Chumphon Airport

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Chumphon Airport

ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Operator Department of Airports
Serves Chumphon
LocationChum Kho subdistrict, Pathio district, Chumphon province, Thailand
Opened14 March 1998;25 years ago (1998-03-14)
Elevation  AMSL 18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 10°42′40.32″N099°21′42.14″E / 10.7112000°N 99.3617056°E / 10.7112000; 99.3617056
Website www.chumphonairport.net
Maps
Chumphon Airport
Thailand adm location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
CJM
Location of airport in Thailand
Chumphon Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
06/246,8902,100Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers122,803 Increase2.svg33.47%
Aircraft movements828 Decrease2.svg0.95%
Freight (tonnes)-

Chumphon Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : CJM, ICAO : VTSE), is in Chum Kho subdistrict, Pathio district, Chumphon province in southern Thailand. The airport is 35 kilometres north of downtown Chumphon.

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Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Nok Air Bangkok–Don Mueang (begins 31 March 2024)
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang

Overview

In 2008 the airport reopened after nine years of closure. The airport now serves as a gateway to the islands of the Gulf of Thailand.

Plans

Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT) is budgeting 220 billion baht in 2018 for the creation of two new airports and the expansion of four existing airports owned by the Department of Airports. Chumphon Airport is one of the four slated for expansion and AOT management. AOT intends to build Chiang Mai 2 in Lamphun Province and Phuket Airport 2 in Phang Nga Province. The three other existing airports to be managed by AOT are Tak Airport, Sakon Nakhon Airport, and Udon Thani International Airport. [1]

Notes

  1. Thai: ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร

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