Khon Kaen International Airport

ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติขอนแก่น
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OperatorDepartment of Airports
ServesKhon Kaen
LocationBan Pet, Mueang Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Opened6 February 1963 (1963-02-06)
Elevation AMSL670 ft / 204 m
Coordinates16°27′59.86″N 102°47′01.18″E / 16.4666278°N 102.7836611°E / 16.4666278; 102.7836611
Maps
KKC is located in Thailand
KKC
KKC
Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 10,007 3,050 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passengers1,568,306

Khon Kaen International Airport[lower-alpha 1] (IATA: KKC, ICAO: VTUK) is in Ban Pet subdistrict, Mueang Khon Kaen district, Khon Kaen province in northeastern Thailand.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Phuket
Thai Airways International Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai VietJet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi

2021 airport upgrade

The airport has seen an annual growth rate of 20 percent annually since 2013, handling around two million passengers in 2017. The Department of Airports (DOA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to upgrade Khon Kaen Airport by 2021. The two billion baht project will increase passenger capacity from 2.8 million to five million per year.[2] The terminal will be expanded from 16,500 m2 to 44,500 m2 to accommodate 1,000–2,000 passengers per hour.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Thai: ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติขอนแก่น

References

  1. ↑ "Khon Kaen Airport". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Sattaburuth, Aekarach; Jotikasthira, Om (29 August 2018). "Prayut orders airport design contest probe". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Natanri, Chakkrapan (23 September 2018). "Construction of new Khon Kaen airport terminal begins". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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