Airport type Public & Military Elevation AMSL 87 m / 286 ft 3,000 9,843 Elevation 87 m | Operator Department of Airports 04/22 3,000 Code URT Phone +66 77 441 230 | |
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Location 73 Moo 3 Tambon Hua Toei, Amphoe Phunphin, Surat Thani, Thailand Address 73, Maluan, Amphoe Phunphin, Chang Wat Surat Thani 84130, Thailand | ||
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Surat Thani Airport (Thai: ท่าอากาศยานสุราษฎร์ธานี) (IATA: URT, ICAO: VTSB) is in the Phunphin District, Surat Thani. The airport, 21 km west of Surat Thani, also is home to two Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) squadrons. Surat Thani has a single paved runway.
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Military use
As well as being a commercial facility, Surat Thani Airport is an active RTAF base, the home of 4th Air Division/7th Wing Air Combat Command. 701 Squadron, "Shark", flies twelve SAAB JAS-39 C/D Gripen fighter aircraft . 702 Squadron operates two AEW and two transport SAAB SF340 airplanes.A further two SF340s are on order.
Incidents
On 11 December 1998, Thai Airways Flight 261, an A310-200 (HS-TIA), bound for Surat Thani from Bangkok, was making its third landing attempt in heavy rain when it crashed into a rice paddy about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the airport; 101 of the 146 passengers and crew aboard were killed.