Samui Airport
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Samui International Airport (Template:Langx) (Template:Comma separated entries), also known as Ko Samui Airport or Koh Samui Airport, is a privately owned international airport on the island of Ko Samui (Koh Samui) in Thailand. It is located in the island’s Bo Phut subdistrict. The airport is roughly 2 km north of the main city and largest resort centre on the island, Chaweng. It was built by Bangkok Airways. Construction began in 1982 and the airport was officially opened in April 1989.[1]
Facilities
Samui Airport has a unique, open-air design, with the indoor areas being the gift shop, ticket office, toilets, and VIP lounge area. It is also the country's seventh-busiest airport, handling more than a million passengers annually. The airport has domestic and international terminals, and a building for check-in and baggage claim. The international terminal is about 50 metres north of the domestic terminal. Samui Airport is near the Big Buddha Pier, where ferries depart for Ko Pha-ngan. High-speed ferries to Ko Tao and Chumphon depart from the Maenam Beach Pier, approximately 6 km northwest of the airport.
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Domestic departure entrance
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Waiting area of the domestic terminal
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Open-space waiting area of the domestic terminal
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Boarding gate of the domestic terminal
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Airside of the arrival terminal
Airlines and destinations
Since the airport is privately owned by Bangkok Airways, it has a near-monopoly on flights.[2] Between 2008 and 2018, Thai Airways International also operated two daily flights from Bangkok.[2] Scoot has also started a Singapore-Koh Samui route operated by the Embraer E190 jet from 13 May 2024.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Statistics
| Year | Flights | Arriving passengers | Departing passengers | Total passengers |
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| 2005[3] | 15,818 | 584,023 | 621,313 | 1,205,336 |
| 2006[4] | 18,762 | 689,063 | 711,196 | 1,400,259 |
| 2007[5] | 15,783 | 577,600 | 611,554 | 1,189,154 |
| 2008[6] | 17,707 | 673,851 | 691,283 | 1,365,439 |
| 2015[7] | 1,024,373 | |||
| 2019 | 14,325 | 1,208,882 | ||
| Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation & C9 Hotel Works | ||||
Accidents and incidents
- On 21 November 1990, Bangkok Airways Flight 125, a Bombardier Dash 8, crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain and high winds. All 38 people on board were killed.[8][9]
- On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR 72 arriving from Krabi skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots.[10]
References
External links
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- Samui Airport (bangkokair.com)
- Official website
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