Sihanouk International Airport

Sihanouk International Airport (formerly Sihanoukville International Airport) (IATA: KOS, ICAO: VDSV)(Khmer: អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ French: Aéroport International de Sihanouk), located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Sihanoukville in Preah Sihanouk Province, is Cambodia's third largest international airport.[2] It is named, like the province itself, after King Norodom Sihanouk. The airport is also known as អាកាសយានដ្ឋានកងកេង (Kong Keng, កងកេង). The IATA code KOS is derived from Sihanoukville's alternative name Kompong Som.[3]

Sihanouk International Airport
អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ
Aéroport international de Sihanouk
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSociete Concessionnaire des Aeroports (SCA)
LocationPreah Sihanouk Province
Hub for
Elevation AMSL40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates10°34′48″N 103°38′13″E
Websitekos.cambodia-airports.aero
Map
KOS
Location of airport in Cambodia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,500 (extends 800 m, under construction) 8,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger movements1,680,000 158.1%
Aircraft movements17,824 115.4%
www.vinci-airports.com [1]

History

The airfield was originally constructed in the 1960s with assistance from the Soviet Union.[4] After a long period of dormancy during and after the Khmer Rouge era, the airport formally reopened on January 15, 2007.[5] The runway was extended to a length of 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) in order to accommodate 4E class aircraft. The 2 existing taxiways were widened and a cargo apron for 4E class aircraft was added.[6] However, after the crash of PMTair Flight U4 241 in June 2007 shortly before landing, scheduled passenger flight service to the airport was discontinued until 2011.[7]

Cambodia Angkor Air started a tri-weekly service from Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap on December 14, 2011. The service was further adjusted to continue Phnom Penh as well operating a triangle route Siem Reap-Sihanoukville-Phnom Penh-Siem Reap from the beginning of March 31, 2013. Starting in September 2013, airline will provide a Siem Reap-Sihanoukville route twice daily during the high peak season.

Airfield summary
  • Runway Length: 2,500 meters[8]
  • Runway Width: 40 meters + shoulders
  • Perpendicular Taxiway: 1
  • Number of Stands: 5
  • Navigation Aids and Visual Aids:
    • VOR/DME (KOS 116.00 10°35'22.8N 102°38'31.5)
    • NDB
    • PAPI
    • Meteo
  • Rescue and Firefighting: ICAO Level Cat 5

Airlines and destinations
Sihanouk International Airport.
AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur–International (resumes 1 July 2020)[9]
Cambodia Airways Macau,[10][11] Phnom Penh, Siem Reap
Cambodia Angkor Air Beijing–Capital (suspended),[12][13] Ho Chi Minh City (resumes 1 July 2020),[14] Phnom Penh,[13] Siem Reap
JC International Airlines Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (suspended), Chongqing (resumes 1 August 2020),[15] Guangzhou (resumes 1 August 2020),[15] Hangzhou (resumes 1 August 2020), Macau (resumes 3 July 2020), Nanchang (resumes 2 August 2020),[16] Phnom Penh (resumes 3 July 2020),[17] Quanzhou (resumes 1 August 2020), Shenzhen (resumes 2 August 2020),[16] Siem Reap (resumes 1 August 2020)
Lanmei AirlinesFuzhou,[18] Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jieyang,[19] Kunming, Nanchang,[20] Phnom Penh, Shenzhen,[21] Siem Reap, Tianjin, Wuhan,[18] Xiamen
Charter: Changsha, Linyi[22]
Royal Air PhilippinesCharter: Clark, Manila
Ruili AirlinesKunming, Lanzhou
Sky Angkor AirlinesShanghai–Pudong, Xiamen, Yiwu
Charter: Chengdu, Jieyang, Siem Reap, Wuhan, Zhengzhou
Thai AirAsiaBangkok–Don Mueang (resumes 2 July 2020)[23]

Statistics
Year Total[24]

Passenger movements

 Change% Total

Aircraft movement

 Change%
2012 13,022 349
2013 19,713 51.38 570 63.32
2014 43,400[25] 120.16 998 75.09
2015 94,630 118.04 1,853 85.67
2016 156,887 65.79 2,627 41.77
2017 338,000[26] 115.4 5,575 112.2
2018 651,000 92.6 8,274 48.4
2019 1,680,000 158.1 17,824 115.4

Accidents and incidents
  • On 7 July 1972, a Douglas DC-3 cargo plane of Cambodia Air Commercial registered as XW-PHW overran the runway on landing at Sihanouk International Airport without fatalities but was damaged beyond economic repair.[27]
  • On 25 June 2007, an Antonov An-24 (XU-U4A) operating as PMTair Flight U4 241 en route from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville crashed about five minutes before landing, killing all 22 passengers and crew on board.

See also

References
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  14. "Cambodia Angkor Air Adds New Vietnam Routes in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  15. Ltd. 2018, UBM (UK). "JC International adds new Sihanoukville – China service in Aug/Sep 2018". Routesonline.
  16. "JC Cambodia International 1Q19 China network additions". Routesonline. February 27, 2019.
  17. Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "New local airline launches in Cambodia". BangkokPost.com.
  18. Liu, Jim. "Lanmei Airlines further expands China network June - August 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  19. Ltd. 2018, UBM (UK). "Lanmei Airlines schedules new China routes in Jul/Aug 2018". Routesonline.
  20. "Lanmei Airlines adds new routes to China in 2Q19". routesonline. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  21. "Lanmei Airlines to launch Siem Reap & Sihanoukville with Shenzhen in Aug 2019". LanmeiAirlines.Com. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  22. "Lanmei Airlines launches scheduled charter flight to Linyi from Sihanoukville on 2 April 2019".
  23. "AirAsia introduces new Bangkok-Sihanoukville flight". News.AirAsia.Com. April 22, 2019.
  24. "Traffic Data". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  25. "Cambodia Airports to incentivise Sihanoukville tourism". Phnom Penh Post. December 4, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  26. "Vinci Airports - 2017 Q4 traffic and annual performance" (PDF). 18 Jan 2018.
  27. "XW-PHW Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
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