Chumphon Airport

Chumphon Airport

ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร
Chumphon Airport; ท่าอากาศยานชุมพร
	IATA: CJM; ICAO: VTSE;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Department of Airports
Serves	Chumphon
Location	Chum Kho, Pathio, Chumphon, Thailand
Opened	14 March 1998; 26 years ago
Elevation AMSL	5 m / 18 ft
Coordinates	10°42′40.32″N 099°21′42.14″E / 10.7112000°N 99.3617056°E
Website	www.chumphonairport.net
Maps
	CJM/VTSE Location of airport in Thailand
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	122,803 33.47%
Aircraft movements	828 0.95%
Cargo (tonnes)	-
	Sources: Department of Airports

Chumphon Airport (IATA: CJM, ICAO: VTSE), is in Chum Kho subdistrict, Pathio district, Chumphon province in southern Thailand. The airport is 35 kilometres north of downtown Chumphon.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Nok Air	Bangkok–Don Mueang^[1]
Thai AirAsia	Bangkok–Don Mueang

Overview

In 2008 the airport reopened after nine years of closure. The airport now serves as a gateway to the islands of the Gulf of Thailand.

Plans

Airports of Thailand (AOT) is budgeting 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. Chumphon 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 Tak Airport, Sakon Nakhon Airport, and Udon Thani International Airport.^[2]

References

^ "Nok Air Resumes Bangkok – Chumphon Route From Nov 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ Sritama, Suchat (29 July 2018). "Bursting the Tourism Bubble". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

External links

[1] "Nok Air Resumes Bangkok – Chumphon Route From Nov 2024". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[BP-20180729-2] Sritama, Suchat (29 July 2018). "Bursting the Tourism Bubble". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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