Samui Airport
Samui International Airport ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติสมุย | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Bangkok Airways | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ko Samui | ||||||||||
| Location | Bo Phut, Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand | ||||||||||
| Opened | 25 April 1989 | ||||||||||
Operating base for | Bangkok Airways | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 64 ft (20 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°32′52″N 100°03′44″E / 9.54778°N 100.06222°E | ||||||||||
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  USM/VTSM Location of airport in Thailand | |||||||||||
 Interactive map of Samui International Airport | |||||||||||
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Samui International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติสมุย) (IATA: USM, ICAO: VTSM), also known as Ko Samui Airport or Koh Samui Airport, is a privately owned international airport on the island of Ko Samui (Koh Samui) in Thailand. It is located in the island’s Bo Phut subdistrict. The airport is roughly 2 km north of the main city and largest resort centre on the island, Chaweng. It was built by Bangkok Airways. Construction began in 1982 and the airport was officially opened in April 1989.[1]
Facilities
[edit]Samui Airport has a unique, open-air design, with the indoor areas being the gift shop, ticket office, toilets, and VIP lounge area. It is also the country's seventh-busiest airport, handling more than a million passengers annually. The airport has domestic and international terminals, and a building for check-in and baggage claim. The international terminal is about 50 metres north of the domestic terminal. Samui Airport is near the Big Buddha Pier, where ferries depart for Ko Pha-ngan. High-speed ferries to Ko Tao and Chumphon depart from the Maenam Beach Pier, approximately 6 km northwest of the airport.
Domestic departure entrance
Waiting area of the domestic terminal
Open-space waiting area of the domestic terminal
Boarding gate of the domestic terminal
Airside of the arrival terminal
Airlines and destinations
[edit]Statistics
[edit]| Year | Flights | Arriving passengers | Departing passengers | Total passengers |
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| 2005[11] | 15,818 | 584,023 | 621,313 | 1,205,336 |
| 2006[12] | 18,762 | 689,063 | 711,196 | 1,400,259 |
| 2007[13] | 15,783 | 577,600 | 611,554 | 1,189,154 |
| 2008[14] | 17,707 | 673,851 | 691,283 | 1,365,439 |
| 2015[15] | 1,024,373 | |||
| 2019 | 14,325 | 1,208,882 | ||
| Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation & C9 Hotel Works | ||||
Accidents and incidents
[edit]- On 21 November 1990, Bangkok Airways Flight 125, a Bombardier Dash 8, crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain and high winds. All 38 people on board were killed.[16][17]
- On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR 72 arriving from Krabi skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots.[18]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Thai Airways to end Bkk-Samui flights". The Nation. Bangkok. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bangkok Airways raises domestic fares after jet fuel price surge". nationthailand. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Bangkok Airways Avios awards go online, and fuel-surcharge-free". Mainly Miles. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ Siripanjana, Maneerat (12 September 2022). ""สมุย" คึกคัก! ผู้โดยสาร "บางกอกแอร์เวย์ส" พุ่ง 267% ลุยเปิด "สมุย-กระบี่" ปลายปี". เดลินิวส์ (in Thai). Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Bangkok Airways on network expansion, fleet renewal and sustainability". 5 March 2026. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Updated Flight Schedule from U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport". Pattaya Mail. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "Updated Flight Schedule from U-Tapao Rayong Pattaya International Airport". Pattaya Mail. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ Megha Paul (26 July 2021). "Bangkok Airways to resume first international flight on Samui – Singapore route from 1 Aug". Travel Daily.
- ↑ "Berjaya Air to launch commercial operations in February 2026 with five regional routes". The Edge Malaysia. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
- ↑ Tay Peck Gek (5 March 2024). "Scoot adds Koh Samui and Sibu to network with new Embraer planes". The Business Times. SPH Media Limited.
- ↑ "Samui Airport 2005 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Samui Airport 2006 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Samui Airport 2007 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Samui Airport 2008 Statistics" (PDF). Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011.
- ↑ "Samui Airport 2015 Statistics" (PDF). C9 Hotel Works. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ "ACCIDENT DETAILS". Plane Crash Info. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Accident description for HS-SKI". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ↑ "Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway". Flight Global. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
External links
[edit]
Ko Samui travel guide from Wikivoyage- Samui Airport Archived 6 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine (bangkokair.com)
- Official website
