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Airport in northern Thailand
Phrae Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorDepartment of Airports
ServesPhrae province
LocationNa Chak, Mueang Phrae, Phrae, Thailand
Opened1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Elevation AMSL538 ft / 164 m
Coordinates18°07′54″N 100°09′52″E / 18.13167°N 100.16444°E / 18.13167; 100.16444
Maps
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 4,921 1,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger59,792
Flights1,026
Sources: DAFIF DCA

Phrae Airport (IATA: PRH, ICAO: VTCP) is in Na Chak subdistrict, Mueang Phrae district, Phrae province in northern Thailand.

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 the Department of Civil Aviation (Thailand) upgraded the runway, taxiway, and tarmac's material to be asphalt concrete, and extended 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 air conditioners were installed. A new seven-floor air traffic control tower was built to separate it from the terminal in 1996.

Facilities

Terminal

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

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

The 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.

Statistics

Traffic numbers

Traffic by calendar year
Year Passengers Change Aircraft movements Cargo (tonnes)
2001 19,749 1,458 42.42
2002 12,558 Decrease 36.41% 860 15.81
2003 10,592 Decrease 15.66% 722 17.01
2004 828 Decrease 92.18% 41 0.396
2005 13 Decrease 98.43% 17 0.00
2006 13 Steady 4 0.00
2007 440 Increase 3284.62% 180 0.00
2008 0 Decrease 100.00% 0 0.00
2009 0 Steady 0 0.00
2010 470 Increase 54 0.00
2011 3,494 Increase 643.40% 215 0.00
2012 9,056 Increase 159.19% 421 0.00
2013 13,690 Increase 51.17% 483 0.00
2014 23,371 Increase 70.72% 509 0.00
2015 48,673 Increase 108.26% 797 0.00
2016 72,274 Increase 48.49% 1,191 0.00
2017 80,961 Increase 12.02% 1,326 0.00
2018 88,971 Increase 9.89% 1,460 0.00
2019 70,069 Decrease 21.25% 1,220 0.00
2020 34,947 Decrease 50.12% 758 0.00

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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