Khon Kaen Airport

Khon Kaen International Airport (IATA: KKC, ICAO: VTUK) is in Ban Pet subdistrict, Mueang Khon Kaen district, Khon Kaen province in northeastern Thailand.^[1]

Khon Kaen International Airport ท่าอากาศยานขอนแก่น
IATA: KKC ICAO: VTUK
Summary
Airport type	Public / military
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Khon Kaen
Location	Ban Pet, Mueang, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Opened	6 February 1963; 62 years ago (1963-02-06)
Elevation AMSL	670 ft / 204 m
Coordinates	16°27′59.86″N 102°47′01.18″E
Maps
KKC/VTUK Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 10,007 3,050 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Passengers 1,575,011 2.25% Aircraft movements 10,272 6.41% Freight (tonnes) 340.46 21.94%
Sources: Department of Airports

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (begins 1 February 2025),[2] Chiang Mai, Phuket
Thai Airways International	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Thai Lion Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai VietJet Air	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi

2021 airport upgrade

The airport has seen an annual growth rate of 20 percent annually since 2013, handling around two million passengers in 2017. The Department of Airports (DOA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to upgrade Khon Kaen Airport by 2021. The two billion baht project will increase passenger capacity from 2.8 million to five million per year.^[3] The terminal will be expanded from 16,500 m² to 44,500 m² to accommodate 1,000–2,000 passengers per hour.^[4]