Sakon Nakhon Airport

Sakon Nakhon Airport (IATA: SNO, ICAO: VTUI) is in That Na Weng subdistrict, Mueang Sakon Nakhon district, Sakon Nakhon province in northeastern Thailand. It is used for civil and military purposes (Royal Thai Air Force).

Sakon Nakhon Airport ท่าอากาศยานสกลนคร
IATA: SNO ICAO: VTUI
Summary
Airport type	Public / military
Owner	Royal Thai Air Force
Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Sakon Nakhon
Location	That Na Weng, Mueang, Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand
Opened	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Elevation AMSL	529 ft / 161 m
Coordinates	17°11′42.5″N 104°07′07.1″E
Website	www.sakonnakhonairport.com
Maps
SNO/VTUI Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 8,530 2,600 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 361,906 17.25% Aircraft movements 2,396 5.08% Freight (tonnes) 39.24 76.27%
Sources: Department of Airports

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Nok Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang

Accidents

• On 23 September 1976, a Douglas C-47A (L2-40/15) of the Royal Thai Air Force was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident.^[1]

Plans

Inside Sakon Nakhon Airport

Airports of Thailand PCL (AOT) budgeted 220 billion baht in 2018 for the creation of two new airports and the expansion of four existing airports owned by the Department of Airports. Sakon Nakhon Airport is one of the four slated for expansion and AOT management. AOT intends to build Chiang Mai 2 in Lamphun Province and Phuket Airport 2 in Phang Nga Province. The three other existing airports to be managed by AOT are Chumphon Airport, Tak Airport, and Udon Thani International Airport.^[2]

References

1. "L2-40/15 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
2. Sritama, Suchat (29 July 2018). "Bursting the Tourism Bubble". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

External links

• Sakhon Nakhon travel guide from Wikivoyage

Media related to Sakon Nakhon Airport at Wikimedia Commons