Hua Hin is close to Bangkok they say

[SiSePuede419]

It's "only" 3 hours away, they say.

 

Just for comparison, Chiang Rai is only 1.5 hours away from BKK or Don Mueng airports.

 

Left Hua Hin at 8am on a normal sunny Saturday morning.

 

Currently stuck in traffic 44kms away from Suvarnabhumi airport and it's already been 4 hours.

 

I'm calling porkies.

 

HH is a remote provincial city, the geographic equivalent of a cul-de-sac.

 

cul-de-sac

noun

a route or course leading nowhere.

😀

[spidermike007]

Hua Hin Airport is one of the least utilized airports in Thailand, possibly even in the world. Shame on these guys. They can do so much better. Thailand desperately needs more regional airports, especially within a few hours of Bangkok. Anything to ease congestion, and save souls from the nightmare of getting in and out of Bangkok has to be a good thing for the nation and it's people. Shame. Shame. 

Hua Hin might as well be 1,000 km. away, with the lack of high speed transport options. It's no wonder Thailand can't attract many affluent tourists. The same promises being made for 20 years for an airport that desperately needs a significant number of international flights and domestic flights, to take pressure off of the airports in Bangkok, and the absolute nightmare of getting back and forth.

 

The lack of many flights a day is something that just has never made any sense

“We will begin by growing the flight base at Hua Hin Airport with a focus on international destinations, and domestic travel and our numbers will take time to grow.  We will get started immediately working with the town and recruit local businesses to participate in our new programs, Open to the World and LIVE-LEARN-WORK-PLAY, in Hua Hin,” Laroche said. Ha. What a joker. 

 

New routes are a decent thing to have, but Thailand absolutely has to get its act together and create some high-speed ways to move people around. There should be High-Speed Rail from Bangkok to Hua Hin, which there is not. Rama II is an abomination. The current situation with Rama II a decade behind schedule, and moving at a snail's pace is an absolute boil on the face of Thailand. 

 

There should be commuter flights from Bangkok to Hua Hin Airport, which there is not.

 

There should be flights from Hua Hin airport to Pattaya, which there is not, since Hua Hin airport is one of the least utilized airports in all of Southeast Asia.

 

This hapless administration has to at least make an attempt to get their act together, and they need to stop pretending that they are competent and that they are representing the Thai people. They are not competent, and they are not representing anyone here in Thailand, other than their own self-interests, and the interests of the elites. Period. 

 

 

 

[UWEB]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

There should be flights from Hua Hin airport to Pattaya, which there is not, since Hua Hin airport is one of the least utilized airports in all of Southeast Asia.

 

 

Or at least start the high speed Ferry again, have used it a couple of times and it was quite relaxed.

[ukrules]

It you're flying you need to leavea minimum of 4 to 5 hours before departure - depending on road works, etc.

 

I've been hopping over to and from Cambodia a few times recently and the 'airport run' is a complete pain - takes far too long and you have to build in contingencies just in case of extra traffic

Normally you end up sitting there in the airport like an idiot with nothing to do for hours - if there's no traffic.

 

The worst part - my flight time is only 50 minutes on these trips!
 

[impulse]

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

It you're flying you need to leave a minimum of 4 to 5 hours before departure - depending on road works, etc.

 

 That, and the high cost of a flight vs a bus or a train is probably why they don't have commuter flights from BKK or DMK to HH.   The demand just isn't there. 

 

I don't go to HH, but I love Kanchanaburi and showing up minutes before the train departs (100 baht), or the bus station and getting on the next bus which will generally leave in the next half hour (130 baht).  You can't even buy a coffee at the airport for that.

 

[KhunLA]

46 minutes ago, impulse said:

 That, and the high cost of a flight vs a bus or a train is probably why they don't have commuter flights from BKK or DMK to HH.   The demand just isn't there. 

 

I don't go to HH, but I love Kanchanaburi and showing up minutes before the train departs (100 baht), or the bus station and getting on the next bus which will generally leave in the next half hour (130 baht).  You can't even buy a coffee at the airport for that.

 

I don't go th HH either, as a beach or holiday destination.  First time was as a holiday, as wanting to sample the 'train journey', along with being a close beach (not Patts) to BKK.  That was enough, as nothing there to make a repeat visit, for Hua Hin itself.

 

That was before I owned a car, and it was nice, 2001.   Further visits were pit stops, to points further south, or to attend the Jazz Festivals, which were excellent, until beer advertising was banned.   As the financing dried up.  Think I attended the first 8 festivals.

 

After I discovered Muang, PKK, I simply drove the extra hour for a more relaxed pit stop, on the way to Phuket, usually, 2X a year, during school breaks.

 

HH has a beach, most won't swim in.   So not a 'beach holiday' destination.  Really no reason to go there, IMHO, unless as the weekenders do, just to escape the city for a few days, for a much better view.

 

Flying, as pointed out is a joke, silly prices, and unless a conx flight, then takes just as long to fly, as to drive, or public trans.   Go to airport, 2 hr check in, 1 hr gate to gate, out the door, then deal with the taxi mafia    Repeat to return, when all you have to do is hop a van, train or bus if in BKK and don't want to drive for fraction of the cost.  Arrive ground transport, and most things are within walking distance.

 

Taxi for door to door convenience, and still cheaper than flying.

[Harrisfan]

10 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

It's "only" 3 hours away, they say.

 

Just for comparison, Chiang Rai is only 1.5 hours away from BKK or Don Mueng airports.

 

Left Hua Hin at 8am on a normal sunny Saturday morning.

 

Currently stuck in traffic 44kms away from Suvarnabhumi airport and it's already been 4 hours.

 

I'm calling porkies.

 

HH is a remote provincial city, the geographic equivalent of a cul-de-sac.

 

cul-de-sac

noun

a route or course leading nowhere.

😀

Flying out? Good news.

[Harrisfan]

4 hours ago, KhunLA said:

 

HH has a beach, most won't swim in.   So

Who is most? Most won't swim in any beach. Too many expensive restaurants. The beaches are great.

[it is what it is]

 

the gf owns a few condos in and around HH so go there reasonably often, can;t say i'd ever want to go there for a holiday, the drive is dull.