Hat Yai International Airport is conveniently located at a distance of 9 km from downtown Hat Yai and is considered to be a major southern hub airport of Hat Yai at Thailand. For the Muslims this airport has a special utility. It is from here they proceed for their annual pilgrimage to Mecca. This airport is under the management of Airports of Thailand, PCL. This is a pretty busy airport as almost 800,000 passengers commute from here. Not only this, the airport also handles nearly 12,000 tons of cargo. The service time of the airport is from 6:00 am to 24:00 pm.
The ICAO code of the Hat Yai International Airport is VTSS and the IATA code is SGZ. The runaway of the airport is paved and its length is 10000 feet. This is a civil airport and is open for public use. The IFR facility is available at the airport which makes possible the landing of the aircrafts even during bad weather conditions like fog. Even during dark the landing becomes easy with this facility.
Hat Yai International Airport in Thailand is located at a longitude of 100° 23' 55" E and latitude of 06° 55' 46" N.
There are many airlines which offer national and international flights from Hat Yai International Airport at Thailand. Some of these airlines which offer domestic flights are:
- Orient Thai Airlines
- One Two Go Airlines
- Air Asia
- Thai Air Asia
- Thai Airways International
- Nok Air
The runaway of the airport can handle thirty flights per hour. As far its durability is concerned it is rated PCN 60/F/C/X/T. The apron area of the airport is 56,461 mē. Apart from this the airport has seven taxiways. Almost 9500 flights operate from this airport, such is its capacity.
On Thailand tours World Travel Guide offers detailed information on Hat Yai International Airport and also on flights to Thailand.
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