típ-yá-jàk-sòo yaan Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 (edited) 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. Edited November 28, 2008 by típ-yá-jàk-sòo yaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
típ-yá-jàk-sòo yaan Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 AAAHHH - Air Asia Flight FD5324 to Singapore cancelled again today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 AAAHHH - Air Asia Flight FD5324 to Singapore cancelled again today!! What reason did they give pls ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfromphuket Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 AAAHHH - Air Asia Flight FD5324 to Singapore cancelled again today!! What reason did they give pls ? probably the plane is stuck in bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000baht Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saneroad Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I think the Phuket airport blockade in August was probably a practice run for the big event. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiG16 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 There are long haul 747 flights in and out of HKT, but they probably don't carry cargo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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