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Khon Kaen International Airport

ท่าอากาศยานขอนแก่น
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; 61 years ago
Elevation AMSL	670 ft / 204 m
Coordinates	16°27′59.86″N 102°47′01.18″E / 16.4666278°N 102.7836611°E
Maps
	KKC/VTUK Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	1,611,393 15.13%
Aircraft movements	10,976 7.54%
Freight (tonnes)	279.2 3.09%
	Sources: Department of Airports

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

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 Summer Airways	Pattaya
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]

References

^ "Khon Kaen Airport". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ "Thai AirAsia 1Q25 Domestic Network Additions".
^ Sattaburuth, Aekarach; Jotikasthira, Om (29 August 2018). "Prayut orders airport design contest probe". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ Natanri, Chakkrapan (23 September 2018). "Construction of new Khon Kaen airport terminal begins". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

External links

[1] "Khon Kaen Airport". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[2] "Thai AirAsia 1Q25 Domestic Network Additions".

[3] Sattaburuth, Aekarach; Jotikasthira, Om (29 August 2018). "Prayut orders airport design contest probe". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[4] Natanri, Chakkrapan (23 September 2018). "Construction of new Khon Kaen airport terminal begins". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

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