November 28, 200817 yr I'm on Korea Air from LAX > Seoul > Phuket on 30/11Is the post about PAD members going to close the HKT airport true? ?a? There is absolutely no indication that the Phuket airport will be closed or disrupted. In fact I don't see a post which even remotely says that.
November 28, 200817 yr AAAHHH - Air Asia Flight FD5324 to Singapore cancelled again today!! What reason did they give pls ?
November 28, 200817 yr AAAHHH - Air Asia Flight FD5324 to Singapore cancelled again today!! What reason did they give pls ? probably the plane is stuck in bangkok.
November 28, 200817 yr This whole thing is insane, I dont arrive into bangkok till the 22nd, surely to god it will all be worked out by then? Any predictions on how long this is going to take to sort out?
November 28, 200817 yr Two prominent PAD locals have told my colleague that they have been ordered to join protests in Bangkok. So it seems (we hope) no PAD plans to hit the airport in Phuket. Don't think it's necessary at this point, do you? They've already hit the jugular, big-time. I think the Phuket airport blockade in August was probably a practice run for the big event.
December 1, 200817 yr Thai International used to operate Boeing 777's from Bangkok to Phuket.Phuket can handle incoming Boeing 747's, but, 747's that are fully fueled with a full compliment of passangers cannot take off as the runway is not long enough. Phukets Runway is 3km long, a 747/400 is 1.8km not fully fueled will make it easy for take off and landing. A fully loaded 747/400 requires 3048m of runway. The MTOW is 910k from 3048m at sea level/standard day. The MTOW is about 712k from 1800m of runway at sea level/standard day. Pretty amazing what they can do SAA 747 landing in Rand, South Africa. The runways there are only 4900 and 5600 feet by 50 wide. Interesting stats. Thai used to fly direct from HKT (VTSP) to MEL (YMML) using MD11s and then B77-300ERs (both c. 3k T/O at MTOW - similar stats to B747s) and I believe that there remain direct flights from as far as western Europe. Flight-fuelled, long haul T/Os must be a bit dodgy with decent x winds.
December 1, 200817 yr I think the Phuket airport blockade in August was probably a practice run for the big event. Agreed.
December 1, 200817 yr I just heard on the BBC that PAD is now allowing the empty Thai air planes to fly out of BKK airports so that they can be used to pick up stranded passengers from other airports. I guess that will mean many extra flights from Phuket in the next day or so - Simon
December 1, 200817 yr just to share - when I left from Phuket airport late Friday night, the airport was indeed operational, but also very very busy (not sure if thats the norm, but it was packed in every direction) so Id imagine it would be even more so now, with airlines looking at options to airlift /add flights out of alternative airports in Thailand. if you have a flight, get there early
December 1, 200817 yr Thai International used to operate Boeing 777's from Bangkok to Phuket.Phuket can handle incoming Boeing 747's, but, 747's that are fully fueled with a full compliment of passangers cannot take off as the runway is not long enough. Phukets Runway is 3km long, a 747/400 is 1.8km not fully fueled will make it easy for take off and landing. A fully loaded 747/400 requires 3048m of runway. The MTOW is 910k from 3048m at sea level/standard day. The MTOW is about 712k from 1800m of runway at sea level/standard day. Pretty amazing what they can do SAA 747 landing in Rand, South Africa. The runways there are only 4900 and 5600 feet by 50 wide. Interesting stats. Thai used to fly direct from HKT (VTSP) to MEL (YMML) using MD11s and then B77-300ERs (both c. 3k T/O at MTOW - similar stats to B747s) and I believe that there remain direct flights from as far as western Europe. Flight-fuelled, long haul T/Os must be a bit dodgy with decent x winds. Incorrect. All flights from Aussie landed in Phuket, went on to Bangkok, then headed back to Australia without going back to Phuket. This is because the runway is too short to allow a fully loaded, fully fueled long haul plane to take off.
December 2, 200817 yr There are long haul 747 flights in and out of HKT, but they probably don't carry cargo.
December 6, 200817 yr Thai International used to operate Boeing 777's from Bangkok to Phuket.Phuket can handle incoming Boeing 747's, but, 747's that are fully fueled with a full compliment of passangers cannot take off as the runway is not long enough. Phukets Runway is 3km long, a 747/400 is 1.8km not fully fueled will make it easy for take off and landing. A fully loaded 747/400 requires 3048m of runway. The MTOW is 910k from 3048m at sea level/standard day. The MTOW is about 712k from 1800m of runway at sea level/standard day. Pretty amazing what they can do SAA 747 landing in Rand, South Africa. The runways there are only 4900 and 5600 feet by 50 wide. Interesting stats. Thai used to fly direct from HKT (VTSP) to MEL (YMML) using MD11s and then B77-300ERs (both c. 3k T/O at MTOW - similar stats to B747s) and I believe that there remain direct flights from as far as western Europe. Flight-fuelled, long haul T/Os must be a bit dodgy with decent x winds. Incorrect. All flights from Aussie landed in Phuket, went on to Bangkok, then headed back to Australia without going back to Phuket. This is because the runway is too short to allow a fully loaded, fully fueled long haul plane to take off. You are quite right. MEL - HKT direct, but return was via Bangkok. Thanks for the correction - I had forgotten that important liitle detail.
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