Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport
| Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport ท่าอากาศยานนครศรีธรรมราช |
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IATA: NST – ICAO: VTSF
 NST
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 08°32′22″N 099°56′41″E / 8.53944°N 99.94472°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 01/19 | 2,100 | 6,890 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานนครศรีธรรมราช) (IATA: NST, ICAO: VTSF) is an airport serving Nakhon Si Thammarat, a town in the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province of Thailand. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport is located in Muang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province away from city of Nakhon Si Thammarat 14 Kilometers. Capacity of arrival terminal is 300 people and departure terminal 300 people per hour. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has 2 Boeing 737 parking and 2 ATR 72 parking spaces.
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[edit] History
Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport's first service was on December 1 1998 by the airlines Thai Airways International and PBair from Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Since 1985, before Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport opened, Nakhon Si Thammarat was used temporarily as Cha Eian Airport, Army Region 4 with Thai Airways Company from Surat Thani to Nakhon Si Thammarat by Short 360 aircraft and was the first service at Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Than Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport had Nok Air, Thai Air Asia, One-Two-Go was low-cost airline operated. So Thai Airways International and PBair was suspended operated in Nakhon Si Thammarat airport.
July 22, 2008, Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) suspension of the certificate of One Two Go Operated by Orient Thai Airlines between July 22 to September 15. And then One Two Go Operated by Orient Thai Airlines certified back already. Their service was suspended to Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport.
Today, Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has Nok Air, Thai Air Asia, Orient Thai Airlines are available, direct route from Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat. Total number of flights averages to about 7 flights per day.
As Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport has many passenger increase. Naknon Si Thammarat Provincial Governor and Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport Director trying Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat International Airport for promote tourism, economy increase, passenger increase from Nakhon Si Thammarat province and nearest province. Introduce, they are extended runway from 2,100 meters to 2,600 meters.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Nok Air | Bangkok-Don Mueang |
| Orient Thai Airlines | Bangkok-Don Mueang |
| Thai AirAsia | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
[edit] Airport Development Plan
[edit] Phase 1
- Add a new terminal
- Improve area, vase, and sculptures.
- Improve system and FINSHING toilet.
- Improve and create work room with car parking for royal.
- Add store, ticket selling room, airport information.
- Move and improve restaurant.
- Install elevator and lift for people with disabilities.
- Add more Prayer room.
- Change belt between arrival and departure.
- Improve style and size of restaurant, meeting room, and new office.
[edit] Statistics
| year |
Flights (Flight/Year) |
Passengers (Person/Year) |
Cargo (Kilograms/Year) |
Mail (Kilograms/Year) |
Passenger Change (%) |
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| 1995 | 796 | 30,079 | 93,656 | 0 |  0.0 |
| 1996 | 898 | 39,805 | 75,228 | 0 |  32.33 |
| 1997 | 1,070 | 62,755 | 134,265 | 0 | 57.66 |
| 1998 | 1,240 | 69,979 | 140,177 | 0 | 11.22 |
| 1999 | 726 | 74,712 | 271,891 | 0 | 6.76 |
| 2000 | 788 | 82,687 | 373,336 | 115 | 10.67 |
| 2001 | 1,352 | 92,583 | 425,723 | 0 | 11.97 |
| 2002 | 1,262 | 90,921 | 546,462 | 0 |  1.80 |
| 2003 | 1,705 | 104,340 | 820,998 | 0 | 14.76 |
| 2004 | 2,048 | 131,957 | 1,105,237 | 0 | 26.47 |
| 2005 | 2,160 | 146,435 | 1,369,876 | 0 | 10.97 |
| 2006 | 2,275 | 193,231 | 983,837 | 0 | 31.96 |
| 2007 | 3,488 | 396,737 | 1,587,848 | 0 | 105.32 |
| 2008 | 2,636 | 299,075 | 1,205,442 | 0 | 24.62 |
| 2009 | 2,458 | 297,257 | 1,108,671 | 0 | 0.61 |
| 2010 | 3,365 | 406,792 | 811,327 | 0 | 36.85 |
- Referrer from Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand)[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for VTSF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for NST at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ statistics used of Nakhon Si Thammarat People
[edit] External links
- Current weather for VTSF at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for NST at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for VTSF at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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