Trang Airport

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Trang International Airport

ท่าอากาศยานตรัง
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Department of Airports
Serves Trang
LocationKhok Lo subdistrict, Mueang Trang district, Trang province, Thailand
Opened13 December 1954;69 years ago (1954-12-13)
Elevation  AMSL 67 ft / 20 m
Coordinates 07°30′31.48″N099°36′59.68″E / 7.5087444°N 99.6165778°E / 7.5087444; 99.6165778
Website minisite.airports.go.th/trang
Maps
Trang Airport
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TST
Location of airport in Thailand
Trang Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
08/266,8902,100Asphalt (Tarmac)
Statistics (2023)
Passengers564,461 Increase2.svg6.98%
Aircraft movements3,690 Decrease2.svg1.49%
Freight (tonnes)184 Decrease2.svg0.75%

Trang International Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : TST, ICAO : VTST) is in Khok Lo subdistrict, Mueang Trang district, Trang province in southern Thailand, 7 kilometres from downtown Trang.

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Major expansion

Despite being solely domestic, passenger numbers have been surging from 143 to almost 800 thousand from 2009 to 2017; and the terminal is being expanded to 9,000 sq m. by mid 2019. The runway is planned to extend to 3,000 meters pending environmental review. A second passenger terminal would be built by 2021, pushing capacity to 3.7 million a year.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Nok Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang

Notes

  1. Thai: ท่าอากาศยานตรัง

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