Sihanoukville International Airport

Sihanouk International Airport អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ Aéroport International de Sihanouk
Logo of Sihanouk Airport Authority
IATA: KOS – ICAO: VDSV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Societe Concessionnaire des Aeroports (SCA)
Location	Preah Sihanouk Province
Elevation AMSL	40 ft / 12 m
Coordinates	10°34′48″N 103°38′13″E / 10.58000°N 103.63694°ECoordinates: 10°34′48″N 103°38′13″E / 10.58000°N 103.63694°E
Website	cambodia-airports.com/...
Map
KOS Location of airport in Cambodia
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,500 8,200 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passenger movements 94,630 Airfreight movements in tonnes ? Aircraft movements 1,853
Source: Cambodia Airports[1]

Sihanouk International Airport (formerly Shanoukville International Airport) (IATA: KOS, ICAO: VDSV)(Khmer: អាកាសយានដ្ឋានអន្តរជាតិក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ French: Aéroport International de Sihanouk), located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Sihanoukville city, in Preah Sihanouk Province, is Cambodia's third largest international airport.^[2] The airport is also known as Kaong Kang Airport (Kaong Kang, កោងកាង = mangrove). The IATA code KOS is derived from Sihanoukville's alternative name Kompong Som.^[3]

Airfield Summary

• Runway Length: 2,500 meters^[4]
• Runway Width: 40 meters + shoulders
• Perpendicular Taxiway: 1
• Number of Stands: 5
• Navigation Aids and Visual Aids:
  • VOR/DME (KOS 116.00 10°35'22.8N 102°38'31.5)
  • NDB
  • PAPI
  • Meteo
• Rescue and Firefighting: ICAO Level Cat 5

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Cambodia Angkor Air	Ho Chi Minh City,[5] Phnom Penh, Siem Reap
Dragonair	Charter: Hong Kong
Lucky Air	Charter: Kunming[6]
SilkAir	Charter: Singapore
Sky Angkor Airlines	Seasonal: Seoul－Incheon, Siem Reap

Airport Development Overview

Sihanoukville airport, October 2014

The airfield was originally constructed in the 1960s with assistance from the Soviet Union.^[7] After a long period of dormancy during and after the Khmer Rouge era, the airport formally reopened on January 15, 2007.^[8] The runway was extended to a length of 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) in order to accommodate 4E class aircraft. The 2 existing taxiways were widened and a cargo apron for 4E class aircraft was added.^[9] However, after the crash of PMTair Flight U4 241 in June 2007 shortly before landing, scheduled passenger flight service to the airport was discontinued until 2011.^[10]

Cambodia Angkor Air started a tri-weekly service from Angkor International Airport in Siem Reap on December 14, 2011. The service was further adjusted to continue Phnom Penh as well operating a triangle route Siem Reap-Sihanoukville-Phnom Penh-Siem Reap from the beginning of March 31, 2013. Starting in September 2013, airline will provide a Siem Reap-Sihanoukville route twice daily during the high peak season.

Statistics^[11]

Year	Total Passenger movements	Change%	Total Aircraft movement	Change%
2012	13,022		349
2013	19,713	51.38	570	63.33
2014	43,400[12]	120.16	998	75.09
2015	94,630		1,853

Accidents and incidents

• On 7 July 1972, a Douglas DC-3 cargo plane of Cambodia Air Commercial registered as XW-PHW overran the runway on landing at Sihanouk International Airport without fatalities but was damaged beyond economic repair.^[13]
• On 25 June 2007, an Antonov An-24 (XU-U4A) operating as PMTair Flight U4 241 en route from Siem Reap to Sihanoukville crashed about five minutes before landing, killing all 22 passengers and crew on board.

See also

• Phnom Penh International Airport
• Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport

References

1. "Traffic data". CAMBODIA AIRPORTS. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
2. "Sihanoukville International Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
3. "Sihanoukville International Airport (KOS)". World Airport Codes. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
4. "State Secretariat of Civil Aviation (Cambodia)" (PDF). schedule coordination. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
5. "Cambodia Angkor Air Adds New Vietnam Routes in S16". airlineroute. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
6. "Lucky Air Adds Kunming – Sihanoukville Service from late-Nov 2015". UBM (UK) Ltd. November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
7. "Sihanoukville: History". Canby Publications Co. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
8. "Sihanoukville Airport Opens To Airlines". Cambodian Daily. January 16, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
9. "SIHANOUKVILLE AIRPORT RUNWAY DESIGN". MAA Group. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
10. "All dead in Cambodia plane crash". BBC. June 27, 2007. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
11. "Traffic Data". Retrieved 2015-10-05.
12. "Cambodia Airports to incentivise Sihanoukville tourism". Phnom Penh Post. December 4, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
13. "XW-PHW Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

External links

• State Secretariat Of Civil Aviation
• The Sihanoukville Airport
• Overview on Transport Infrastructure Cambodia