DOA reveals top 10 local airports in Thailand

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Airports (DOA) on Wednesday (November 20) released the air transport statistics for the 2019 fiscal year (October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019), which showed that it operated 146,181 flights at the airports under its administration, with combined totals of passengers of 18,573,543 and 5,717 tonnes of cargo weight.

 

The top 10 airports with the most flights and passengers are as follows:

 

1. Krabi Airport: 26,457 flights, 3,908,953 passengers

 

2. Udon Thani Airport: 18,495 flights, 2,573,169 passengers

 

3. Surat Thani Airport: 12,809 flights, 1,933,549 passengers

 

4. Khon Kaen Airport: 14,356 flights, 1,922,380 passengers

 

5. Ubon Ratchathani Airport: 12,033 flights, 1,812,371 passengers

 

6. Nakhon Si Thammarat Airport: 15,969 flights, 1,482,802 passengers

 

7. Phitsanulok Airport: 5,743 flights, 709,933 passengers

 

8. Trang Airport: 4,514 flights, 698,914 passengers

 

9. Nan Nakhon Airport: 3,554 flights, 421,790 passengers

 

10. Nakhon Phanom Airport: 2,835 flights, 401,241 passengers

 

Meanwhile, Buriram Airport which will be transferred from Airports of Thailand Pcl (AOT)’s administration to DOA’s, ranks 13th with 3,289 flights and 354,770 passengers.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30378575

 

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I thought DOA meant Dead on Arrival?

Great news - Khon Kaen number 4! Will get better when the new terminal opens and we get more direct international and domestic flights avoiding Bangkok (thank God).

Poor Korat we have to wait for the train build.

1 hour ago, Burma Bill said:

Great news - Khon Kaen number 4! Will get better when the new terminal opens and we get more direct international and domestic flights avoiding Bangkok (thank God).

Yes what a boost that will be 

Poor Surin. Not on anyone's list. (Thank God)

4 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Great news - Khon Kaen number 4! Will get better when the new terminal opens and we get more direct international and domestic flights avoiding Bangkok (thank God).

First arrived in April 1994. Down the gangway, walking over the boiling hot tarmac to a barrack.

Three TG flights a day to/from Bangkok.

Air traffic has exploded.

It's a shame it's categorised on the number of flights/passengers rather than customer satifaction.

I feel sure the list would change if it were done that way.

3 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

First arrived in April 1994. Down the gangway, walking over the boiling hot tarmac to a barrack.

Three TG flights a day to/from Bangkok.

Air traffic has exploded.

I would agree, when I first arrived in KK, KKC had those horrible TG A330 flights to BKK.

 

Then arrived Air Asia, Nok, Lion and the reimagined TG as Thai Smile, with super low prices which sure did make passenger numbers explode.

 

But those super low prices, which really aren't that much different to that of a 10 hour bus ticket to Bangkok, have also contributed to the financial woes of the LCC's as documented in a previous thread.

 

When the sh**t eventually hits the fan and the economic realities of offering bus ticket prices for a seat on an airplane come home to roost, be prepared for a drastic scaling back!