Hat Yai International Airport

Hat Yai International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่) (IATA: HDY, ICAO: VTSS) is an international airport in southern Thailand in Songkhla Province near the city of Hat Yai. It is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PLC (AOT). Annually, it handles more than 1,500,000 passengers, 9,500 flights and 12,000 tons of cargo. Expansion plans are in the works, as the airport is designed for 2.5 million passengers, was already seeing 3.56 million using it in Sept 2015, will be expanded to 4.5 million capacity scheduled complete by 2018, and 10 million by 2030.[1]

Hat Yai International Airport

ท่าอากาศยานหาดใหญ่
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports of Thailand PCL (AOT)
ServesHat Yai
Location99 Moo 3, Khlong La, Khlong Hoi Khong, Songkhla, Thailand
Hub for
Elevation AMSL90 ft / 27 m
Coordinates06°55′59″N 100°23′34″E
Websitehatyai.airportthai.co.th
Map
HDY
Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 10,007 3,050 Asphalt concrete
Statistics (2017)
Total Passengers4,367,364 9.1%
International Passengers283,899 8.8%
Domestic Passengers4,083,465 9.1%
Aircraft Movements30,067 7.0%
Freight (tonnes)11,568 3.1%

Overview

At longitude 100° 23' 55" E and latitude 06° 55' 46" N, 28 m above sea level, the airport is 9 km (6 mi) from downtown Hat Yai. Highway 4135 (Sanambin Panij Road) links to the airport. Its service hours are 06:00–24:00. The runway can handle 30 flights per hour and its durability is rated at PCN 60/F/C/X/T. There are seven taxiways and an apron area of 56,461 m2.

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Bangkok Airways Phuket
Kunming Airlines Kunming
Malindo Air Seasonal: Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur–Subang, Penang, Kuala Lumpur–International
Nok Air Bangkok–Don Mueang
Scoot Singapore
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang, Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, Kuala Lumpur–International, Pattaya–U-Tapao
Thai Lion Air Bangkok–Don Mueang, Udon Thani
Thai Smile Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Vietjet Air Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi

Accidents and incidents

References
  1. PCL., Post Publishing. "Bangkok Post".
  2. สํานักข่าวไทย TNAMCOT (29 February 2016). "ข่าวดังข้ามเวลา ตอน "ล่า…ระเบิดเมือง" [คลิปเต็มรายการ]" – via YouTube.



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