Phrae Airport

Phrae Airport (IATA: PRH, ICAO: VTCP) is an airport serving Phrae, a town in the Phrae Province of Thailand.

Phrae Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorDepartment of Airports
ServesPhrae
LocationPhrae, Thailand
Elevation AMSL538 ft / 164 m
Coordinates18°07′54″N 100°09′52″E
Map
Phrae Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 4,921 1,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger59,792
Flights1,026
Sources: DAFIF[1][2] DCA[3]

History

Phrae Airport was built during World War 2 with a gravel runway. After the war ended, the airport operator was given to Royal Thai Air Force for them to maintain. Then, Phrae Airport was developed by Department of Commercial Aviation (Thailand) in 1952 for passenger and airmail uses by upgrading the runway to be 30 x 1,200 meters and building a terminal.

In 1971 - 1973 Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) upgraded the runway, taxiway, and tarmac's material to be asphalt concrete, and extending the runway again to be 1,500 meters long. In 1974 - 1975, the current terminal was built, and was expanded in 1981 - 1982 to 250 square meters. The terminal was expanded again in 1990 to 432 square meters, and installed air conditioners. Then, a new 7-floor air traffic control tower was built to separate it from the terminal in 1996.[4]

Facilities

Terminal

Phrae Airport's terminal is 3 storeys tall, but only one floor is used. The building space is 1,400 square meters, which can accommodate up to 374 people per hour.[5]

  • Floor 1: departures and arrivals area, and airport's office.
  • Floor 2 and 3: previously used for air traffic control.

Tarmac size is 60 by 180 meters, which can accommodate up to three ATR 72s at the same time. There are also six helicopter landing pads.[5]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Nok Air Bangkok–Don Mueang

Statistics

Traffic numbers
Traffic by calendar year[6]
Year Passengers Change Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
2001 19,7491,45842.42
2002 12,558 36.41%86015.81
2003 10,592 15.66%72217.01
2004 828 92.18%410.396
2005 13 98.43%170.00
2006 1340.00
2007 440 3284.62%1800.00
2008 0 100.00%00.00
2009 000.00
2010 470540.00
2011 3,494 643.40%2150.00
2012 9,056 159.19%4210.00
2013 13,690 51.17%4830.00
2014 23,371 70.72%5090.00
2015 48,673 108.26%7970.00
2016 72,274 48.49%1,1910.00
2017 80,961 12.02%1,3260.00
2018 88,971 9.89%1,4600.00
2019 70,069 21.25%1,2200.00
2020 34,947 50.12%7580.00

References
  1. "Airport information for VTCP". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for PRH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. http://www.aviation.go.th Archived 2010-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. complete history of Phrae Airport (Thai)
  5. Phrae Airport's physical characteristics (Thai)
  6. Airports stats under Department of Airports (Thailand)
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