Krabi International Airport[1] (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานกระบี่ (IATA: KBV, ICAO: VTSG), is an international airport serving Krabi, Thailand. It is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the city center. The airport opened on 10 July 1999.[2]: 18 In 2017 the airport handled 4,339,599 passenger arrivals and departures.[3] The terminal is designed for three million passengers, a number that has already been exceeded, and expansion will push its capacity to five million.[4]
Krabi International Airport ท่าอากาศยานกระบี่ | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Department of Airports | ||||||||||
Serves | Krabi | ||||||||||
Location | Nuea Khlong, Krabi, Thailand | ||||||||||
Opened | 10 July 1999; 23 years ago (1999-07-10) | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 82 ft / 25 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 08°06′03″N 098°59′05″E | ||||||||||
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KBV Location of Krabi Airport Thailand | |||||||||||
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Airlines | Destinations |
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AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur–International |
Azur Air | Seasonal charter: Moscow-Vnukovo, Saint Petersburg |
Bangkok Airways | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Koh Samui |
flydubai | Dubai–International (resumes 20 January 2023)[5] |
Korean Air | Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon[6] |
LOT Polish Airlines | Seasonal charter: Prague |
Nok Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang |
Nordwind Airlines | Seasonal: Moscow–Sheremetyevo |
Pegas Fly | Seasonal charter: Krasnoyarsk–Yemelyanovo, Vladivostok |
Scoot | Singapore |
Thai AirAsia | Bangkok–Don Mueang, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Chiang Mai |
Thai Lion Air | Bangkok–Don Mueang Seasonal charter: Changsha, Hefei[7] |
Thai Smile | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi |
Thai Vietjet Air | Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi[8] |
TUI Airways | Seasonal charter: Copenhagen,[9] Gothenburg,[10] Helsinki,[11] Karlstad, Stockholm–Arlanda[10] |
Year | Total |
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2012 | 1,190,115 |
2013 | 1,668,250 |
2014 | 2,700,095 |
2015 | 3,689,672 |
2016 | 4,079,564 |
2017 | 4,339,599 |
2018 | 4,193,099 |
On 10 February 2016 the Krabi Airport terminal was plunged into darkness for over six hours (09:00–15:30) due to an electrical power outage. The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) had notified Krabi Airport two days in advance that it would shut down power in the area for maintenance. Airport authorities activated back-up generators, but they did not work. Krabi's airport director stated after the event that management will rent generators in the future to prevent blackouts from happening. With no power for their computers, immigration officials were unable to access immigration databases and were forced to write down details of 2,000 passengers for later vetting. The deputy national police chief in charge of security, Pol Col Srivara Ransibrahmanakul, assured the public that a follow-up check showed that no blacklisted people were allowed into the country during the incident.[12]
In 2018, the airport was allocated 6.6 billion baht to build a third terminal, renovate the existing two terminals and car park, and expand aircraft parking bays and associated electrical power infrastructure.[13] In 2019, the Department of Airports announced a project to double the airport's capacity to eight million passengers per year.[14]
Media related to Krabi Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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