U-Tapao International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = U-Tapao International Airport
nativename =

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IATA = UTP
ICAO = VTBU

type = Public / Military
owner =
operator = Government
city-served = Rayong, Thailand
location =
elevation-f = 42
elevation-m = 13
website =
metric-rwy = y
r1-number = 18/36
r1-length-m = 3,505
r1-length-f = 11,500
r1-surface = Asphalt
footnotes = Source: DAFIFWAD|VTBU|source=DAFIF] GCM|UTP|source=DAFIF] : "For the military use of the facility see U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield"U-Tapao International Airport airport codes|UTP|VTBU, also spelled Utapao and U-Taphao, is a public airport serving Rayong, a city in Thailand. It is approximately convert|90|mi|km southeast of Bangkok, near Sattahip on the Gulf of Siam. It south of route 3 (Thanon Sukhumvit) at km 189, about a 45 minute drive from Pattaya (Thailand's most popular beach resort).

It serves as the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, home of the Royal Thai Navy First Air Wing.

U-Tapao is also the home of a large Thai Airways maintenance facility, servicing that airline's aircraft as well as those of other customers. [http://www.thaitechnical.com/UtpFrame.htm]

Airlines and destinations

* Bangkok Airways (Ko Samui, Phuket) {using ATR-72}
* Finnair (Helsinki) {using Boeing 757-200} "winter charter only"
* Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon) {using Boeing 737-800} "frequent charters during peak seasons"Korean Airlines services to U-Tapao ended at the end of the winter 2006-2007 timetable.

Former services

U-Tapao International Airport has been formerly serviced by Jetstar Asia Airways
* Transaero (Moscow): (using Boeing 747-200). These flights have now stopped during the low season.

History

During the Vietnam War it was a front-line base of the United States Air Force.

ee also

* List of airports in Thailand
* List of Destinations to/from all Thailand airports
* Utapau

Notes

External links

* [http://www.utapao.com U-Tapao International Airport] (official site)
* [http://www.thaiflyingclub.com/linkairportutaphao.html U-Taphao Airport] (thaiflyingclub.com)
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