Roi Et Airport

Roi Et Airport

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Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorDepartment of Airports
ServesRoi Et province
LocationNong Phok, Thawat Buri district, Roi Et province, Thailand
Opened2 March 1999; 25 years ago (1999-03-02)
Elevation AMSL137 m / 451 ft
Coordinates16°07′00″N 103°46′25″E / 16.11667°N 103.77361°E / 16.11667; 103.77361
Websiteminisite.airports.go.th/roiet
Maps
Map
ROI/VTUV is located in Thailand
ROI/VTUV
ROI/VTUV
Location of airport in Thailand
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
18/36 2,100 6,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers348,798 Increase31.03%
Aircraft movements2,168 Increase11.41%
Cargo (tonnes)-
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Roi Et Airport (IATA: ROI, ICAO: VTUV) is a domestic airport in Nong Phok subdistrict, Thawat Buri district, Roi Et province in Northeastern Thailand, and is approximately 11 kilometres from downtown Roi Et.[3]

The airport consists of a passenger terminal measuring 3,013 square meters, the arrival and departure gates on the same floor, a runway 45 x 2,100 meters, and an apron measuring 85 x 324 meters, which can accommodate Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 aircraft.[3]

The airport currently serves flights to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.[4][5]

History

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Originally the airport was a military airfield under the supervision of the Royal Thai Army.[6]

In 1989, the Department of Air Transport approved the construction of Roi Et Airport. The allocated budget was 601,916.983.98 baht. Construction of the airport began on August 11, 1995 and completed in 1999. Construction took approximately three years with an area of approximately 2,700 rai. The runway is 2,100 meters long. 45 meters wide, 60 meters long on each side, 45 meters wide, the taxiway is 23 meters wide, 10.5 meters wide on each side, the general terrain is plains and grasslands. The airport officially opened on March 2, 1999.

In 2020, Roi Et airport received 110 million baht to raise its annual handling capacity to 750,000 passengers.[7] Thereafter, Roi Et Airport commenced its expansion and renovation project, which was completed in December 2022. This project increased the passenger handling capacity of the airport to 1.2 million passengers per year.

As of 2024, there is one airline that provides service, Thai AirAsia which operates daily flights to Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. Thai Smile did operate daily flights to Suvarnabhumi Airport from January 2022, but stopped in September 2022.

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Thai AirAsia Bangkok–Don Mueang
Thai Summer Airways Pattaya (begins 28 November 2024)

References

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  1. ^ "Airport information for VTUV". 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 ROI at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. ^ a b "กรมการบินพลเรือน". 2016-05-26. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. ^ Weekly, Ttr. "Thai airlines ready to resume flights | TTR Weekly". Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ Weekly, Ttr. "Thai AirAsia resumes 20 routes | TTR Weekly". Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. ^ "กรมการบินพลเรือน". 2016-07-01. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ^ "Mukdahan airport to be regional hub". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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