Hua Hin Airport
Hua Hin Airport ท่าอากาศยานหัวหิน | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Department of Airports | ||||||||||
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| Location | Hua Hin, Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province and Cha-am, Cha-am district, Phetchaburi province, Thailand | ||||||||||
| Opened | 3 February 1961 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 m / 62 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°38′10″N 099°57′05″E / 12.63611°N 99.95139°E | ||||||||||
| Website | minisite | ||||||||||
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  HHQ/VTPH Location of airport in Thailand | |||||||||||
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Sources: Department of Airports | |||||||||||
Hua Hin Airport (IATA: HHQ, ICAO: VTPH) is on the provincial border between Hua Hin subdistrict, Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province and Cha-am subdistrict, Cha-am district, Phetchaburi province in Southern Thailand.[1]
Airport upgrade
[edit]In August 2018 the Department of Airports announced that it will spend 3.5 billion baht to upgrade Hua Hin Airport over the next five years. The number of travellers using the airport is expected to increase by tenfold, to three million a year, in that timeframe. The upgrade is part of the "Riviera Thailand" and Southern Economic Corridor projects. The work at the airport will take four to five years. It includes enlarging the existing passenger terminal, building a second one, expanding hangar space, and widening the runway from 35[2] to 45 metres.[3] The runways RESA are below ICAOs recommendation.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Thai AirAsia | Chiang Mai[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "HHQ-Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Hua Hin". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ^ "Hua Hin airport due for upgrade, Ratchaburi could get small one". The Nation. 6 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Thai AirAsia adds new routes from Hua Hin in August 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
External links
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Hua Hin travel guide from Wikivoyage- Current weather for VTPH at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for HHQ at Aviation Safety Network
