Pattani Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Operator Department of Airports / Royal Thai Army
Serves Pattani, Pattani province, Thailand
Opened1963;61 years ago (1963)
Elevation  AMSL 8 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 06°47′08″N101°09′13″E / 6.78556°N 101.15361°E / 6.78556; 101.15361
Maps
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PAN
Location of airport in Thailand
Pattani Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
08/264,5931,400 Asphalt
Sources: skyvector.com, [1] iata.org [2]

Pattani Airport [lower-alpha 1] ( IATA : PAN, ICAO : VTSK) is an airport serving Pattani, a town in the Pattani province of southern Thailand.

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Pattani airport receives flights from the Royal Thai Air Force supporting counter-insurgency operations in the Southern provinces.

Notes

  1. Thai: ท่าอากาศยานปัตตานี

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References

  1. "VTSK - Pattani Airport". Skyvector.com. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  2. "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA . Retrieved 7 April 2016.