Samui Airport

Samui International Airport ท่าอากาศยานสมุย
IATA: USM – ICAO: VTSM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Bangkok Airways
Operator	Bangkok Airways
Serves	Ko Samui
Location	Tambon Bo Phut, Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand
Hub for	Bangkok Airways
Elevation AMSL	64 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	09°32′52″N 100°03′44″E / 9.54778°N 100.06222°ECoordinates: 09°32′52″N 100°03′44″E / 9.54778°N 100.06222°E
Map
USM Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 6,890 2,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft movements 19,467 Total passengers 2,051,289

Samui International Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานนานาชาติสมุย) (IATA: USM, ICAO: VTSM), also known as Ko Samui Airport or Koh Samui Airport, is a privately owned airport on the island of Ko Samui (Koh Samui) in Thailand. 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.

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 two terminals (domestic and international). The international terminal is about 50 metres north of the domestic terminal. Samui Airport is near the Big Buddha Pier where ferries depart to Ko Pha Ngan. High speed ferries to Ko Tao and Chumphon depart from the Maenam Beach Pier, approximately 6 km northwest of the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Bangkok Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai, Krabi, Pattaya–U-Tapao, Phuket	Domestic
Bangkok Airways	Chengdu, Guangzhou (begins 14 December 2016),[1] Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur–International, Singapore	International
Lucky Air	Chengdu,[2] Kunming	International
SilkAir	Singapore	International
Thai Airways	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi	Domestic

Statistics

Year	Flights	Arriving Passengers	Departing Passengers	Total passengers
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
Source: Thailand's Department of Civil Aviation & C9 Hotel Works

Accidents and incidents

• On 21 November 1990, a Bangkok Airways Bombardier Dash 8 crashed while attempting to land in heavy rain and high winds. All 38 people on board were killed.^[8]
• On 4 August 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR-72 between Krabi and Ko Samui skidded off the runway, killing one of the pilots.^[9]

References

1. "Bangkok Airways delays Koh Samui – China launch to Dec 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
2. "Lucky Air Adds Chengdu – Koh Samui from late-July 2016". routesonline. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
3. "Samui Airport 2005 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
4. "Samui Airport 2006 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
5. "Samui Airport 2007 Statistics". Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
6. "Samui Airport 2008 Statistics" (PDF). Thai Department of Civil Aviation.
7. "Samui Airport 2015 Statistics" (PDF). C9 Hotel Works.
8. "ACCIDENT DETAILS". Plane Crash Info. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
9. "Fatalities reported as Bangkok Airways ATR 72–500 skids off runway". Flight Global. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

External links

• Ko Samui travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Samui Airport (bangkokair.com)
• Samui Airport Guide
• Samui Airport Transfer
• Airport info and chart (thaiflyingclub.com)
• Airport information for VTSM at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Samui Airport Statistics