRH, ICAO : VTCP) is an airport serving Phrae, a town in the Phrae province of northern Thailand.

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History

Phrae Airport was built during World War 2 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 Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) upgraded the runway, taxiway, and tarmac's material to be asphalt concrete, and extending 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 installed air conditioners. Then, a new 7-floor air traffic control tower was built to separate it from the terminal in 1996. [4]

Facilities

Terminal

Phrae Airport's terminal is 3 storeys tall, but only one floor is used. The building space is 1,400 square meters, which can accommodate up to 374 people per hour. [5]

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]
YearPassengersChangeAircraft movementsCargo (tonnes)
200119,7491,45842.42
200212,558Decrease2.svg 36.41%86015.81
200310,592Decrease2.svg 15.66%72217.01
2004828Decrease2.svg 92.18%410.396
200513Decrease2.svg 98.43%170.00
200613Steady2.svg40.00
2007440Increase2.svg 3284.62%1800.00
20080Decrease2.svg 100.00%00.00
20090Steady2.svg00.00
2010470Increase2.svg540.00
20113,494Increase2.svg 643.40%2150.00
20129,056Increase2.svg 159.19%4210.00
201313,690Increase2.svg 51.17%4830.00
201423,371Increase2.svg 70.72%5090.00
201548,673Increase2.svg 108.26%7970.00
201672,274Increase2.svg 48.49%1,1910.00
201780,961Increase2.svg 12.02%1,3260.00
201888,971Increase2.svg 9.89%1,4600.00
201970,069Decrease2.svg 21.25%1,2200.00
202034,947Decrease2.svg 50.12%7580.00

Notes

  1. Thai: ท่าอากาศยานแพร่

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References

  1. "Airport information for VTCP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) 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. 1 2 Phrae Airport's physical characteristics (Thai)
  6. Airports stats under Department of Airports (Thailand)