Phuket International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Phuket International Airport
nativename = ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติภูเก็ต

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IATA = HKT
ICAO = VTSP
type = Public
owner =
operator = Airports of Thailand (A.O.T.)
city-served =
location = Phuket, Thailand
elevation-f = 82
elevation-m = 25
coordinates = coord|08|06|48|N|098|19|01|E|region:TH_type:airport
website = [http://www.airportthai.co.th/airportnew/phuket/ www.airportthai.co.th/...]
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 09/27
r1-length-f = 9,843
r1-length-m = 3,000
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Sources: Airport web site [ [http://www.airportthai.co.th/airportnew/phuket/ Phuket International Airport] , official web site] and DAFIFWAD|VTSP|source=DAFIF] GCM|HKT|source=DAFIF]

Phuket International Airport airport codes|HKT|VTSP is an airport serving the Phuket Province of Thailand. It is located in the north of Phuket Island, 32 kilometres from the centre of Phuket City. The airport plays a major role in Thailand's tourism industry, as Phuket Island is a popular resort destination. It is the second busiest airport in Thailand in terms of passengers but not cargo, after Suvarnabhumi Airport in the Bangkok metropolitan area.

Past incidents and accidents

*15 April 1985: A Thai Airways Boeing 737-2P5 crashed, killing all 11 people on board. The crew had issued a radio call informing air traffic control that both engines had flamed out. No cause could be determined for the engine shutdown. [Cite news | title = AirDisaster.Com Accident Database | url = http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=04151985&reg=HS-TBB&airline=Thai+Airways | accessdate = 2007-09-18]
*31 August 1987: Thai Airways Flight 365 crashed into the ocean on final approach, killing all 83 people on board. The investigation determined pilot error as the primary cause. [Cite news | title = AirDisaster.Com Accident Database | url = http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=08311987&reg=HS-TBC&airline=Thai+Airways | accessdate = 2007-09-18]

*16 September 2007: One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 arriving on a scheduled flight from Bangkok's Don Mueang Airport crashed after hitting the runway heavily while attempting to land in driving rain and severe wind shear. The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 slid off the runway, split into two, and exploded into flames after an apparent attempt to execute a go-around moments before touchdown. There were 123 passengers and 7 crew on board. 89 died and 41 were injured.

Airlines and destinations

International Airlines

*AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur)
** Thai AirAsia (Singapore)
*Air China (Beijing)
*Air India Express (Delhi, Kolkata, Port Blair) [starting end 2008]
*Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon) "seasonal"
*China Airlines (Taipei-Taoyuan)
*China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
*Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
*Dragonair (Hong Kong)
*Hong Kong Express Airways (Hong Kong)
*Jetstar Airways (Sydney)
*Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
*LTU International (Munich)
*Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
**Firefly (Penang)
*Orient Thai Airlines (Hong Kong, Karachi, Kathmandu)
*Phuket Air (Kathmandu)
*Shanghai Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong)
*Bangkok Airways
**Siem Reap Airways (Siem Reap)
*SilkAir (Singapore)
*SkyStar Airways (Busan, Seoul-Incheon)
*Tiger Airways (Singapore)
*Thai Airways International (Hong Kong, Perth, Taipei-Taoyuan, Seoul-Incheon, Tokyo-Narita)
*Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo) ru icon Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", "Summer Air Traffic Schedule 25.03.2007 - 27.10.2007 (Airports - Russian international)", 29 May 2007, p. 53]
*Uni Air (Kaohsiung)

International Airlines - Charter

*Belair (Zurich)
*Finnair (Helsinki, Oulu)
*Hong Kong Airlines (Hong Kong)
*Livingston Airlines (Milan- departure only, Phnom Penh- arrival only)
*Novair (Stockholm-Arlanda, Copenhagen, Gothenburg)
*Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia (Billund, Copenhagen, Malmö, Oslo, Stockholm-Arlanda)
*TransAsia Airways (Taipei-Taoyuan)
*Travel Service (Czech Republic) (Prague)
*TUIfly Nordic (Copenhagen, Malmö, Oslo, Stockholm-Arlanda)

Domestic Airlines

*AirAsia
**Thai AirAsia (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
*Bangkok Airways (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai , Pattaya-Utapao, Samui)
*Nok Air (Bangkok-Don Mueang, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
*Orient Thai Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi [http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/03Sep2007_biz33.php] )
**One-Two-GO Airlines (Bangkok-Don Mueang)
*Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Don Mueang, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai [Arrival only] )

Gallery

ee also

*List of airports in Thailand

References

External links

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