Samui International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานสมุย) (IATA: USM, ICAO: VTSM), 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]
Samui International Airport ท่าอากาศยานสมุย | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Bangkok Airways | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ko Samui | ||||||||||
| Location | Bo Phut, Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand | ||||||||||
| Opened | 25 April 1989 | ||||||||||
| Operating base for | Bangkok Airways | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 64 ft / 20 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 09°32′52″N 100°03′44″E / 9.54778°N 100.06222°E | ||||||||||
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Facilities
editSamui 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 terminals (domestic and international), plus 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 -
Waiting area of the domestic terminal -
Open-space waiting area of the domestic terminal -
Boarding gate of the domestic terminal -
Airside of the arrival terminal
Airlines and destinations
editSince 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 on the Embraer E190 jet starting from 13 May 2024.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Bangkok Airways | Bangkok–Don Mueang,[3] Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chengdu–Tianfu, Chiang Mai, Hong Kong,[4] Krabi, Pattaya, Phuket, Singapore[5] |
| Berjaya Air | Charter: Kuala Lumpur–Subang |
| Scoot | Singapore[6] |
| Tibet Airlines | Xi'an[7] |
Statistics
edit| Year | Flights | Arriving passengers | Departing passengers | Total passengers |
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| 2005[8] | 15,818 | 584,023 | 621,313 | 1,205,336 |
| 2006[9] | 18,762 | 689,063 | 711,196 | 1,400,259 |
| 2007[10] | 15,783 | 577,600 | 611,554 | 1,189,154 |
| 2008[11] | 17,707 | 673,851 | 691,283 | 1,365,439 |
| 2015[12] | 1,024,373 | |||
| 2019 | 14,325 | 1,208,882 | ||
| Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation & C9 Hotel Works | ||||
Accidents and incidents
edit- 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.[13][14]
- On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR 72 arriving from Krabi skidded off the runway, killing a captain.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Thai Airways to end Bkk-Samui flights". The Nation. Bangkok. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Bangkok-Samui: Southeast Asia's largest monopoly air route".
- ^ "Bangkok Airways Adds Bangkok Don Mueang Service in NW23". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Bangkok Airways resumes Koh Samui – Hong Kong service from July 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ Megha Paul (26 July 2021). "Bangkok Airways to resume first international flight on Samui – Singapore route from 1 Aug". Travel Daily.
- ^ Tay Peck Gek (5 March 2024). "Scoot adds Koh Samui and Sibu to network with new Embraer planes". The Business Times. SPH Media Limited.
- ^ "Tibet Airlines Resumes Xi'An – Koh Samui Service From August 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2005 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2006 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2007 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2008 Statistics" (PDF). Thai Department of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011.
- ^ "Samui Airport 2015 Statistics" (PDF). C9 Hotel Works.
- ^ "ACCIDENT DETAILS". Plane Crash Info. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Accident description for HS-SKI at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2017-11-03.
- ^ "Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway". Flight Global. Retrieved 4 August 2009.
External links
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Ko Samui travel guide from Wikivoyage- Samui Airport (bangkokair.com)
- Official website
